Optical tweezers: A light touch

Journal of Microscopy

Volumn 248, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 219-222

  Lee, Michael P ^a   Padgett, Miles J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diffractive optics; Optical tweezers; Spatial light modulators (SLMs)

Indexed keywords

LIGHT MODULATION; LIGHT MODULATORS;

FOCUSED LASER; GRADIENT FORCE; IMAGING METHOD; LASER LIGHTS; MICROSCOPIC PARTICLE; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATOR; SPATIAL LIGHT MODULATORS;

OPTICAL TWEEZERS;

ARTICLE; IMAGING; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL TWEEZERS; PHYSICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84869085944     PISSN: 00222720     EISSN: 13652818     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2818.2012.03639.x     Document Type: Article

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