Optical rotation of crystal CaCO3 micro-particle in optical tweezers

Zhongguo Jiguang/Chinese Journal of Lasers

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 315-318

  Sun, Yu Fen ^a   Li, Yin Mei ^a   Lou, Li Ren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Birefringence; Laser optics; Optical rotation; Optical tweezers; Polarized light; Spin angular momentum

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; CALCITE; CAMERAS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; HELIUM NEON LASERS; LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

CCD CAMERAS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; QUADRANT PHOTODIODE DETECTORS (QD); QUARTER WAVELENGTH PLATE; SPIN ANGULAR MOMENTUM;

OPTICAL ROTATION;

EID: 17244381094     PISSN: 02587025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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