Controlling photonic structures using optical forces

Nature

Volumn 462, Issue 7273, 2009, Pages 633-636

  Wiederhecker, Gustavo S ^a   Chen, Long ^a   Gondarenko, Alexander ^a   Lipson, Michal ^a  

^a School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON NITRIDE;

CYTOLOGY; MECHANICAL THEORY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL METHOD; PARTICULATE MATTER; RESONANCE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SILICON;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; FORCE; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS;

EID: 71449083003     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08584     Document Type: Article

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