Trapping and propelling microparticles at long range by using an entirely stripped and slightly tapered no-core optical fiber

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 2884-2894

  Sheu, Fang Wen ^a   Huang, Yen Si ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAYI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Evanescent wave; Fiber optics; Optical manipulation

Indexed keywords

EVANESCENT WAVE; FLOWING FLUID; MICRO-PARTICLES; MULTIMODE OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MANIPULATION; POLYSTYRENE MICROPARTICLES; SINGLE-MODE OPTICAL FIBER; TRAPPED PARTICLE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE REFLECTION; FIBER OPTICS; POLYSTYRENES;

OPTICAL FIBERS;

GLASS FIBER;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTICS; HUMAN; LASER; PARTICLE SIZE; TELECOMMUNICATION;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; LASERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; PARTICLE SIZE; TELECOMMUNICATIONS;

EID: 84875142106     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s130302884     Document Type: Article

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