Optical particle manipulation using an LC device with eight-divided circularly holepatterned electrodes

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 10059-10065

  Kawamura, Marenori ^a   Ye, Mao ^b   Sato, Susumu ^b  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Akita Research Institute of Advanced Technology   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LIQUID CRYSTALS;

ANAMORPHIC; DEFLECTION PROPERTIES; MAJOR AXIS; OPTICAL MANIPULATION; OPTICAL PARTICLE MANIPULATIONS; SLENDER PARTICLES; TRAPPED PARTICLE; VARIABLE FOCUSING;

LENSES;

ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS;

ELECTRODES; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LENSES; LIQUID CRYSTALS; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS;

EID: 47249115739     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.010059     Document Type: Article

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