Nanonewton optical force trap employing anti-reflection coated, high-refractive-index titania microspheres

Nature Photonics

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 469-476

  Jannasch, Anita ^a   Demirörs, Ahmet F ^b,c   Van Oostrum, Peter D J ^b,d   Van Blaaderen, Alfons ^b   Schäffer, Erik ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

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EID: 84863487498     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.140     Document Type: Article

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