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Characterizing and tracking single colloidal particles with video holographic microscopy

Optics 2009-11-13 v1 Soft Condensed Matter

Abstract

We use digital holographic microscopy and Mie scattering theory to simultaneously characterize and track individual colloidal particles. Each holographic snapshot provides enough information to measure a colloidal sphere's radius and refractive index to within 1%, and simultaneously to measure its three-dimensional position with nanometer in-plane precision and 10 nanometer axial resolution.

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@article{arxiv.0712.1738,
  title  = {Characterizing and tracking single colloidal particles with video holographic microscopy},
  author = {Sang-Hyuk Lee and Yohai Roichman and Gi-Ra Yi and Shin-Hyun Kim and Seung-Man Yang and Alfons van Blaaderen and Peter van Oostrum and David G. Grier},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0712.1738},
  year   = {2009}
}

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6 pages, 3 figures

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