A novel approach to fiber-optic tweezers: Numerical analysis of the trapping efficiency

IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 151-157

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

^a IEEE

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MAGNA GRAECIA OF CATANZARO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Optical fiber cable; Optical fiber devices; Optical trapping; Optical tweezer (OT)

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CABLES; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; REFLECTION;

BIOLOGICAL APPLICATIONS; OPTICAL FIBER DEVICES; OPTICAL TRAPPING;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EID: 39449139991     PISSN: 1077260X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSTQE.2007.912910     Document Type: Article

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