Optical alignment of a cylindrical object

Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages

  Song, Chaolong ^a   Nguyen, Nam Trung ^a   Asundi, Anand Krishna ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Cylinder; Geometrical optics; Line shape profile; Optical alignment; Optical tweezers; Trapping dynamics

Indexed keywords

ALIGNMENT; CARBON FIBERS; CHARGE COUPLED DEVICES; CYLINDERS (SHAPES); DRAG; DYNAMICS; GEOMETRICAL OPTICS; LASER BEAMS; LIQUIDS; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; VISCOSITY;

BEAM POWER; BEAM PROFILES; CYLINDER; CYLINDRICAL OBJECTS; DRAG FORCES; FRESNEL EQUATIONS; LINE-SHAPE PROFILE; LIQUID VISCOSITIES; NUMERICAL MODELS; OPTICAL ALIGNMENT; OPTICAL FIELDS; OPTICAL IMAGES; OPTICAL TORQUES; PARAMETRIC ANALYSIS; THEORETICAL RESULTS; TRAPPING DYNAMICS;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EID: 63749116747     PISSN: 14644258     EISSN: 17413567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/3/034008     Document Type: Article

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