Controlled rotation of birefringent particles in an optical trap

Applied Optics

Volumn 47, Issue 34, 2008, Pages 6428-6433

  Wulff, Kurt D ^a   Cole, Daniel G ^b   Clark, Robert L ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIREFRINGENCE; LIGHT POLARIZATION;

ELLIPTICALLY POLARIZED LIGHT; FEED-BACK LOOP; FREQUENCY CONTENTS; OPTICAL TRAP; ROTARY MOTOR; ROTATIONAL RATES;

FEEDBACK;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; OPTICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REFRACTOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL; TORQUE;

BIREFRINGENCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; LIGHT; MICROMANIPULATION; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PARTICLE SIZE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REFRACTOMETRY; TORQUE;

EID: 58949100742     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.47.006428     Document Type: Conference Paper

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