Axial optical trap stiffness influenced by retro-reflected beam

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2007, Pages

  Jákl, Petr ^a   Šerý, Mojmír ^a   Ježek, Jan ^a   Liška, Miroslav ^b   Zemánek, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS   (Czech Republic)

^b BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Colloidal particle; Light scattering; Optical force; Optical trap; Optical tweezers; Refractive index; Standing wave; Stiffness measurement

Indexed keywords

LIGHT SCATTERING; MICROSPHERES; PHOTODIODES; POLYSTYRENES; REFRACTIVE INDEX; WAVE INTERFERENCE;

COLLOIDAL PARTICLE; OPTICAL FORCE; OPTICAL TRAP; STANDING WAVE; STIFFNESS MEASUREMENT;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EID: 34548677482     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/9/8/S19     Document Type: Article

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