Single-beam trapping of micro-beads in polarized light: Numerical simulations

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 3660-3676

  Zakharian, A R ^a   Polynkin, P ^a   Mansuripur, M ^a   Moloney, J V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS; LASER BEAMS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS;

ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE DISTRIBUTION; LORENTZ LAW; OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

LIGHT POLARIZATION;

EID: 33645817756     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.003660     Document Type: Article

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