Measurement of the axial rotation of nanorods trapped by a laser beam

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 7400, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Hwang, Sun Uk ^a   Kim, Yong Jin ^b   Yi, Gyu Chul ^b   Lee, Yong Gu ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Angular momentum; Nanorods; Optical trap

Indexed keywords

AXIAL ROTATION; OPTICAL TRAP; OPTICALTRAPPING; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS; PROPAGATION AXIS; ROTATIONAL FREQUENCY; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES;

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; LASER BEAMS; MICROMANIPULATORS;

NANORODS;

EID: 70449627602     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.825840     Document Type: Conference Paper

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