Optical trapping for undergraduates

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 5-14

  Appleyard, D C ^a   Vandermeulen, K Y ^a   Lee, H ^a   Lang, M J ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 33846340488     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2366734     Document Type: Article

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