Performance of a rotating aperture for spinning and orienting objects in optical tweezers

Journal of Modern Optics

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1533-1538

  Forrester, A ^a   Courtial, J ^a   Padgett, M J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INTERFEROMETRY; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROMACHINING; PHOTONS;

LASER POWER; ROTATING APERTURES;

OPTICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 1542337006     PISSN: 09500340     EISSN: 13623044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09500340308235227     Document Type: Article

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