High rotation speed of single molecular microcrystals in an optical trap with elliptically polarized light

Applied Optics

Volumn 48, Issue 14, 2009, Pages 2720-2730

  Rodriguez Otazo, Mariela ^a,b   Augier Calderin, Angel ^c   Galaup, Jean Pierre ^a   Lamère, Jean François ^d   Fery Forgues, Suzanne ^d  

^a LABORATOIRE AIMÉ COTTON   (France)

^b CENTRO DE APLICACIONES TECNOLÓGICAS Y DESARROLLO NUCLEAR CEADEN   (Cuba)

^c Instituto Superior de Tecnologias y Ciencias Aplicadas InSTEC   (Cuba)

^d Université Paul Sabatier   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIGHT POLARIZATION; MICROCRYSTALS; POLARIZATION; ROTATION; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

AXIAL DIRECTION; ELLIPTIC POLARIZATION; ELLIPTICALLY POLARIZED LIGHT; INCIDENT POWER; LINEAR POLARIZATION; OPTICAL TRAP; ROTATION SPEED; TRAPPING BEAM;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EID: 67649273455     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.48.002720     Document Type: Article

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