Optical angular manipulation of liquid crystal droplets in laser tweezers

Journal of Nonlinear Optical Physics and Materials

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 167-194

  Brasselet, E ^a   Juodkazis, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Laser tweezers; Lightmatter angular momentum transfer; Liquid crystal droplets; Optical orientational nonlinearities

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; BIREFRINGENCE; DROPS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; NEMATIC LIQUID CRYSTALS; NONLINEAR OPTICS; REFRACTIVE INDEX;

LARGE OPTICAL NONLINEARITIES; LASER MICROMANIPULATION; LASER TWEEZERS; LINEAR OPTICAL PROPERTIES; LIQUID CRYSTALLINE SYSTEM; LIQUID-CRYSTAL DROPLETS; MICROFLUIDIC ENVIRONMENT; ORIENTATIONAL NONLINEARITIES;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EID: 71049193791     PISSN: 02188635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218863509004580     Document Type: Article

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