Laser trapping of low refractive index colloids in a nematic liquid crystal

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Skarabot M ^a   Ravnik, M ^b   Babic D ^b   Osterman, N ^b   Poberaj, I ^b   Zumer S ^a,b   Musevic I ^a,b   Nych, A ^c   Ognysta, U ^c   Nazarenko, V ^c  

^a JO EF STEFAN INSTITUTE   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^c INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Ukraine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC INTERACTION; ELASTIC DISTORTION; LASER TRAPPING;

ANISOTROPY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELASTICITY; LASER APPLICATIONS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NUMERICAL METHODS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

COLLOIDS;

EID: 33644534812     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.021705     Document Type: Article

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