Experimental and theoretical determination of optical binding forces

Optics Express

Volumn 18, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 25389-25402

  Brzobohaty O ^a   Cizmar T ^b,c   Karasek V ^a   Siler M ^a   Dholakia, K ^c   Zemanek P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINDING FORCES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; INCIDENT ANGLES; INDIVIDUAL PARTICLES; INTER-PARTICLE SEPARATION; LONG DISTANCES; MICRO-PARTICLES; NUMERICAL SIMULATION; OPTICAL BINDING; OPTICAL FIELD; PARTICLE EFFECT; REFLECTIVE SURFACES; SOFT MATTER; STANDING WAVE; THEORETICAL STUDY;

PARTICLE SEPARATORS;

EID: 78649707317     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.18.025389     Document Type: Article

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