Optical tweezers setup with optical height detection and active height regulation under white light illumination

Journal of Optics

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Wagner, Carolin ^a   Stangner, Tim ^a   Gutsche, Christof ^a   Ueberschär, Olaf ^a   Kremer, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

height clamp; height detection; optical position detection; optical tweezers

Indexed keywords

OPTICS; RESEARCH;

FORCE-DISTANCE CURVES; HEIGHT DETECTIONS; HEIGHT REGULATIONS; MICROSCOPIC IMAGE; OPTICAL DETECTION; POSITION DETECTION; QUANTITATIVE AGREEMENT; WHITE-LIGHT ILLUMINATION;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EID: 80755171521     PISSN: 20408978     EISSN: 20408986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/11/115302     Document Type: Article

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