Switching and measuring a force of 25 femtoNewtons with an optical trap

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 9695-9701

  Rohrbach, Alexander ^a  

^a EUROPEAN MOLECULAR BIOLOGY LABORATORY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTOOPTICAL EFFECTS; ELECTRON TRAPS; LIGHT MODULATION; PHASE SHIFT;

RADIATION PRESSURE; TRAPPING BEAM; ULTRA-WEAK FORCE;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 28044440882     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.009695     Document Type: Article

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