Numerical modeling and theoretical analysis of femtosecond laser tweezers

Optics and Laser Technology

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 635-639

  Xing, Qirong ^a   Mao, Fanglin ^a   Chai, Lu ^a   Wang, Qingyue ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Laser tweezers; Optical trapping; Ultrafast pulse

Indexed keywords

GRAVITATION; INFRARED DEVICES; LASER PULSES; POLYETHYLENES; REFRACTION; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SWITCHING THEORY; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

LASER TWEEZERS; PICOSECOND PULSES; ULTRAFAST PULSES;

LASER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 3843116528     PISSN: 00303992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.optlastec.2004.01.016     Document Type: Article

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