Fractional optical vortex beam induced rotation of particles

Optics Express

Volumn 13, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 7726-7731

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

COUPLED CIRCUITS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OPTICAL ROTATION;

MICROSCOPIC PARTICLES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; VORTEX BEAMS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 30144439038     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OPEX.13.007726     Document Type: Article

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