Symmetry and the generation and measurement of optical torque

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 110, Issue 14-16, 2009, Pages 1472-1482

  Nieminen, Timo A ^a   Asavei, Theodor ^a   Loke, Vincent L Y ^a   Heckenberg, Norman R ^a   Rubinsztein Dunlop, Halina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Laser trapping; Optical torque; Optical tweezers; Symmetry

Indexed keywords

KEY ELEMENTS; LASER TRAPPING; MICROMACHINES; OPTICAL TORQUE; OPTICAL TRAP; SCATTERING PARTICLES; SYMMETRY; TRAPPED PARTICLE; TRAPPING BEAM;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS; TORQUE;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

LASER METHOD; LIGHT SCATTERING; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OPTICAL PROPERTY; TORQUE;

EID: 67649366078     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.03.013     Document Type: Article

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