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Optical Tweezers

technical implementer: Laboratory Physicist Dean Hudek
edited by Laboratory Physicist Dean Hudek

Learn about the principles behind the optical tweezers or optical trapping experiment. Become familiar with the use of standard optics including optical alignment, and collection of data through the use of a camera-computer system. Examine the forces on a bead trapped by a laser.

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Subjects	Lab Level	Resource Types
Modern Physics - Atomic Physics Optics - Modern Optics = Lasers = Physical Optics	- Intermediate Undergraduate - Advanced Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Instructor Guide/Manual = Laboratory

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Record Creator:: Metadata instance created August 3, 2011 by Dean Hudek
Record Updated:: January 18, 2012 by Ramon Torres-Isea
Last Update when Cataloged:: November 1, 2010

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