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List of works by Norman Heckenberg

'Wiggler-Waggler': towards optical measurements of the complex shear modulus

-matrix calculation via discrete dipole approximation, point matching and exploiting symmetry

article published in 2009

A constant torque micro-viscometer

Angular momentum of a strongly focused Gaussian beam

Antireflection coating for improved optical trapping

Approximate and exact modeling of optical trapping

Atom counting in ultracold gases using photoionization and ion detection

Atoms in an amplitude-modulated standing wave - dynamics and pathways to quantum chaos

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Calculation and optical measurement of laser trapping forces on non-spherical particles

Calculation of optical trapping landscapes

Calculation of the T-matrix: general considerations and application of the point-matching method

Calibration of trap stiffness and viscoelasticity in polymer solutions

Characterization of optically driven fluid stress fields with optical tweezers

Coherent super-resolution microscopy via laterally structured illumination

scientific article

Collecting single molecules with conventional optical tweezers

scientific article

Colloquium : Momentum of an electromagnetic wave in dielectric media

scientific article

Computational modeling of optical tweezers

Condensed-phase optical refrigeration

Constant power optical tweezers with controllable torque

scientific article

Constraining validity of the Minkowski energy-momentum tensor

article

Determination of the force constant of a single-beam gradient trap by measurement of backscattered light

scientific article

Direct Observation of Transfer of Angular Momentum to Absorptive Particles from a Laser Beam with a Phase Singularity

scientific article

Direct observation of mixed-parity excited states in surface-passivated PbS nanocrystals

Dynamical tunneling with ultracold atoms in magnetic microtraps

Dynamical tunnelling of ultracold atoms

scientific article published in July 2001

Energy transfer dynamics of nanocrystal-polymer composites

scientific article

Engineering optically driven micromachines

Erratum: Colloquium : Momentum of an electromagnetic wave in dielectric media [Rev. Mod. Phys. 79, 1197 (2007)]

scientific article (publication date: 31 March 2009)

Erratum: Optically Written Waveguide in an Atomic Vapor [Phys. Rev. Lett. 82, 1438 (1999)]

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Evidence for energy relaxation via a radiative cascade in surface-passivated PbS quantum dots

article

Experimental study of the quantum driven pendulum and its classical analog in atom optics

Experimental tests of quantum nonlinear dynamics in atom optics

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Experiments with Bose-Einstein condensates on an atom chip

FDFD/T-matrix hybrid method

Fabrication of microstructures for optically driven micromachines using two-photon photopolymerization of UV curing resins

Foil-based atom chip for Bose–Einstein condensates

Forces in optical tweezers with radially and azimuthally polarized trapping beams

scientific article

Fringe spacing and phase of interfering matter waves

Generation of optical phase singularities by computer-generated holograms

scientific article

Growth dynamics of a Bose-Einstein condensate in a dimple trap without cooling

article

Growth of crystals in optical tweezers

Highly birefringent vaterite microspheres: production, characterization and applications for optical micromanipulation

scientific article

Improved optically driven microrotors

article published in 2008

Integrated optomechanical microelements.

scientific article

Interferometric Measurements of Phase Singularities in the Output of a Visible Laser

scientific article (publication date: December 1991)

Investigation of the role of cadmium sulfide in the surface passivation of lead sulfide quantum dots

Laser beams with phase singularities

Light guiding light: Nonlinear refraction in rubidium vapor

article by J. A. Andersen et al published 18 January 2001 in Physical Review A

Measurement of action spectra of light-activated processes

scientific article

Measurement of angular momentum flux in optical tweezers

Measurement of orbital angular momentum in optical tweezers

Measurement of the Index of Refraction of Single Microparticles

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Measurement of the Optical Force and Trapping Range of a Single-beam Gradient Optical Trap for Micron-sized Latex Spheres

Measurement of the total optical angular momentum transfer in optical tweezers

scientific article published in July 2006

Mechanics of cellular adhesion to artificial artery templates

scientific article

Mesostructured dye-doped titanium dioxide for micro-optoelectronic applications

scientific article

Microrheology of microlitre samples: probed with rotating optical tweezers

Microrheology using dual-beam optical tweezers and ultrasensitive force measurements

article published in 2005

Modelling optical micromachines and birefringent particles

Multiple bifurcations in atom optics

Multipole expansion of strongly focussed laser beams

Non-linear photoluminescence from purified aqueous PbS nanocrystals

Noninvasive measurement of intracellular viscoelastic properties

Numerical modelling of optical trapping

article

Observation of shock waves in a large Bose-Einstein condensate

Optical Particle Trapping with Higher-order Doughnut Beams Produced Using High Efficiency Computer Generated Holograms

Optical Trapping of Absorbing Particles

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Optical Vortex Trapping and the Dynamics of Particle Rotation

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Optical alignment and spinning of laser-trapped microscopic particles

scientific article published in Nature

Optical angular momentum transfer to microrotors fabricated by two-photon photopolymerization

Optical angular-momentum transfer to trapped absorbing particles

scientific article

Optical application and measurement of torque on microparticles of isotropic nonabsorbing material

article published in 2003

Optical force field mapping in microdevices

scientific article

Optical measurement of microscopic torques

Optical measurement of torque exerted on an elongated object by a noncircular laser beam

article published in 2004

Optical micromanipulation of synthetic macromolecules

scholarly article published 31 August 2006

Optical microrheology of biopolymers

Optical microrheology using rotating laser-trapped particles

scientific article published on 14 May 2004

Optical microrotors: theory, design and fabrication

Optical shield: measuring viscosity of turbid fluids using optical tweezers

scientific article published in May 2012

Optical torque and symmetry

Optical torque on microscopic objects

scientific article

Optical tweezers and paradoxes in electromagnetism

article

Optical tweezers computational toolbox

Optically Written Waveguide in an Atomic Vapor

scientific article published in Physical Review Letters

Optically driven micromachines: progress and prospects

Optically trapped and driven paddle-wheel

scientific article published on 13 June 2013

Orientation of biological cells using plane-polarized Gaussian beam optical tweezers

Orientation of optically trapped nonspherical birefringent particles

scientific article

Physics of optical tweezers

scientific article

Picoliter viscometry using optically rotated particles

scientific article

Plane-wave theory of a Michelson laser coupler with a dielectric slab beam splitter

scientific article

Polarized photoluminescence from surface-passivated lead sulfide nanocrystals

Publisher's Note: Constraining validity of the Minkowski energy-momentum tensor [Phys. Rev. A79, 023813 (2009)]

Rheological and Viscometric Methods

Rotating optical tweezers

Separating fluorescent species of aqueous PbS semiconductor nanocrystals using micro-emulsions

article

Short-term spatial diffusion in σ+–σ− optical molasses

Spatially-resolved rotational microrheology with an optically-trapped sphere

scientific article published in Scientific Reports

Stages of chaotic synchronization

scientific article

Synthesis and surface modification of birefringent vaterite microspheres

scientific article published in October 2009

T-matrix method for modelling optical tweezers

article published in 2011

The effect of Mie resonances on trapping in optical tweezers

scientific article

Time-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy of ligand-capped PbS nanocrystals

Topological charge and angular momentum of light beams carrying optical vortices

scientific article

Torque transfer in optical tweezers due to orbital angular momentum

Towards crystallization using optical tweezers

Transfer of angular momentum to absorbing particles from a laser beam with a phase singularity

Trapping microscopic particles with singular beams

Two controversies in classical electromagnetism

Two-photon polymerization process for optically driven micromachines

Use of shape induced birefringence for rotation in optical tweezers

Vaterite twist: microrheology with AOM controlled optical tweezers

erratum: Optical alignment and spinning of laser-trapped microscopic particles

scientific article published in Nature