Optical micromanipulation using supercontinuum Laguerre- Gaussian and Gaussian beams

Optics Express

Volumn 16, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 10117-10129

  Morris, J E ^a   Carruthers, A E ^a   Mazilu, M ^a   Reece, P J ^a   Cizmar, T ^a   Fischer, P ^a   Dholakia, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATORS; VORTEX FLOW;

LAGUERRE-GAUSSIAN; OPTICAL MICROMANIPULATION; OPTICALTRAPPING; ORBITAL ANGULAR MOMENTUM; ROTATION OF PARTICLES; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS; SUPER CONTINUUM; TRAP STIFFNESS;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOLOGRAPHY; INSTRUMENTATION; LASER; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ALGORITHMS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HOLOGRAPHY; LASERS; LIGHT; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSCOPY; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; OPTICS;

EID: 47249166080     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.16.010117     Document Type: Article

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