Equilibrium orientations and positions of nonspherical particles in optical traps

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 12987-12996

  Cao, Yongyin ^a,b   Stilgoe, Alexander B ^b   Chen, Lixue ^a   Nieminen, Timo A ^b   Rubinsztein Dunlop, Halina ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

A-PLANE; EQUILIBRIUM ORIENTATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM POSITIONS; FOCUSED LASER BEAMS; GENERAL METHOD; NANOCYLINDERS; NONSPHERICAL PARTICLE; OPTICAL TRAP; PREDICTIVE POWER; SHAPED PARTICLES; SYSTEMATIC INVESTIGATIONS; TILT ANGLE;

CYLINDERS (SHAPES);

EID: 84863758949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.012987     Document Type: Article

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