Continuous manipulation of doughnut focal spot in a large scale

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 12692-12698

  Hao, Xiang ^a   Kuang, Cuifang ^a   Li, Yanghui ^a   Liu, Xu ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHASE MODULATION;

ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITIES; BEAM MODULATION; DARK SPOTS; DIFFERENT ORDER; FOCAL SPOT; PHASE DIVERSITY; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS;

LIGHT MODULATORS;

EID: 84863754911     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.012692     Document Type: Article

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