Using a slightly tapered optical fiber to attract and transport microparticles

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 5574-5579

  Sheu, Fang Wen ^a   Wu, Hong Yu ^a   Chen, Sy Hann ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; POLYSTYRENES;

EVANESCENT WAVE; FIBER SURFACE; LASER LIGHTS; MICRO-PARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPULSION; SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBER; SUB-WAVELENGTH; TAPERED FIBER; TAPERED OPTICAL FIBERS; TELECOM;

FIBERS;

MICROSPHERE;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROMANIPULATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; MICROMANIPULATION; MICROSPHERES; OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EID: 77949611115     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.005574     Document Type: Article

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