Optical alignment and confinement of an ellipsoidal nanorod in optical tweezers: A theoretical study

Journal of the Optical Society of America A: Optics and Image Science, and Vision

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1224-1236

  Trojek, Jan ^a   Chvátal, Lukáš ^a   Zemánek, Pavel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRIC FIELDS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; FOCUSED BEAMS; FOCUSED LASER BEAMS; FOCUSING OPTICS; LINEARLY POLARIZED; METAL NANORODS; OPTICAL ALIGNMENTS; OPTICAL FORCE; OPTICAL TORQUE; PLASMON RESONANCES; PRINCIPAL AXES; RAYLEIGH APPROXIMATION; THEORETICAL PREDICTION; THEORETICAL STUDY; THREE DIMENSIONS; TRAPPING LASER; VECTOR FIELDS;

NANORODS;

EID: 84863773281     PISSN: 10847529     EISSN: 15208532     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOSAA.29.001224     Document Type: Article

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