Enhancing the strength of an optical trap by truncation.

Optical traps (tweezers) are beginning to be used with increasing efficacy in diverse studies in the biological and biomedical sciences. We report here results of a systematic study aimed at enhancing the efficiency with which dielectric (transparent) materials can be optically trapped. Specifically...

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Main Authors: Vanessa R M Rodrigues, Argha Mondal, Jayashree A Dharmadhikari, Swapnesh Panigrahi, Deepak Mathur, Aditya K Dharmadhikari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3620420?pdf=render