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Optical Trap Loading of Dielectric Microparticles In Air
Published on: February 5, 2017
Shape oscillations of microparticles on an optical microscope stage
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America
|November 1, 1985
Abstract:
A modulated acoustic radiation pressure technique to produce quadrupole shape oscillations of drops ranging in diameter from 50-220 micron has been used by us. These drops have been suspended by acoustic levitation in a small chamber mounted on a stage of an optical microscope, which allowed easy viewing. The fission of drops and the deformation of sea urchin eggs were also observed.

