Near-axial rotation of nanorods by focused laser beams using dual-beam method

Journal of Nanophotonics

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hwang, Sun Uk ^a   Lee, Yong Gu ^b,c   Kim, Yong Jin ^b   Yi, Gyu Chul ^a  

^a Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST)   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

angular momentum; nanorods; near axial rotation; optical trapping

Indexed keywords

ANGULAR MOMENTUM; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LASER BEAMS; NANORODS; ROTATION; ZINC OXIDE;

AXIAL ROTATION; FOCUSED GAUSSIAN BEAM; FOCUSED LASER BEAMS; LAGUERRE GAUSSIAN BEAMS; OFFSET DISTANCES; OPTICALTRAPPING; VIDEO TRACKING; ZNO NANOROD;

GAUSSIAN BEAMS;

EID: 80655149523     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19342608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1117/1.3590196     Document Type: Article

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