This page lists paper describing parts of the toolbox.
Papers describing the toolbox
- T. A. Nieminen, V. L. Y. Loke, A. B. Stilgoe, G. Knoener, A. M. Branczyk, N. R. Heckenberg, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, "Optical tweezers computational toolbox", Journal of Optics A 9, S196-S203 (2007)
- T. A. Nieminen, V. L. Y. Loke, G. Knoener, A. M. Branczyk, "Toolbox for calculation of optical forces and torques", PIERS Online 3(3), 338-342 (2007)
More about computational modelling of optical tweezers:
- T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, "Computational modelling of optical tweezers", Proc. SPIE 5514, 514-523 (2004)
More about our beam multipole expansion algorithm:
- T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N. R. Heckenberg, "Multipole expansion of strongly focussed laser beams", Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 79-80, 1005-1017 (2003)
More about our T-matrix algorithm:
- T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N. R. Heckenberg, "Calculation of the T-matrix: general considerations and application of the point-matching method", Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 79-80, 1019-1029 (2003)
The multipole rotation matrix algorithm we used:
- C. H. Choi, J. Ivanic, M. S. Gordon, K. Ruedenberg, "Rapid and stable determination of rotation matrices between spherical harmonics by direct recursion" Journal of Chemical Physics 111, 8825-8831 (1999)
The multipole translation algorithm we used:
- G. Videen, "Light scattering from a sphere near a plane interface", pp 81-96 in: F. Moreno and F. Gonzalez (eds), Light Scattering from Microstructures, LNP 534, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, 2000
More on optical trapping landscapes:
- A. B. Stilgoe, T. A. Nieminen, G. Knoener, N. R. Heckenberg, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, "The effect of Mie resonances on trapping in optical tweezers", Optics Express, 15039-15051 (2008)
Multi-layer sphere algorithm:
- W. Yang, "Improved recursive algorithm for light scattering by a multilayered sphere", Applied Optics 42(9), (2003)