Nanoparticle manipulation through inter-particle optical forces and torques

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5930, Issue , 2005, Pages 1-9

  Bradshaw, David S ^a   Andrews, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laguerre Gaussian beams; Nanoparticles; Optical forces; Optical tweezers; Optical vortices; Quantum electrodynamics; Stimulated scattering; Twisted beams

Indexed keywords

ELECTRODYNAMICS; LASER BEAMS; POLARIZATION; QUANTUM EFFICIENCY; TORQUE;

LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN BEAMS; OPTICAL FORCES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICAL VORTICES; TWISTED BEAMS;

OPTICAL MATERIALS;

EID: 31844440853     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.612267     Document Type: Conference Paper

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