Experimental demonstration of optical transport, sorting and self-arrangement using a 'tractor beam'

Nature Photonics

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 123-127

  Brzobohaty O ^a   Karasek V ^a   Siler M ^a   Chvatal L ^a   Cizmar T ^b   Zemanek P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS   (Czech Republic)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; LIGHT-MATTER INTERACTIONS; LINEARLY POLARIZED; OPTICAL INTENSITIES; OPTICAL TRANSPORT; SPHERICAL MICRO PARTICLES; SUNLIGHT RADIATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

PHOTONS; POLARIZATION; TRACTORS (TRUCK);

SCREENING;

EID: 84873410162     PISSN: 17494885     EISSN: 17494893     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphoton.2012.332     Document Type: Article

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