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A Photonic Nanojet as Tunable and Polarization-Sensitive Optical Tweezers

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A Photonic Nanojet as Tunable and Polarization-Sensitive Optical Tweezers. / Karabchevsky, Alina.
In: Annalen der Physik, Vol. 530, No. 9, 1800129, 11.09.2018.

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Karabchevsky, A 2018, 'A Photonic Nanojet as Tunable and Polarization-Sensitive Optical Tweezers', Annalen der Physik, vol. 530, no. 9, 1800129. https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.201800129

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Karabchevsky, A. (2018). A Photonic Nanojet as Tunable and Polarization-Sensitive Optical Tweezers. Annalen der Physik, 530(9), Article 1800129. https://doi.org/10.1002/andp.201800129

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Karabchevsky A. A Photonic Nanojet as Tunable and Polarization-Sensitive Optical Tweezers. Annalen der Physik. 2018 Sept 11;530(9):1800129. Epub 2018 Aug 20. doi: 10.1002/andp.201800129

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Karabchevsky, Alina. / A Photonic Nanojet as Tunable and Polarization-Sensitive Optical Tweezers. In: Annalen der Physik. 2018 ; Vol. 530, No. 9.

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