Radiation torque on a spherical birefringent particle in the long wave length limit: Analytical calculation

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 14, 2005, Pages 5192-5204

  Ji, Nian ^a   Liu, Mengkun ^a   Zhou, Jihao ^a   Lin, Zhifang ^a   Chui, S T ^b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PROPAGATION; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; LIGHT POLARIZATION; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; RADIATION; TENSORS; TORQUE CONTROL;

INCIDENT LIGHT; PARTICLE RADIUS; POWER LAWS; RADIATION TORQUE;

BIREFRINGENCE;

EID: 22844443718     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.005192     Document Type: Article

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