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Tweezers with a twist
Nature Photonics · 2011 · Vol. 5(6) · pp. 343–348
Miles J. Padgett✉(University of Glasgow)Richard Bowman(University of Glasgow)
Orbital Angular Momentum in OpticsNear-Field Optical MicroscopyMicrofluidic and Bio-sensing TechnologiesOptical tweezersPhysicsAngular momentumOpticsAngular momentum of lightOrbital angular momentum of lightLight beamPolarization (electrochemistry)LaserAngular momentum coupling
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