Radiation forces on spheres in loosely focused Gaussian beam: Ray-optics regime

Journal of the Optical Society of America B: Optical Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 897-903

  Kim, Sang Bok ^a   Kim, Sang Soo ^a  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICS; PHOTONS; RADIATION; REFLECTION;

GAUSSIAN BEAM; GRADIENT FORCE; RADIATION FORCES; RAY-OPTICS; SCATTERING FORCE;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 33745763171     PISSN: 07403224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAB.23.000897     Document Type: Article

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