Publications

Book chapters

C. P. Smith, R. G. McDuff, N. R. Heckenberg, M. S. Soskin and M. V. Vasnetsov
``Mechanical effects of optical vortices''
pp 37-73 in M. Vasnetsov and K. Staliunas (eds) Optical Vortices (Horizons in World Physics 228), Nova Science Publishers, Commack, New York (1999)
N. R. Heckenberg, M. E. J. Friese, T.A. Nieminen and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``Mechanical effects of optical vortices''
pp 75-105 in M. Vasnetsov and K. Staliunas (eds) Optical Vortices (Horizons in World Physics 228), Nova Science Publishers, Commack, New York (1999)
H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, T. A. Nieminen, M. E. J. Friese and N. R. Heckenberg
``Optical trapping of absorbing particles''
pp 469-492 in P.-O. Löwdin et al. (eds) Advances in Quantum Chemistry: Modern Trends in Atomic Physics (Advances in Quantum Chemistry 30), Academic Press (1998)

Papers

S. Bayoudh, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``Orientation of biological cells using plane polarised Gaussian beam optical tweezers''
accepted for publication in Journal of Modern Optics
T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and N. R. Heckenberg
``Multipole expansion of strongly focussed laser beams''
accepted for publication in Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
Available online: preprint
T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and N. R. Heckenberg
``Calculation of the T-matrix: general considerations and application of the point-matching method''
accepted for publication in Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
Available online: preprint
T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N. R. Heckenberg and A. I. Bishop
``Numerical modelling of optical trapping''
Computer Physics Communications 142, 468-471 (2001)
Available online: preprint
T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and N. R. Heckenberg
``Calculation and optical measurement of laser trapping forces on non-spherical particles''
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 70, 627-637 (2001)
Available online: [HTML] [preprint (pdf)] [ScienceDirect]
S. Bayoudh, M. Mehta, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N. R. Heckenberg and C. Critchley
``Micromanipulation of chloroplasts using optical tweezers''
Journal of Microscopy 203, 214-222 (2001)
T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``Optical measurement of microscopic torques''
Journal of Modern Optics 48, 405-413 (2001)
Available online: [HTML] [preprint (pdf)]
M. E. J. Friese, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, J. Gold, P. Hagberg and D. Hanstorp
``Optically driven micromachine elements''
Applied Physics Letters 78, 547-549 (2001)
D. W. Berry, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``Effects associated with bubble formation in optical trapping''
Journal of Modern Optics 47, 1575-1585 (2000)
M. E. J. Friese, A. G. Truscott, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and N. R. Heckenberg
``Three-dimensional imaging with optical tweezers''
Applied Optics 38, 7112-7116 (1999)
M. E. J. Friese, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``Alignment or spinning of laser-trapped microscopic waveplates''
Nature 394, 348-350 (1998),
erratum in Nature 395, 621 (1998)
Available online: [pdf]
M. E. J. Friese, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``Optical torque controlled by elliptical polarization''
Optics Letters 23, 1-3 (1998)
Available online: [pdf]
N. R. Heckenberg, T. A. Nieminen, M. E. J Friese and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``Trapping microscopic particles with singular beams''
Proceedings of SPIE 3487, 46-53 (1998)
M. E. J. Friese, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N. R. Heckenberg and E. W. Dearden
``Determination of the force constant of a single-beam gradient trap by measurement of backscattered light''
Applied Optics 35, 7112-7116 (1996)
M. E. J. Friese, J. Enger, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and N. R. Heckenberg
``Optical angular-momentum transfer to trapped absorbing particles''
Physical Review A 54, 1593-1596 (1996)
Available online: [PROLA]
M. E. J. Friese, H. He, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``Transfer of angular momentum to absorbing particles from a laser beam with a phase singularity''
Proceedings of SPIE 2792, 190-195 (1996)
H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N. R. Heckenberg and M. E. J. Friese
``Laser tweezers''
Australian Optical Society News, July (No: 233066/0021), 2, (1995)
H. He, M. E. J. Friese, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``Direct observation of transfer of angular momentum to absorptive particles from a laser beam with a phase singularity''
Physical Review Letters 75, 826-829 (1995)
Available online: [PROLA]
H. He, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``Optical particle trapping with high order doughnut beams produced using high efficiency computer generated holograms''
Journal of Modern Optics 41, 217 (1995)
C. D'Helon, E. W. Dearden, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N. R. Heckenberg
``Measurement of the optical force and trapping range of a single-beam gradient optical trap for micron-sized latex spheres''
Journal of Modern Optics 41, 595 (1994)

Conference presentations

T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``Propagation of arbitrary non-paraxial beams by expansion in spherical functions''
Fifteenth AIP Biennial Congress 2002/AOS2002, Sydney, Australia (2002)
A. I. Bishop, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``Alignment and controlled rotation of microparticles in Gaussian beam laser traps''
Fifteenth AIP Biennial Congress 2002/AOS2002, Sydney, Australia (2002)
T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and N. R. Heckenberg
``Angular momentum generation by scattering: alignment and rotation of microobjects''
6th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Gainesville, Florida, USA (2002)
N. R. Heckenberg, T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and M. P. Sheetz
``Probing live cells with optically driven and monitored micro-rotors''
6th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Gainesville, Florida, USA (2002)
T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and N. R. Heckenberg
``Vector spherical wavefunction expansion of a strongly focussed laser beam''
6th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Gainesville, Florida, USA (2002)
N. R. Heckenberg, T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and M. P. Sheetz
``Probing cell membrane with an optical torque wrench''
ACOLS 2001, Brisbane, Australia (2001)
T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and N. R. Heckenberg
``Alignment of non-spherical isotropic particles in a linearly polarised Gaussian beam laser trap''
ACOLS 2001, Brisbane, Australia (2001)
T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and N. R. Heckenberg
``Trapping and alignment of a microfibre using the discrete dipole approximation''
CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001, Chiba, Japan (2001)
T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N. R. Heckenberg and A. I. Bishop
``Theory of optical force and position measurement for an optically trapped probe particle''
AOS2000, Adelaide, Australia (2000)
T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, N. R. Heckenberg and A. I. Bishop
``Numerical modelling of optical trapping''
CCP2000: Conference on Computational Physics 2000, Gold Coast, Australia (2000)
T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and N. R. Heckenberg
``Laser trapping of non-spherical particles''
5th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Halifax, Canada (2000)
T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``Optical measurement of microscopic forces and torques''
5th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Halifax, Canada (2000)
T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``Measurement of rotation speed of birefringent material and optical torque from polarisation of transmitted light''
CLEO/Pacific Rim'99, Seoul, Korea (1999)
M. E. J. Friese, A. G. Truscott, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``A scanning microscope employing an optically trapped stylus''
Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 1999 (1999)
M. E. J. Friese, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, J. Gold and P. Hagberg
``Laser driven micromachine elements'' Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 1999 (1999)
S. Bayoudh, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and N. R. Heckenberg
``Manipulation of smooth muscle cells and macrophages with optical tweezers and scissors''
ACOLS 98: Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy 1998, Christchurch, New Zealand (1998)
D. W. Berry, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``Strong heating effects in optical trapping''
ACOLS 98: Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy 1998, Christchurch, New Zealand (1998)
H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, M. E. J. Friese and N. R. Heckenberg
``Optical tweezers and their applications''
ACOLS 98: Australian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy 1998, Christchurch, New Zealand (1998)
M. E. J. Friese, T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and N. R. Heckenberg
``Optical torques align and rotate microscopic waveplates''
paper QThB8 CLEO/IQEC '98, San Francisco, USA (1998)
T. A. Nieminen, M. E. J. Friese, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``The optical torque on a microscopic waveplate''
paper WP32, XIth Conference of the Australian Optical Society, Adelaide, Australia (1997)
N. R. Heckenberg, T. A. Nieminen, M. E. J. Friese and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
``Trapping microscopic particles with singular beams''
First International Topical Meeting on Singular Optics, Partenit, Ukraine (1997)
M. E. J. Friese, T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and N. R. Heckenberg
``Angular momentum transfer from a circularly polarised Gaussian beam''
paper QWD34, CLEO/QELS '97, Baltimore, USA (1997)