Integrated optomechanical microelements

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 5521-5530

  Knöner, Gregor ^a   Parkin, Simon ^a   Nieminen, Timo A ^a   Loke, Vincent L Y ^a   Heckenberg, Norman R ^a   Rubinsztein Dunlop, Halina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OPTICAL ROTATION; PHOTONS; PHOTOPOLYMERIZATION; ROTORS;

MICRODEVICES; OPTICAL ROTORS; OPTOMECHANICAL MICROELEMENTS;

DIFFRACTIVE OPTICAL ELEMENTS;

EID: 34247868220     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.005521     Document Type: Article

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