Optical vortex trap for resonant confinement of metal nanoparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 4991-4999

  Dienerowitz, Maria ^a   Mazilu, Michael ^a   Reece, Peter J ^a   Krauss, Thomas F ^a   Dholakia, Kishan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; GEOMETRY; NANORODS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

MAXWELL STRESS TENSOR FORMULATION; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL MICROMANIPULATION; TRAPPING GEOMETRY;

NANOPARTICLES;

METAL; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIGHT; MICROMANIPULATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER-AIDED DESIGN; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; LIGHT; METALS; MICROMANIPULATION; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

EID: 41649101835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.004991     Document Type: Article

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