Shaping the future of manipulation

Orbital angular momentum of light and the transformation of Laguerre-Gaussian laser modes

L. Allen, Marco W. Beijersbergen, R. J. C. Spreeuw et al. · Physical Review A · 1992 · 10K citations

Photonics, Mechanical Torque, Engineering +12

Observation of a single-beam gradient force optical trap for dielectric particles

A. Ashkin, J. M. Dziedzic, J. E. Bjorkholm et al. · Optics Letters · 1986 · 6.9K citations

Photonics, Gradient Force, Optical Materials +15

A practical algorithm for the determination of phase from image and diffraction plane pictures

R.W. Gerchberg · Optik · 1972 · 4.6K citations

Diffraction-free beams

J. Durnin, Joseph J. Miceli, J. H. Eberly · Physical Review Letters · 1987 · 3.6K citations

Photonics, Engineering, Physics +11

Observation of Accelerating Airy Beams

Georgios A. Siviloglou, J. Broky, Aristide Dogariu et al. · Physical Review Letters · 2007 · 2.3K citations

Optical Materials, Engineering, Wave Optic +19