Differential detection of dual traps improves the spatial resolution of optical tweezers

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 103, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 9006-9011

  Moffitt, Jeffrey R ^a   Chemla, Yann R ^a   Izhaky, David ^a   Bustamante, Carlos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Signal to noise ratio; Single molecule; Subnanometer resolution

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; DEVICE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NOISE; OPTICAL TWEEZER; OPTICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNOLOGY;

DNA; LASERS; MATHEMATICS; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, THEORETICAL; MOTION; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 33745162550     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0603342103     Document Type: Article

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