Optical propulsion of individual and clustered microspheres along sub-micron optical wires

Japanese Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 8 PART 2, 2008, Pages 6716-6718

  Senthil Murugan, Ganapathy ^a   Brambilla, Gilberto ^a   Wilkinson, James S ^a   Richardson, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Evanescent field; Microspheres; Optical manipulation; Optical propulsion; Optical trapping; Radiation forces; Sub micron optical wires; Waveguides

Indexed keywords

MICROSPHERES; POLYSTYRENES; PROPULSION; SPHERES; WAVEGUIDES; WIRE;

EVANESCENT FIELD; OPTICAL MANIPULATION; OPTICAL PROPULSION; OPTICAL TRAPPING; RADIATION FORCES; SUB-MICRON OPTICAL WIRES;

OPTICAL WAVEGUIDES;

EID: 55149117974     PISSN: 00214922     EISSN: 13474065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.47.6716     Document Type: Article

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