Optical manipulation and rotation of liquid crystal drops using high-index fiber-optic tweezers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Abedin, Kazi Sarwar ^a   Kerbage, Charles ^b   Fernandez Nieves, Alberto ^c   Weitz, David A ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DROPS; ELECTRON TRAPS; ELEMENTARY PARTICLES; LIGHT MODULATION; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; SILICA;

HIGH INDEX MATERIALS; LIQUID CRYSTAL DROPS; OPTICAL MANIPULATION; VERSATILE DEVICES;

FIBER OPTIC COMPONENTS;

EID: 34548447152     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2775321     Document Type: Article

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