An efficient method for the creation of tunable optical line traps via control of gradient and scattering forces

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 10341-10348

  Tietjen, Gregory T ^a   Kong, Yupeng ^a   Parthasarathy, Raghuveer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; LASER OPTICS; MOLECULAR PHYSICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY SURFACES;

APPROXIMATE SOLUTION; INTER-PARTICLE INTERACTION; MOTION OF PARTICLES; OPTICAL LINE TRAPS; PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POTENTIAL ENERGY LANDSCAPES; SILICA MICROSPHERES; STATISTICAL PROPERTIES;

POTENTIAL ENERGY;

MICROSPHERE; SILICON DIOXIDE;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOLOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; RADIATION SCATTERING; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOLOGRAPHY; LASERS; LIGHT; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSPHERES; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; SCATTERING, RADIATION; SILICON DIOXIDE;

EID: 47249097948     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.010341     Document Type: Article

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