Optical trapping of metallic Rayleigh particles

Observation of a single-beam gradient force optical trap for dielectric particles

1986 • 6,614 citations

Direct observation of kinesin stepping by optical trapping interferometry

1993 • 1,861 citations

Biological Applications of Optical Forces

1994 • 1,750 citations

Forces of a single-beam gradient laser trap on a dielectric sphere in the ray optics regime

1992 • 1,623 citations

Optical constants from the far infrared to the x-ray region: Mg, Al, Cu, Ag, Au, Bi, C, and Al_2O_3

1975 • 829 citations

Applications of Laser Radiation Pressure

1980 • 581 citations

Trapping of Atoms by Resonance Radiation Pressure

1978 • 543 citations

Theoretical determination of net radiation force and torque for a spherical particle illuminated by a focused laser beam

1989 • 482 citations

Parametric study of the forces on microspheres held by optical tweezers

1994 • 258 citations

Lateral Movements of Membrane Glycoproteins Restricted by Dynamic Cytoplasmic Barriers

1991 • 250 citations

Optical levitation in high vacuum

1976 • 236 citations

Optical trapping of a metal particle and a water droplet by a scanning laser beam

1992 • 217 citations

Escape and synchronization of a Brownian particle

1992 • 190 citations

Optical measurement of picometer displacements of transparent microscopic objects

1990 • 173 citations

Radiation trapping forces on microspheres with optical tweezers

1993 • 157 citations

The TEM∗01 mode laser beam—A powerful tool for optical levitation of various types of spheres

1978 • 60 citations

Laser manipulation and ablation of a single microcapsule in water

1991 • 59 citations

Zur Theorie der Photophorese

1926 • 38 citations