Demonstration of trapping, motion control, sensing and fluorescence detection of polystyrene beads in a multi-fiber optical trap

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2634-2642

  Jensen McMullin, Cynthia ^a   Lee, Henry P ^a   Lyons, Edward R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b RAYTHEON COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMODULATION; FLUORESCENCE; MOLDING; MOTION CONTROL; OPTICAL MATERIALS;

CHEMICAL TREATMENT; MICROFABRICATION; OPTICAL TRAPPING; POLYSTYRENE BEADS;

POLYSTYRENES;

EID: 21244447431     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.002634     Document Type: Article

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