Miniaturized all-fibre probe for three-dimensional optical trapping and manipulation

Nature Photonics

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 723-727

  Liberale, Carlo ^a   Minzioni, Paolo ^b   Bragheri, Francesca ^b   De Angelis, Francesco ^a   Di Fabrizio, Enzo ^a,c   Cristiani, Ilaria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c LABORATORIO TASC   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEAM-SHAPING; FIBRE STRUCTURE; FUNDAMENTAL BUILDING BLOCKS; MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE; OPTICAL MANIPULATION; OPTICAL TRAPPING AND MANIPULATION; POLYSTYRENE BEADS;

OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 36749022854     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2007.230     Document Type: Article

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