Biaxial crystal-based optical tweezers

Ukrainian Journal of Physical Optics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 99-106

  Angelsky Oleg, V ^a   Maksimyak Andrew, P ^a   Maksimyak Peter, P ^a   Hanson Steen, G ^b  

^a CHERNIVTSI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Ukraine)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Biaxial crystals; Optical tweezers; Shift polarisation interferometer; Singular optical trap

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952915073     PISSN: 16091833     EISSN: 18162002     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3116/16091833/11/2/99/2010     Document Type: Article

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