Optical rotor capable of controlling clockwise and counterclockwise rotation in optical tweezers by displacing the trapping position

Applied Optics

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1991-1996

  Ukita, Hiroo ^a   Kawashima, Hiroki ^a  

^a RITSUMEIKAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLOCKS; COMPUTATIONAL FLUID DYNAMICS; DRAG; LENSES; OPTICAL RESONATORS; ROTATION;

COUNTER CLOCKWISE ROTATION; NUMERICAL APERTURE; OBJECTIVE LENS; OPTICAL TORQUE; RAY OPTICS MODEL; ROTATION DIRECTIONS; ROTATION SPEED; ROTOR THICKNESS;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EID: 77955622179     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.49.001991     Document Type: Article

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