Light spin forces in optical traps: Comment on "Trapping metallic Rayleigh particles with radial polarization"

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 2832-2834

  Iglesias, Ignacio ^a   Sáenz, Juan José ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CONSTANTS; OPTICS;

METALLIC PARTICLES; OPTICAL TRAP; RADIAL POLARIZATION; RAYLEIGH PARTICLE; SCATTERING FORCES;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 84856487192     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.002832     Document Type: Article

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