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Huan He,
Halina Rubinsztein‐Dunlop
(1995).
Direct Observation of Transfer of Angular Momentum to Absorptive Particles from a Laser Beam with a Phase Singularity.
Physical Review Letters
, 75
(5)
, 826-829.
https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.75.826
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- 10.1103/physrevlett.75.826