Experimental Soft Condensed Matter Group Harvard University, Prof. D. A. Weitz Cool Picture of the Moment

A 2.88 micron polystyrene bead that has been trapped in a optical flow device which exhibits a lensing effect resulting in a large intensity gradient just to the right of the bead; additionally very uniform Mie scattering is seen (trapping laser 980nm).

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