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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)
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arXiv.org
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)
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arXiv.org
S. J. Parkin, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Optical measurement of torque exerted on an elongated object by a
noncircular laser beam"
Physical Review A 70(2), 023816 (2004)
Selected for: Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research
8(5) (2004)
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arXiv.org
Physical Review A
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.023816
A. I. Bishop, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Optical microrheology using rotating laser-trapped particles"
Physical Review Letters 92(19), 198104 (2004)
Selected for: Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research
7(10) (2004)
Featured in: Physical Review Focus 13,
story 22 (2004)
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arXiv.org
Physical Review Letters
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.198104
T. A. Nieminen
"Comment on "Geometric absorption of electromagnetic angular momentum",
C. Konz, G. Benford"
Optics Communications 235, 227–229 (2004)
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arXiv.org
DOI: 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.02.066
D. K. Gramotnev, S. J. Goodman and T. A. Nieminen
"Grazing-angle scattering of electromagnetic waves in
gratings with varying mean parameters: grating eigenmodes"
Journal of Modern Optics 51, 379–397 (2004)
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arXiv.org
MetaPress
DOI: 10.1080/09500340310001608811
Alexis I. Bishop, Timo A. Nieminen, Norman R. Heckenberg
and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Optical application and measurement of torque on microparticles
of isotropic nonabsorbing material"
Physical Review A 68, 033802 (2003)
Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology 8(12)
(2003)
Featured in: Physical Review Focus 13,
story 22 (2004)
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arXiv.org
Physical Review A
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.033802
S. Bayoudh, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Orientation of biological cells using plane-polarized Gaussian beam optical
tweezers"
Journal of Modern Optics 50(10), 1581–1590 (2003)
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arXiv.org
MetaPress
DOI: 10.1080/0950034031000069497
Dmitri K. Gramotnev, Melissa L. Mather, and Timo A. Nieminen
"Anomalous absorption of bulk shear sagittal acoustic waves in a layered
structure with viscous fluid"
Ultrasonics 41, 197–205 (2003)
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arXiv.org
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(03)00100-8
T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and N. R. Heckenberg
"Multipole expansion of strongly focussed laser beams"
Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
79–80, 1005–1017 (2003)
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arXiv.org
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(02)00335-7
T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and 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)
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arXiv.org
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(02)00336-9
D. K. Gramotnev and T. A. Nieminen
"Rigorous analysis of grazing-angle scattering of electromagnetic waves in
periodic gratings"
Optics Communications 219, 33–48 (2003)
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arXiv.org
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(03)01304-X
Dmitri K. Gramotnev and Timo A. Nieminen
"Non-steady-state double-resonant extremely asymmetrical scattering of waves in
periodic gratings"
Physics Letters A 310, 214–222 (2003)
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arXiv.org
DOI: 10.1016/S0375-9601(03)00289-5
D. K. Gramotnev, T. A. Nieminen and T. A. Hopper
"Extremely asymmetrical scattering in gratings with varying mean
structural parameters"
Journal of Modern Optics 49, 1567–1585 (2002)
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arXiv.org
MetaPress
DOI: 10.1080/09500340110109403
T. A. Nieminen and D. K. Gramotnev
"Non-steady-state extremely asymmetrical scattering of waves
in periodic gratings"
Optics Express 10, 268–273 (2002)
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arXiv.org
Optics Express
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)
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arXiv.org
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4655(01)00391-5
T. A. Nieminen and J. E. R. Ross
"How to SYN in seven easy steps"
Computer Physics Communications 142, 160–163 (2001)
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arXiv.org
DOI: 10.1016/S0010-4655(01)00358-7
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)
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arXiv.org
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-4073(01)00034-6
T. A. Nieminen and D. K. Gramotnev
"Rigorous analysis of extremely asymmetrical scattering of electromagnetic waves in slanted
periodic gratings"
Optics Communications 189, 175–186 (2001)
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arXiv.org
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(01)01023-9
T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Optical measurement of microscopic torques"
Journal of Modern Optics 48, 405–413 (2001)
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arXiv.org
MetaPress
DOI: 10.1080/095003401750051370
D. K. Gramotnev and T. A. Nieminen
"Double-resonant extremely asymmetrical scattering of electromagnetic
waves in periodic arrays separated by a gap"
Optical and Quantum Electronics 33, 1–17 (2001)
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arXiv.org
SpringerLink
DOI: 10.1023/A:1007019621419
D. K. Gramotnev and T. A. Nieminen
"Extremely asymmetrical scattering of electromagnetic waves in
gradually varying periodic arrays"
Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics 1,
635–645 (1999)
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arXiv.org
Journal of Optics A
DOI: 10.1088/1464-4258/1/5/310
M. E. J. Friese, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Optical alignment and spinning of laser-trapped microscopic particles"
Nature 394, 348–350 (1998),
erratum in Nature 395, 621 (1998)
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arXiv.org
Nature
DOI: 10.1038/28566
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)
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arXiv.org
Optics Letters
T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
""Hybrid" T-matrix methods"
pp. 263–266 in
T. Wriedt (ed)
Electromagnetic and Light Scattering — Theory
and Applications VII
Universität Bremen, Bremen (2003)
Presented at:
7th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by
Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications,
Bremen, Germany (2003)
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Online proceedings
T. A. Nieminen, A. I. Bishop, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Polarimetric measurement of optical torque"
pp. 267–270 in
T. Wriedt (ed)
Electromagnetic and Light Scattering — Theory
and Applications VII
Universität Bremen, Bremen (2003)
Presented at:
7th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by
Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications,
Bremen, Germany (2003)
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Online proceedings
T. A. Nieminen, D. F. P. Pile, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Multiple-scattering modelling of scattering by biological cells"
pp. 259–262 in
T. Wriedt (ed)
Electromagnetic and Light Scattering — Theory
and Applications VII
Universität Bremen, Bremen (2003)
Presented at:
7th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by
Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications,
Bremen, Germany (2003)
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Online proceedings
S. H.-J. Choi, T. A. Nieminen, M. Bahr, and N. Bahr
"Improving behaviour classification consistency: a technique from
biological taxonomy"
AARE 2002, Brisbane, Australia (2002)
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Cogprints
Online proceedings
T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Propagation of arbitrary non-paraxial beams by expansion in
spherical functions"
in
D. Neilson (ed)
Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Physics 15th Biennial Congress
2002
CD-ROM, Causal Productions (2002)
Presented at:
Fifteenth AIP Biennial Congress 2002/AOS2002,
Sydney, Australia (2002)
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A. I. Bishop, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Alignment and controlled rotation of microparticles in Gaussian beam
laser traps"
in
D. Neilson (ed)
Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Physics 15th Biennial Congress
2002
CD-ROM, Causal Productions (2002)
Presented at:
Fifteenth AIP Biennial Congress 2002/AOS2002,
Sydney, Australia (2002)
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T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and N. R. Heckenberg
"Angular momentum generation by scattering: alignment and rotation
of microobjects"
pp. 239–242 in
B. Gustafson, L. Kolokolova, and G. Videen (eds)
Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles
Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland (2002)
Presented at:
6th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical
Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications,
Gainesville, Florida, USA (2002)
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N. R. Heckenberg, T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and M. P. Sheetz
"Probing live cells with optically driven and monitored micro-rotors"
pp. 111–114 in
B. Gustafson, L. Kolokolova, and G. Videen (eds)
Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles
Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland (2002)
Presented at:
6th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical
Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications,
Gainesville, Florida, USA (2002)
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T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and N. R. Heckenberg
"Vector spherical wavefunction expansion of a strongly focussed
laser beam"
pp. 243–246 in
B. Gustafson, L. Kolokolova, and G. Videen (eds)
Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles
Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland (2002)
Presented at:
6th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical
Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications,
Gainesville, Florida, USA (2002)
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T. A. Nieminen, H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop, and N. R. Heckenberg
"Laser trapping of non-spherical particles"
pp. 304–307 in
G. Videen, Q. Fu, and P. Chýlek (eds)
Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Halifax Contributions
Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland (2000)
Presented at:
5th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical
Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications,
Halifax, Canada (2000)
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T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Optical measurement of microscopic forces and torques"
pp. 308–311 in
G. Videen, Q. Fu, and P. Chýlek (eds)
Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Halifax Contributions
Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, Maryland (2000)
Presented at:
5th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical
Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications,
Halifax, Canada (2000)
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Ursula Gibson, Wolfgang Singer, Timo Nieminen, Norman Heckenberg
and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Growth of crystals in optical tweezers"
Proceedings of SPIE 5930, 294–302 (2005)
Presented at:
Optics & Photonics 2005, San Diego, USA (2005)
Simon J. W. Parkin, Gregor Knöner, Timo A. Nieminen,
Norman R. Heckenberg and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"A constant torque micro-viscometer"
Proceedings of SPIE 5736, 59–65 (2005)
Presented at:
Photonics West 2005, San Jose, USA (2005)
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Wolfgang Singer, Timo A. Nieminen, Ursula J. Gibson,
Norman R. Heckenberg and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Rotating optical tweezers"
Proceedings of SPIE 5736, 16–24 (2005)
Presented at:
Photonics West 2005, San Jose, USA (2005)
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Timo A. Nieminen, Simon J. Parkin, Norman R. Heckenberg
and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Optical torque and symmetry"
Proceedings of SPIE 5514, 254–263 (2004)
Invited presentation at:
Optical Science and Technology: SPIE's 49th Annual Meeting,
Denver, USA (2004)
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Timo A. Nieminen, Norman R. Heckenberg and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Computational modelling of optical tweezers"
Proceedings of SPIE 5514, 514–523 (2004)
Presented at:
Optical Science and Technology: SPIE's 49th Annual Meeting,
Denver, USA (2004)
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Simon J. Parkin, Timo A. Nieminen, Norman R. Heckenberg
and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Measurement of orbital angular momentum in optical tweezers"
Proceedings of SPIE 5514, 264–274 (2004)
Presented at:
Optical Science and Technology: SPIE's 49th Annual Meeting,
Denver, USA (2004)
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Minjoon Choi, Serene Choi and Timo Nieminen
"The autistic students' ensemble"
snapshots: primary 1(2), 31–32 (2004)
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Timo A. Nieminen, Norman R. Heckenberg and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Angular momentum of a strongly focussed Gaussian beam"
arXiv.org:physics/0408080
Available online:
arXiv.org
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)
Presented at:
First International Topical Meeting on Singular Optics,
Partenit, Ukraine (1997)
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Timo A. Nieminen, Simon J. Parkin, Norman R. Heckenberg
and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Optical torque and symmetry"
Invited presentation at:
Optical Science and Technology: SPIE's 49th Annual Meeting,
Denver, USA (2004)
Timo A. Nieminen, Norman R. Heckenberg and Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Computational modelling of optical tweezers"
Optical Science and Technology: SPIE's 49th Annual Meeting,
Denver, USA (2004)
T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
""Hybrid" T-matrix methods"
7th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by
Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications,
Bremen, Germany (2003)
T. A. Nieminen, A. I. Bishop, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Polarimetric measurement of optical torque"
7th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by
Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications,
Bremen, Germany (2003)
T. A. Nieminen, D. F. P. Pile, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Multiple-scattering modelling of scattering by biological cells"
7th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by
Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications,
Bremen, Germany (2003)
T. A. Nieminen, A. I. Bishop, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Optical microrheology"
Third Australian Conference on Laser Diagnostics in Fluid
Mechanics and Combustion, Brisbane, Australia (2002)
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)
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)
D. K. Gramotnev and T. A. Nieminen
"Grazing-angle scattering of bulk and guided electromagnetic waves
in non-uniform periodic gratings"
AOS2000, Adelaide, 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)
S. Parkin, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"Measurement of torque exerted by orbital angular momentum using an
analysing hologram"
ACOLS 2003, Melbourne, Australia (2003)
Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Alexis Bishop, Gregor Knöner,
Timo Nieminen, Simon Parkin, and Norman Heckenberg
"Optical tweezers and angular momentum of light: new tools for physics
and biology"
ACOLS 2003, Melbourne, Australia (2003)
S. J. Goodman, D. R. Mason, D. K. Gramotnev, and T. A. Nieminen
"New Eigenmodes of a Slab Holographic Grating"
ACOLS 2003, Melbourne, Australia (2003)
D. R. Mason, S. J. Goodman, D. K. Gramotnev, and T. A. Nieminen
"Frequency response of grazing-angle scattering in a slab holographic
grating. Grating eigenmodes"
ACOLS 2003, Melbourne, Australia (2003)
D. R. Mason, D. K. Gramotnev, and T. A. Nieminen
"Generation of guided modes in a slab holographic grating at large Bragg
detunings"
ACOLS 2003, Melbourne, Australia (2003)
Halina Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Alexis Bishop, Timo Nieminen, Simon Parkin,
and Norman Heckenberg
"Angular momentum transfer in vortex and non-vortex beams
using optical tweezers"
Frontiers in Optics (87th OSA Annual Meeting)/Laser Science XIX,
Tucson, Arizona, USA (2003)
Dmitri K. Gramotnev, D. R. Mason, and T. A. Nieminen
"New grating eigenmodes in a slab with a holographic
grating with strong frequency detunings of the Bragg condition"
Frontiers in Optics (87th OSA Annual Meeting)/Laser Science XIX,
Tucson, Arizona, USA (2003)
Steven J. Goodman, Dmitri K. Gramotnev, and Timo A. Nieminen
"A new type of mode of a slab with a periodic grating"
Frontiers in Optics (87th OSA Annual Meeting)/Laser Science XIX,
Tucson, Arizona, USA (2003)
Daniel R. Mason, Timo A. Nieminen, and Dmitri K. Gramotnev
"Grazing-angle scattering of electromagnetic waves in slanted
holographic gratings in a guiding slab with gain"
Frontiers in Optics (87th OSA Annual Meeting)/Laser Science XIX,
Tucson, Arizona, USA (2003)
A. I. Bishop, T. A. Nieminen, N. R. Heckenberg, and H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop
"An optical torque wrench—simple and general optical rotation"
CLEO/Europe—EQEC 2003, Munich, Germany (2003)
Steven Goodman, Dmitri K. Gramotnev, Timo A Nieminen, and David F. P. Pile
"Grazing angle scattering with varying mean structural parameters"
Photonic Crystals Down Under, Canberra, Australia (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)