Dynamic radiation force of a pulsed Gaussian beam acting on a Rayleigh dielectric sphere

Optics Express

Volumn 15, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 10615-10621

  Wang, Li Gang ^a,b,c   Zhao, Cheng Liang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Department of Electrical Computer Engineering   (Pakistan)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; LIGHT SCATTERING;

PULSED BEAM; RADIATION FORCES; RAYLEIGH DIELECTRIC SPHERE;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 34548093584     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.15.010615     Document Type: Article

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