Holographic Optical Tweezers

Structured Light and its Applications: An Introduction to Phase-Structured Beams and Nanoscale Optical Forces

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 139-168

  Spalding, Gabriel C ^a   Courtial, Johannes ^b   Di Leonardo, Roberto ^c  

^a ILLINOIS WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c Università di Roma   (Italy)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374027-4.00006-2     Document Type: Chapter

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