Optical ordering of nanoparticles trapped by Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6131, Issue , 2006, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

LASER MODES; LIGHT; LIGHT POLARIZATION; OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; SCATTERING;

LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN BEAMS; OPTICAL VORTICES; QUANTUM ELECTRODYNAMICS; STIMULATED SCATTERING; TWISTED BEAMS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33646192533     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.640919     Document Type: Conference Paper

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