Calibration of the optical torque wrench

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 3787-3802

  Pedaci, Francesco ^a   Huang, Zhuangxiong ^a   Van Oene, Maarten ^a   Dekker, Nynke H ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; TOOLS;

ANGULAR VARIABLES; BIOPHYSICAL SYSTEMS; CELLULAR LEVELS; LASER TRAPPING; LINEAR POLARIZATION; OPTICAL TORQUE;

TORQUE;

ARTICLE; BIREFRINGENCE; CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; TORQUE;

BIREFRINGENCE; CALIBRATION; DIFFUSION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; TORQUE;

EID: 84857315997     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.003787     Document Type: Article

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