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Controllable optical trap arrays

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A method of generating 3D optical trap arrays (OTAs) using a uniaxial crystal has been proposed and implemented. It is shown that the properties of obtained OTAs can be controlled by changing the parameters of the optical system and the state of radiation polarization past the crystal.

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Original Russian Text © N.V. Shostka, M.O. Ivanov, V.I. Shostka, 2016, published in Pis’ma v Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2016, Vol. 42, No. 18, pp. 32–38.

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Shostka, N.V., Ivanov, M.O. & Shostka, V.I. Controllable optical trap arrays. Tech. Phys. Lett. 42, 944–947 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S106378501609025X

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