Local stress distribution on the surface of a spherical cell in an optical stretcher

Optics Express

Volumn 14, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 12503-12509

  Bareil, Paul B ^a   Yunlong, Sheng ^a   Chiou, Arthur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTIMIZATION; RAY TRACING;

DIVERGENCE; INCIDENT ANGLE; OPTICAL STRETCHERS;

STRESS CONCENTRATION;

EID: 33845412511     PISSN: 10944087     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.14.012503     Document Type: Article

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