Deterministic approach to the generation of modified helical beams for optical manipulation

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 3862-3867

  Lin, J ^a   Yuan, X C ^a,b   Tao, S H ^a   Peng, X ^b   Niu, H B ^b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; LIGHT MODULATORS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; NONLINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENT LENSES; VORTEX FLOW;

LASER BEAM SHAPING; OPTICAL MANIPULATION; PHASE; TRAPPING;

LASER BEAMS;

EID: 21244431962     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.003862     Document Type: Article

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