Size-selective optical forces for microspheres using evanescent wave excitation of whispering gallery modes

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 25, 2008, Pages

  Ng, Jack ^a   Chan, C T ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; MICROSPHERES; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; RESONANCE;

EVANESCENT WAVE EXCITATION; EVANESCENT WAVES; HIGH-ACCURACY; OFF-RESONANCE; OPTICAL FORCES; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; RESONANT FREQUENCIES; SIZE-SELECTIVE; WHISPERING GALLERY MODES; WHISPERING-GALLERY-MODE;

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EID: 46049085817     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2951599     Document Type: Article

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