Dr Timo Nieminen
Senior Lecturer
School of Mathematics and Physics
+61 7 336 52422
Physics Annexe (06), Room 433
Teaching and learning
Dr Nieminen teaches 2nd and 3rd year physics, particularly in special relativity, fields and quantum physics. He is also the tutor coordinator for Physics.
Researcher biography
Dr Timo Nieminen received his PhD from The University of Queensland in 1996.
Dr Nieminen's research interests are in the fields of:
- Light Scattering
- Optical Trapping and Micromanipulation
- Computational Electromagnetics
- Photonics
- Biological and Industrial Applications of Light Scattering and the Interaction of Light and Matter
His chief research projects are in the areas of:
- Full-Wave Electromagnetic Modelling of the Production of Optical Forces and Torques in Laser Trapping
- Optical Measurement of Microscopic Forces and Torques
- Extremely Asymmetrical Scattering in Bragg Gratings
- Micro-Opto-Mechanical Systems (MOMS)
Publications
Book Chapters
Kashchuk, Anatolii V., Bui, Ann A.M., Zhang, Shu, Houillot, Antoine, Carberry, David, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2017). Optically driven rotating micromachines. Light robotics-structure-mediated nanobiophotonics. (pp. 99-128) edited by Jesper Glückstad and Darwin Palima. Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-7020-7096-9.00004-5
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Preece, Darryl, Bui, Ann and Nieminen, Timo A. (2015). Optical forces, trapping and manipulation. Photonics: Scientific foundations, technology and applications. (pp. 287-339) edited by David L. Andrews. Hoboken, New Jersey, United States: Wiley. doi: 10.1002/9781119011781.ch7
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Asavei, Theodor, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Loke, Vincent L. Y., Vogel, Robert, Nieminen, Timo A. and Heckenberg, Norman R. (2013). Design of optically driven microrotors. Optical Nano and Micro Actuator Technology. (pp. 277-306) edited by George K . Knopf and Yukitoshi Otani. Boca Raton, FL, USA: CRC Press. doi: 10.1201/b13892
Loke, Vincent L. Y., Asavei, Theodor, Parkin, Simon, Heckenberg, Norman R., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Nieminen, Timo A. (2011). Driving optical micromachines with orbital angular momentum. Twisted photons: Applications of light with orbital angular momentum. (pp. 93-116) edited by Juan P. Torres and Lluis Torner. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag.
Loke, Vincent L.Y., Asavei, Theodor, Parkin, Simon, Heckenberg, Norman R., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Nieminen, Timo A. (2011). Driving optical micromachines with orbital angular momentum. Twisted photons: applications of light with orbital angular momentum. (pp. 93-115) edited by Juan P. Torres and Lluis Torner. Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag. doi: 10.1002/9783527635368.ch6
Choi S.H.-J. and Nieminen T.A. (2010). Trained peers' interactions with children with autism during play. Special Education in the 21st Century. (pp. 195-224) Nova Science Publishers, Inc..
Parkin, Simon J. W., Knoener, Gregor, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2008). Rheological and Viscometric Methods. Structured Light and Its Applications: An Introduction to Phase-Structured Beams and Nanoscale Optical Forces. (pp. 249-270) edited by David L. Andrews. United States: Academic Press (Elsevier Press). doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374027-4.00010-4
Nieminen, T. A., Parkin, S, Asavei, T., Loke, V. L. Y., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2008). Optical Vortex Trapping and the Dynamics of Particle Rotation. Structured Light and Its Applications: An introduction to Phase-Structured Beams and Nanoscale Optical Forces. (pp. 195-236) edited by David L. Andrews. United States: Academic Press (Elsevier Press). doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374027-4.00008-6
Nieminen, T. A., Knoener, G., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2007). Physics of Optical Tweezers. Laser Manipulation of Cells and Tissues. (pp. 207-236) edited by M. W. Berns and K. O. Greulich. United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/S0091-679X(06)82006-6
Parkin, S., Knoener, G., Singer, W., Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2007). Optical torque on microscopic objects. Laser manipulation of cells and tissues. (pp. 525-561) edited by M. W. Berns and K. O. Greulich. United States: Academic Press. doi: 10.1016/S0091-679X(06)82019-4
Heckenberg, N. R., Friese, M. E. J., Nieminen, T. A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (1999). Mechanical Effects of Optical Vortices. Optical Vortices. (pp. 75-105) edited by Vasnetsov, M. and Staliunas, K.. Commack, New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Journal Articles
Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Preece, Daryl, Nieminen, Timo A., Heap, Lucy A., Scott, Ethan K. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2025). Correction to: Scattering of Sculpted Light in Intact Brain Tissue, with implications for Optogenetics (Scientific Reports, (2015), 5, 1, (11501), 10.1038/srep11501). Scientific Reports, 15 (1) 8866, 8866. doi: 10.1038/s41598-025-92455-1
Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2025). Computational toolbox for scattering of focused light from flattened or elongated particles using spheroidal wavefunctions. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 331 109267. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2024.109267
Stilgoe, Alexander, Kashchuk, Anatolii, Balanant, Marie Anne, Santangelo, Deborah, Nieminen, Timo, Sauret, Emilie, flower, robert and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2024). Tired and stressed: direct holographicquasi-static stretching of aging echinocytes and discocytes in plasma using optical tweezers. Biomedical Optics Express, 15 (2), 656-671. doi: 10.1364/boe.504779
Nieminen, Tuomo A., Auranen, Kari, Kulathinal, Sangita A., Haerkaenen, Tommi, Melin, Merit, Palmu, Arto A. and Jokinen, Jukka (2023). Underreporting of SARS-CoV-2 infections during the first wave of the 2020 COVID-19 epidemic in Finland-Bayesian inference based on a series of serological surveys. Plos One, 18 (6) e0282094. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282094
Hovi, Petteri, Palmu, Arto A., Nieminen, Tuomo A., Artama, Miia, Jokinen, Jukka, Ruokokoski, Esa, Lassila, Riitta, Nohynek, Hanna and Kilpi, Terhi (2023). Incidence of sinus thrombosis with thrombocytopenia—a nation-wide register study. Plos One, 18 (2). doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282226
Nieminen, Tuomo A., Kivekas, Ilkka, Artama, Miia, Nohynek, Hanna, Kujansivu, Jarno and Hovi, Petteri (2022). Sudden hearing loss following vaccination against COVID-19. JAMA Otolaryngology. Head and Neck Surgery, 149 (2), 133-140. doi: 10.1001/jamaoto.2022.4154
Nieminen, Timo A., Watson, Mark Liam, Loke, Vincent L. Y., Stilgoe, Alexander and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2022). Spin–orbit interaction in non-paraxial Gaussian beams and the spin-only measurement of optical torque. Journal of Optics, 24 (12) 124001, 1-10. doi: 10.1088/2040-8986/ac9c6e
Armstrong, D. J., Stilgoe, A. B., Nieminen, T. A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2022). Improved two-photon photopolymerisation and optical trapping with aberration-corrected structured light. Frontiers in Nanotechnology, 4 998656, 1-12. doi: 10.3389/fnano.2022.998656
Karlstad, Oystein, Hovi, Petteri, Husby, Anders, Harkanen, Tommi, Selmer, Randi Marie, Pihlstrom, Nicklas, Hansen, Jorgen Vinslov, Nohynek, Hanna, Gunnes, Nina, Sundstrom, Anders, Wohlfahrt, Jan, Nieminen, Tuomo A., Grunewald, Maria, Gulseth, Hanne Lovdal, Hviid, Anders and Ljung, Rickard (2022). SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and myocarditis in a Nordic cohort study of 23 million residents. JAMA Cardiology, 7 (6), 600-612. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2022.0583
Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2022). Controlled transfer of transverse orbital angular momentum to optically trapped birefringent microparticles. Nature Photonics, 16 (5), 346-351. doi: 10.1038/s41566-022-00983-3
Dehbashi, Reza and Nieminen, Timo A. (2021). Producing near-zero-index/directivity-tunable metamaterials using transformation optics. Journal of the Optical Society of America B, 38 (12), 3737-3742. doi: 10.1364/josab.440769
Dehbashi, Reza, Plakhotnik, Taras and Nieminen, Timo A. (2021). Far-field subwavelength straight-line projection/imaging by means of a novel double-near-zero index-based two-layer metamaterial. Materials, 14 (19) 5484, 5484. doi: 10.3390/ma14195484
Armstrong, Declan J., Nieminen, Timo A., Favre-Bulle, Itia, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Lenton, Isaac C. D., Schembri, Mark A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2020). Optical force measurements illuminate dynamics of Escherichia coli in viscous media. Frontiers in Physics, 8 575732. doi: 10.3389/fphy.2020.575732
Lenton, Isaac Christopher David, Volpe, Giovanni, Stilgoe, Alexander, Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2020). Machine learning reveals complex behaviours in optically trapped particles. Machine Learning: Science and Technology, 1 (4) abae76, 045009. doi: 10.1088/2632-2153/abae76
Armstrong, Declan J., Nieminen, Timo A., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Kashchuk, Anatolii V., Lenton, Isaac C. D. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2020). Swimming force and behavior of optically trapped micro-organisms. Optica, 7 (8), 989-994. doi: 10.1364/optica.394232
Lenton, Isaac C.D., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2020). OTSLM toolbox for structured light methods. Computer Physics Communications, 253 107199. doi: 10.1016/j.cpc.2020.107199
Lenton, Isaac C. D., Armstrong, Declan J., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2019). Orientation of swimming cells with annular beam optical tweezers. Optics Communications, 459 124864, 124864. doi: 10.1016/j.optcom.2019.124864
Pan, Yong-Le, Kalume, Aimable, Lenton, Isaac C. D., Nieminen, Timo A., Stilgoe, Alex B., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Beresnev, Leonid A., Wang, Chuji and Santarpia, Joshua L. (2019). Optical-trapping of particles in air using parabolic reflectors and a hollow laser beam. Optics Express, 27 (23), 33061-33069. doi: 10.1364/oe.27.033061
Gibson, Lachlan J., Zhang, Shu, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2019). Machine learning wall effects of eccentric spheres for convenient computation. Physical Review E, 99 (4) 043304, 043304. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.99.043304
Kashchuk, Anatolii V., Nieminen, Timo A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Stilgoe, Alexander B. (2019). High-speed transverse and axial optical force measurements using amplitude filter masks. Optics Express, 27 (7), 10034-10049. doi: 10.1364/OE.27.010034
Zhang, Shu, Gibson, Lachlan J., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2019). Measuring local properties inside a cell-mimicking structure using rotating optical tweezers. Journal of Biophotonics, 12 (7) e201900022, e201900022. doi: 10.1002/jbio.201900022
Stilgoe, Alexander B., Loke, Vincent L. Y., Kashchuk, Anatolii V., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2019). Microscope images of strongly scattering objects via vectorial transfer matrices: modeling and an experimental verification. Physical Review a, 99 (1) 013818. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.99.013818
Bui, Ann A. M., Kashchuk, Anatolii V., Balanant, Marie Anne, Nieminen, Timo A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Stilgoe, Alexander B. (2018). Calibration of force detection for arbitrarily shaped particles in optical tweezers. Scientific Reports, 8 (1) 10798, 10798. doi: 10.1038/s41598-018-28876-y
Favre-Bulle, I. A., Zhang, S., Kashchuk, A. V., Lenton, I. C.D., Gibson, L. J., Stilgoe, A. B., Nieminen, T. A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2018). Optical tweezers bring micromachines to biology. Optics and Photonics News, 29 (4), 40-47. doi: 10.1364/opn.29.4.000040
Zhang, Shu, Gibson, Lachlan J, Stilgoe, Alexander B, Nieminen, Timo A and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2017). Impact of complex surfaces on biomicrorheological measurements using optical tweezers. Lab on a chip, 18 (2), 315-322. doi: 10.1039/c7lc01176h
Zhang, Shu, Gibson, Lachlan J., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2017). Erratum: Ultrasensitive rotating photonic probes for complex biological systems (vol 4, pg 1103, 2017). Optica, 4 (11), 1372-1372. doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.4.001372
Zhang, Shu, Gibson, Lachlan J., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2017). Ultrasensitive rotating photonic probes for complex biological systems. Optica, 4 (9), 1103-1108. doi: 10.1364/OPTICA.4.001103
Gibson, Lachlan J., Zhang, Shu, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2017). Active rotational and translational microrheology beyond the linear spring regime. Physical Review E, 95 (4) 042608, 042608. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.95.042608
Lenton, Isaac C. D., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Nieminen, Timo A. (2017). Visual guide to optical tweezers. European Journal of Physics, 38 (3) 034009, 034009. doi: 10.1088/1361-6404/aa6271
Bui, Ann A. M., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Lenton, Isaac C. D., Gibson, Lachlan J., Kashchuk, Anatolii V., Zhang, Shu, Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Nieminen, Timo A. (2016). Theory and practice of simulation of optical tweezers. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 195, 66-75. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2016.12.026
Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2015). Energy, momentum and propagation of non-paraxial high-order Gaussian beams in the presence of an aperture. Journal of Optics (United Kingdom), 17 (12) 125601, 125601.1-125601.12. doi: 10.1088/2040-8978/17/12/125601
du Preez-Wilkinson, Nathaniel, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Alzaidi, Thuraya, Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Nieminen, Timo A. (2015). Forces due to pulsed beams in optical tweezers: linear effects. Optics Express, 23 (6), 7190-7208. doi: 10.1364/OE.23.007190
Bui, Ann A. M., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Khatibzadeh, Nima, Nieminen, Timo A., Berns, Michael W. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2015). Escape forces and trajectories in optical tweezers and their effect on calibration. Optics Express, 23 (19), 24317-24330. doi: 10.1364/OE.23.024317
Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Preece, Daryl, Nieminen, Timo A., Heap, Lucy A., Scott, Ethan K. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2015). Scattering of sculpted light in intact brain tissue, with implications for optogenetics. Scientific Reports, 5 (1) 11501, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/srep11501
Khatibzadeh, Nima, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Bui, Ann A. M., Rocha, Yesenia, Cruz, Gladys M., Loke, Vince, Shi, Linda Z., Nieminen, Timo A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Berns, Michael W. (2014). Determination of motility forces on isolated chromosomes with laser tweezers. Scientific Reports, 4 (6866) 6866, 1-9. doi: 10.1038/srep06866
Nieminen, Timo A., Du Preez-Wilkinson, Nathaniel, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Loke, Vincent L.Y., Bui, Ann A.M. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2014). Optical tweezers: theory and modelling. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 146, 59-80. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2014.04.003
Qi, Xiaoqiong, Nieminen, Timo A., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Loke, Vincent L. Y. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2014). Comparison of T-matrix calculation methods for scattering by cylinders in optical tweezers. Optics Letters, 39 (16), 4827-4830. doi: 10.1364/OL.39.004827
Loke, Vincent L. Y., Asavei, Theodor, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2014). Driving corrugated donut rotors with Laguerre-Gauss beams. Optics Express, 22 (16), 19692-19706. doi: 10.1364/OE.22.019692
Maucort, Guillaume, Kasula, Ravikiran, Papadopulos, Andreas, Nieminen, Timo A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Meunier, Frederic A. (2014). Mapping Organelle Motion Reveals a Vesicular Conveyor Belt Spatially Replenishing Secretory Vesicles in Stimulated Chromaffin Cells. PLoS One, 9 (1) e87242, e87242. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087242
Asavei, Theodor, Nieminen, Timo A., Loke, Vincent L. Y., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Bowman, Richard, Preece, Daryl, Padgett, Miles J., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2013). Optically trapped and driven paddle-wheel. New Journal of Physics, 15 (063016) 063016, 1-17. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/15/6/063016
Bennett, James S., Gibson, Lachlan J., Kelly, Rory M., Brousse, Emmanuel, Baudisch, Bastian, Preece, Daryl, Nieminen, Timo A., Nicholson, Timothy, Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2013). Spatially-resolved rotational microrheology with an optically-trapped sphere. Scientific Reports, 3 (1) 1759, 1759.1-1759.4. doi: 10.1038/srep01759
Bui, Ann A. M., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2013). Calibration of nonspherical particles in optical tweezers using only position measurement. Optics Letters, 38 (8), 1244-1246. doi: 10.1364/OL.38.001244
Choi, Serene H. -J. and Nieminen, Timo A. (2013). Factors influencing the higher education of international students from Confucian East Asia. Higher Education Research and Development, 32 (2), 161-173. doi: 10.1080/07294360.2012.673165
Choi,Serene Hyun-Jin, Nieminen, Timo A., Maucort, G., Gong, Y. X., Bartylla, C. and Persson, M. (2013). International physics research internships in an Australian university. Australian Universities' Review, 55 (1), 36-43.
Cao, Yongyin, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Chen, Lixue, Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2012). Equilibrium orientations and positions of non-spherical particles in optical traps. Optics Express, 20 (12), 12987-12996. doi: 10.1364/OE.20.012987
Choi, Serene H-J, Nieminen, Timo A. and Townson, Peter (2012). Factors influencing international PhD students to study physics in Australia. Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 49 (3), 309-318. doi: 10.1080/14703297.2012.703017
Wu, Tao, Nieminen, Timo A., Mohanty, Samarendra, Miotke, Jill, Meyer, Ronald L., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Berns, Michael W. (2012). A photon-driven micromotor can direct nerve fibre growth. Nature Photonics, 6 (1), 62-67. doi: 10.1038/NPHOTON.2011.287
Stilgoe, A. B., Heckenberg, N. R., Nieminen, T. A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2011). Phase-transition-like properties of double-beam optical tweezers. Physical Review Letters, 107 (24) 248101, 248101.1-248101.4. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.248101
Pfeifer, Robert N. C., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2011). Optical tweezers and paradoxes in electromagnetism. Journal of Optics, 13 (4) 044017, 044017-1-044017-7. doi: 10.1088/2040-8978/13/4/044017
Nieminen, Timo A., Loke, Vincent L. Y., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2011). T-matrix method for modelling optical tweezers. Journal of Modern Optics, 58 (5-6), 528-544. doi: 10.1080/09500340.2010.528565
Nieminen, Timo A. (2010). Optical manipulation: Trapping ions. Nature Photonics, 4 (11), 737-738. doi: 10.1038/nphoton.2010.248
Parkin, Simon J., Vogel, Robert, Persson, Martin, Funk, Maren, Loke, Vincent L. Y., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Highly birefringent vaterite microspheres: production, characterization and applications for optical micromanipulation. OPTICS EXPRESS, 17 (24), 21944-21955. doi: 10.1364/OE.17.021944
Asavei, Theodor, Loke, Vincent L. Y., Barbieri, Marco, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Optical angular momentum transfer to microrotors fabricated by two-photon photopolymerization. New Journal of Physics, 11 (Article 093021) 093021, 093021. doi: 10.1088/1367-2630/11/9/093021
Vogel, Robert, Persson, Martin, Feng, Chao, Parkin, Simon J., Nieminen, Timo A., Wood, Barry, Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Synthesis and surface modification of birefringent vaterite microspheres. Langmuir, 25 (19), 11672-11679. doi: 10.1021/la901532x
Seet, Katrina Y. T., Nieminen, Timo A. and Zvyagin, Andrei V. (2009). Refractometry of melanocyte cell nuclei using optical scatter images recorded by digital Fourier microscopy. Journal of Biomedical Optics, 14 (4) 044031, 044031.1-044031.7. doi: 10.1117/1.3207141
Nieminen, Timo A., Asavei, Theodor, Loke, Vincent L. Y., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Symmetry and the generation and measurement of optical torque. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 110 (14-16), 1472-1482. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.03.013
Nieminen, Timo A., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Loke, Vincent L. Y., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina R. (2009). The effect of Mie resonances on trapping in optical tweezers: Reply. Optics express, 17 (4), 2661-2662. doi: 10.1364/OE.17.002661
Pfeifer, Robert N. C., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Constraining validity of the Minkowski energy-momentum tensor. Physical Review A, 79 (2), 023813-1-023813-7. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.023813
Pfeifer, Robert N. C., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Publisher's Note: Constraining validity of the Minkowski energy-momentum tensor (vol 79, art no 023813, 2009). Physical Review a, 79 (2) 029903. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.79.029903
Asavei, Theodor, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Fabrication of microstructures for optically driven micromachines using two-photon photopolymerization of UV curing resins. Journal of optics. A, Pure and applied optics, 11 (3) 034001, 034001-1-034001-7. doi: 10.1088/1464-4258/11/3/034001
Loke, Vincent L. Y., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). T-matrix calculation via discrete dipole approximation, point matching and exploiting symmetry. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 110 (14-16), 1460-1471. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.01.013
Funk, Maren, Parkin, Simon J., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Constant power optical tweezers with controllable torque. Optics Letters, 34 (2), 139-141. doi: 10.1364/OL.34.000139
Pfeifer, Robert N. C., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Erratum: Colloquium: Momentum of an electromagnetic wave in dielectric media. Reviews of Modern Physics, 81 (1), 443-443. doi: 10.1103/RevModPhys.81.443
Nieminen, Timo A., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2008). Angular momentum of a strongly focused Gaussian beam. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 10 (11) 115005, 115005-1-115005-6. doi: 10.1088/1464-4258/10/11/115005
Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo A., Knöener, Gregor, Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2008). The effect of Mie resonances on trapping in optical tweezers. Optics Express, 16 (19), 15039-15051. doi: 10.1364/OE.16.015039
Choi, S. and Nieminen, T.A. (2008). Naturalistic intervention for Asperger syndrome - a case study. British Journal of Special Education, 35 (2), 85-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8578.2008.00377.x
Hu, Ying, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2008). Antireflection coating for improved optical trapping. Journal of Applied Physics, 103 (9) 093119, Article Number: 093119. doi: 10.1063/1.2919574
Nieminen, T.A. and Choi, S. (2008). Binary keys for classification and taxonomy of behaviour. International Journal of Research & Method in Education, 31 (1), 31-44. doi: 10.1080/17437270801919875
Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2008). Forces in optical tweezers with radially and azimuthally polarized trapping beams. Optics Letters, 33 (2), 122-124. doi: 10.1364/OL.33.000122
Nieminen, T. A., Asavei, T., Hu, Y., Persson, M., Vogel, R., Loke, V. L. Y., Parkin, S. J., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2008). Tailoring Particles for Optical Trapping and Micromanipulation: An Overview. Piers Online, 4 (3), 381-385. doi: 10.2529/PIERS071101222308
Parkin, Simon J. W., Knoener, Gregor, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2008). Rheological and Viscometric Methods. Structured Light and its Applications: An Introduction to Phase-Structured Beams and Nanoscale Optical Forces, 249-270. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374027-4.00010-4
Nieminen, Timo A., Parkin, Simon, Asavei, Theodor, Loke, Vincent L. Y., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2008). Optical Vortex Trapping and the Dynamics of Particle Rotation. Structured Light and its Applications: An Introduction to Phase-Structured Beams and Nanoscale Optical Forces, 195-236. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-374027-4.00008-6
Simon Parkin, Gregor Knoener, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2007). Picoliter viscometry using optically rotated particles. Physical Review E, 76 (4) 041507, 041507-1-041507-5. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.041507
Pfeifer, Robert N. C., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2007). Colloquium: Momentum of an electromagnetic wave in dielectric media. Reviews of Modern Physics, 79 (4), 1197-1216. doi: 10.1103/RevModPhys.79.1197
Pfeifer, Robert N. C. and Nieminen, Timo A. (2007). Visualisation of Cerenkov radiation and the fields of a moving charge (vol 27, pg 521, 2007). European Journal of Physics, 28 (5), L44-L44. doi: 10.1088/0143-0807/28/5/C01
Nieminen, Timo A., Vincent Loke, Alexander Stilgoe, Gregor Knoener, Agatha Branczyk, Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2007). Optical tweezers computational toolbox. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 9 (8) S12, S196-S203. doi: 10.1088/1464-4258/9/8/S12
Loke, Vincent L. Y., Nieminen, Timo A., Parkin, Simon J., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2007). FDFD/T-matrix hybrid method. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, 106 (1-3), 274-284. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.01.040
Gregor Knoener, Simon Parkin, Nieminen, Timo A., Vincent Loke, Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2007). Integrated optomechanical microelements. Optics Express, 15 (9), 5521-5530. doi: 10.1364/OE.15.005521
Singer, Wolfgang, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2007). Collecting single molecules with conventional optical tweezers. Physical Review E, 75 (1) 011916, 011916-1-011916-5. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.75.011916
Seet, K. Y. T., Vogel, R., Nieminen, T. A., Knoner, G., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., Trau, M. and Zvyagin, A. V. (2007). Refractometry of organosilica microspheres. Applied Optics, 46 (9), 1554-1561. doi: 10.1364/AO.46.001554
Nieminen, T. A., Loke, V. L. Y., Knoener, G. and Branczyk, A. (2007). Toolbox for Calculation of Optical Forces and Torques. Piers Online, 3 (3), 338-442. doi: 10.2529/PIERS060908163412
Knoener, Gregor, Parkin, Simon, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Measurement of refractive index of single microparticles. Physical Review Letters, 97 (15) 157402, Article number 157402. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.157402
Parkin, Simon, Knoener, Gregor, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Measurement of the Total Optical Angular Momentum Transfer in Optical Tweezers. Optics Express, 14 (15), 6963-6970. doi: 10.1364/OE.14.006963
Singer, Wolfgang, Nieminen, Timo A., Gibson, Ursula J., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Orientation of optically trapped nonspherical birefringent particles. Physical Review E (Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics), 73 (2) 021911, 021911-1-021911-5. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.73.021911
Knoner, Gregor, Ratnapala, Adrian, Nieminen, Timo A., Vale, Chris, Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Optical force field mapping in microdevices. Lab On a Chip, 6 (12), 1545-1547. doi: 10.1039/b608669a
Pfeifer, RNC and Nieminen, TA (2006). Visualization of Cerenkov radiation and the fields of a moving charge. European Journal Of Physics, 27 (3), 521-529. doi: 10.1088/0143-0807/27/3/006
Mason, D. R., Goodman, S. J., Gramotnev, D. K. and Nieminen, T. A. (2006). Resonant coupling between bulk waves and guided modes in a dielectric slab with a thick holographic grating. Applied Optics, 45 (8), 1804-1811. doi: 10.1364/AO.45.001804
Parkin, Simon J., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2004). Optical measurement of torque exerted on an elongated object by a noncircular laser beam. Physical Review A, 70 (2) 023816, 023816-1-023816-6. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.70.023816
Choi, Minjoon, Choi, Serene and Nieminen, Timo (2004). Autistic Students' Ensemble. snapshots: primary, 1 (2), 31-32.
Bishop, Alexis I., Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2004). Optical Microrheology Using Rotating Laser-Trapped Particles. Physical Review Letters, 92 (19) 198104, 198104-1-198104-4. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.198104
Nieminen, Timo A. (2004). Comment on "Geometric Absorption of Electromagnetic Angular Momentum", C. Konz, G. Benford. Optics Communications, 235 (1-3), 227-229. doi: 10.1016/j.optcom.2004.02.066
Gramotnev, D. K., Goodman, S. J. and Nieminen, T. A. (2004). Grazing-Angle Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves in Gratings With Varying Mean Parameters: Grating Eigenmodes. Journal of Modern Optics, 51 (3), 379-397. doi: 10.1080/09500340310001608811
Gramotnev, Dmitri K., Mather, Melissa L. and Nieminen, Timo A. (2003). Anomalous Absorption of Bulk Shear Sagittal Acoustic Waves in a Layered Structure With Viscous Fluid. Ultrasonics, 41 (3), 197-205. doi: 10.1016/S0041-624X(03)00100-8
Nieminen, T. A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. and Heckenberg, N. R. (2003). Multipole expansion of strongly focussed laser beams. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 79-80, 1005-1017. doi: 10.1016/S0022-4073(02)00335-7
Bishop, Alexis I., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2003). Optical Application And Measurement Of Torque On Microparticles Of Isotropic Nonabsorbing Material. Physical Review A, 68 (3) 033802, 033802-1-033802-8. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevA.68.033802
Bayoudh, S., Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2003). Orientation of biological cells using plane-polarized gaussian beam optical tweezers. Journal of Modern Optics, 50 (10), 1581-1590. doi: 10.1080/0950034031000069497
Gramotnev, Dmitri K. and Nieminen, Timo A. (2003). Non-steady-state double-resonant extremely asymmetrical scattering of waves in periodic gratings. Physics Letters A, 310 (2-3), 214-222. doi: 10.1016/S0375-9601(03)00289-5
Gramotnev, D. K. and Nieminen, T. A. (2003). Rigorous Analysis of Grazing-Angle Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves in Periodic Gratings. Optics Communications, 219 (1-6), 33-48. doi: 10.1016/S0030-4018(03)01304-X
Nieminen, T. A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. and Heckenberg, N. R. (2003). Calculation of the T-matrix: General Considerations and Application of the Point-Matching Method. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 79, 1019-1029. doi: 10.1016/S0022-4073(02)00336-9
Gramotnev, D. K., Nieminen, T. A. and Hopper, T. A. (2002). Extremely Asymmetrical Scattering in Gratings With Varying Mean Structural Parameters. Journal of Modern Optics, 49 (9), 1567-1585. doi: 10.1080/09500340110109403
Nieminen, Timo A. and Gramotnev, Dmitri K. (2002). Non-steady-state extremely asymmetrical scattering of waves in periodic gratings. Optics Express, 10 (6), 268-273. doi: 10.1364/OE.10.000268
Nieminen, T. A. and Ross, J. E. R. (2001). How to SYN in Seven Easy Steps. Computer Physics Communications, 142 (1-3), 160-163. doi: 10.1016/S0010-4655(01)00358-7
Nieminen, T. A. and Gramotnev, D. K. (2001). Rigorous analysis of extremely asymmetrical scattering of electromagnetic waves in slanted periodic gratings. Optics Communications, 189 (4-6), 175-186. doi: 10.1016/S0030-4018(01)01023-9
Nieminen, T. A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. and Heckenberg, N. R. (2001). Calculation and Optical Measurement of Laser Trapping Forces on Non-Spherical Particles. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 70 (4-6), 627-637. doi: 10.1016/S0022-4073(01)00034-6
Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2001). Optical Measurement Of Microscopic Torques. Journal of Modern Optics, 48 (3), 405-413. doi: 10.1080/09500340108230922
Nieminen, T. A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., Heckenberg, N. R. and Bishop, A. I. (2001). Numerical modelling of optical trapping. Computer Physics Communications, 142 (1-3), 468-471. doi: 10.1016/S0010-4655(01)00391-5
Gramotnev, D. K. and Nieminen, T. A. (2001). Double-Resonant Extremely Asymmetrical Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves in Periodic Arrays Separated by a Gap. Optical and Quantum Electronics, 33 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1023/A:1007019621419
Gramotnev, D. K. and Nieminen, T. A. (1999). Extremely Asymmetrical Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves in Gradually Varying Periodic Arrays. Journal of Optics A: Pure and Applied Optics, 1 (5), 635-645. doi: 10.1088/1464-4258/1/5/310
Gramotnev, D. K., Mather, M. L. and Nieminen, T. A. (1998). Anomalous absorption of bulk longitudinal acoustic waves in a layered structure with viscous fluid. Proceedings of the IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, 2, 1203-1206.
Friese, Mej, Nieminen, TA, Heckenberg, NR and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H (1998). Optical alignment and spinning of laser-trapped microscopic particles (vol 394, pg 348, 1998). Nature, 395 (6702), 621-621. doi: 10.1038/27014
Friese, M. E. J., Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (1998). Optical Torque Controlled By Elliptical Polarization. Optics Letters, 23 (1), 1-3. doi: 10.1364/OL.23.000001
Friese, M. E. J., Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (1998). Optical Alignment and Spinning of Laser-Trapped Microscopic Particles. Nature, 394 (6691), 348-350. doi: 10.1038/28566
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., Nieminen, T. A., Friese, M. E. J. and Heckenberg, N. R. (1998). Optical Trapping of Absorbing Particles. Advances in Quantum Chemistry, 30 (C), 469-492. doi: 10.1016/S0065-3276(08)60523-7
Conference Papers
Grant, Patrick, Nieminen, Timo A., Stilgoe, Alexander and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2024). Tracking active matter particles with DeepTrack. SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, San Diego, CA United States, 18-23 August 2024. Bellingham, WA United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.3027939
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Watson, Mark L., Grant, Patrick, Nieminen, Timo A. and Stilgoe, Alexander B. (2024). Sculpted light and all optically driven micro and nanomachines. SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, San Diego, CA United States, 18-23 August 2024. Bellingham, WA United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.3030461
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Watson, Mark L., Favre-Bulle, Itia, Grant, Patrick, Nieminen, Timo A. and Stilgoe, Alexander B. (2023). Optical tweezers in mechanobiology. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XX: SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, San Diego, CA United States, 20-25 August 2023. Bellingham, WA United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2682972
Watson, Mark L., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Favre-Bulle, Itia A., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2023). Sensing inertia with rotational optical tweezers. SPIE Nanoscience + Engineering, San Diego, CA United States, 20-25 August 2023. Bellingham, WA United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2677236
Armstrong, Declan J., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Nieminen, Timo A. and Stilgoe, Alexander (2023). Aberration corrected structured light for in-house fabrication of functional micro-structures. SPIE OPTO, San Francisco, CA United States, 28 January - 3 February 2023. Bellingham, WA United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2657795
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Armstrong, Declan, Watson, Mark, Favre-Bulle, Itia, Nieminen, Timo and Stilgoe, Alexander B. (2022). Optically driven nano and micromachines in optical tweezers. SPIE Organic Photonics + Electronics, San Diego, CA United States, 21-26 August 2022. Bellingham, WA United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2639995
Lenton, Isaac C., Nieminen, Timo A., Reece, Peter J., Stilgoe, Alexander B. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2020). Direct Force Measurement with Reflective and Conductive Particles in Optical Tweezers. 14th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO PR 2020), Sydney, NSW Australia, 3–5 August 2020. Washington, DC United States: Optical Society of America. doi: 10.1364/CLEOPR.2020.C12E_1
Lenton, Isaac C. D., Stilgoe, Alex B., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2020). Understanding particle trajectories by mapping optical force vortices. Complex Light and Optical Forces XIV, San Francisco, CA, United States, 1-6 February 2020. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2550418
Lenton, Isaac C. D., Bui, Ann A. M., Nieminen, Timo A., Stilgoe, Alexander B. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2018). Optical tweezers toolbox: full dynamics simulations for particles of all sizes. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XV 2018, San Diego, CA, United States, 19-23 August 2018. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2324120
Lenton, Isaac C. D., Armstrong, Declan, Calvert-Lane, Jackson, Nieminen, Timo A., Stilgoe, Alexander B. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2018). Measuring the motility and drag forces acting on biological particles using optical tweezers. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XV 2018, San Diego, CA, United States, 19-23 August 2018. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2324117
Kashchuk, Anatolii V., Bui, Ann A. M., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Carberry, David M., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina H. (2016). Measurements of particle-wall interaction forces using simultaneous position and force detection (Conference Presentation). Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XIII, San Diego, CA, United States, 28 August-1 September 2016. BELLINGHAM: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2236419
Zhang, Shu, Carberry, David, Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2015). Hydrodynamics of micro-objects near curved surfaces. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XII, San Diego, CA United States, 09-12 August 2015. Bellingham, WA United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2190312
Favre-Bulle, Itia, Nieminen, Timo A., Preece, Daryl, Heap, Lucy A., Scott, Ethan K. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2015). Computational modeling of scattering of a focused beam in zebrafish brain tissue. Optics and the Brain, BRAIN 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 12-15 April 2015. Washington, DC, USA: OSA - The Optical Society. doi: 10.1364/BODA.2015.JT3A.34
Nieminen, Timo A., du Preez-Wilkinson, Nathaniel, Bui, Ann A. M., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Loke, Vincent L. Y. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2015). Theory and practice of computational modeling and simulation of optical tweezers. Optical Trapping Applications, OTA 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 12-15 April 2015. Washington, DC, United States: OSA - The Optical Society. doi: 10.1364/OTA.2015.OtM4E.5
Bui, Ann A., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2015). Mapping of independent force and position measurements for calibration of non-Hookean optical traps. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XII, San Diego, CA, United States, 9-12 August 2015. BELLINGHAM: SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. doi: 10.1117/12.2186721
Bui, Ann A. M., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Khatibzadeh, Nima, Nieminen, Timo A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Berns, Michael W. (2014). Optical tweezers escape forces. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XI, San Diego, CA United States, 17-21 August 2014. Bellingham, WA United States: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.2062805
Khatibzadeh, Nima, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Bui, Ann A. M., Rocha, Yesenia, Cruz, Gladys, Nieminen, Timo A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Berns, Michael W. (2014). Optical trapping of isolated mammalian chromosomes. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XI, San Diego, CA., United States, 17-21 August 2014. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.2064367
Zhang, Shu, Gibson, Lachlan, Preece, Daryl, Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2014). Viscoelasticity Measurements inside Liposomes. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XI, San Diego, CA United States, 17-21 August 2014. Bellingham, WA United States: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.2060938
Burns, Tristan M., Preece, Daryl, Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2013). Optical tweezers for precise control of micro-bubble arrays: In situ temperature measurement. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation X, San Diego, CA United States, 25 -29 August 2013. Bellingham, WA United States: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.2024254
Cao, Yongyin, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Stroet, Martin, Loke, Vincent L. Y., Chen, Lixue, Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2012). Computational modelling of optical tweezers with many degrees of freedom using dynamic simulation: cylinders, nanowires, and multiple particles. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IX, San Diego, United States, 12-16 August 2012. Bellingham, WA, United States: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.930137
Wu, Tao, Nieminen, Timo A., Mohanty, Samarendra, Miotke, Jill, Meyer, Ronald L., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Berns, Michael W. (2012). Directing growth cones of optic axons growing with laser scissors and laser tweezers. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IX, San Diego, United States, 12-16 August 2012. Bellingham, WA, United States: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.930411
Stilgoe, Alexander B., Mallon, Michael J., Cao, Yongyin, Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2012). Optical tweezers toolbox: better, faster, cheaper; choose all three. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IX, San Diego, United States, 12-16 August 2012. Bellingham, WA, United States: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.929365
Stilgoe, Alexander B., Heckenberg, Norman R., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2011). Stability, scaling and temperature in double-well optical tweezers. International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011, Sydney, NSW Australia, 28 August - 1 September 2011. Piscataway, NJ United States: I E E E. doi: 10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193985
Mirjalili, Negar and Nieminen, Timo A. (2011). Research applications of theoretical and computational modelling of optical tweezers. International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011, Sydney, NSW Australia, 28 August - 1 September 2011. Piscataway, NJ United States: I E E E. doi: 10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194163
Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nguyen, Lan T. P., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2011). Thermodynamics of optical tweezers. International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011, Sydney, NSW Australia, 28 August - 1 September 2011. Piscataway, NJ United States: I E E E. doi: 10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194164
Favre-Bulle, Itia, Preece, Daryl, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2011). High-speed camera system for biological applications in optical tweezing. International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011, Sydney, NSW Australia, 28 August - 1 September 2011. Piscataway, NJ United States: I E E E. doi: 10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194030
Preece, Daryl, Nieminen, TimoA. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2011). Shack-Hartmann measurement of OAM in highly focused light beams. International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011, Sydney, NSW Australia, 28 August - 1 September 2011. Piscataway, NJ United States: I E E E. doi: 10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194032
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Asavei, Theodor, Preece, Daryl, Stilgoe, Alexander B., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Nieminen, Timo A. (2011). Measurement of angular momentum flux in optical tweezers. Conference on Complex Light and Optical Forces V, San Francisco, CA, United States, 26-27 January 2011. Bellingham, WA, United States: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.886221
Bennett, James S., Brousse, Emmanuel, Baudisch, Bastian, Preece, Daryl, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2011). 'Wiggler-Waggler': Towards optical measurements of the complex shear modulus. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VIII, San Diego, CA, United States, 21 August 2011. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.894969
Preece, Daryl, Nieminen, Timo A., Asavei, Theodor, Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2011). The difficulty of measuring orbital angular momentum. Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference: ELS XIII 2011, Taormina, Italy, 26-30 September 2011. Messina, Italy: Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti. doi: 10.1478/C1V89S1P076
Nieminen, Timo A., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2011). Not just energy, but momentum and angular momentum too: Mechanical effects in scattering. Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference: ELS XIII 2011, Taormina, Italy, 26-30 September 2011. Messina, Italy: Accademia Peloritana dei Pericolanti. doi: 10.1478/C1V89S1P010
Loke, Vincent L. Y., Menguc, M. Pinar and Nieminen, Timo A. (2011). Discrete-dipole approximation with surface interaction: computational toolbox for MATLAB. 12th International Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles - Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Helsinki, Finland, 28 June-2 July, 2010. Oxford, United Kingdom: Pergamon. doi: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.03.012
Bennett, James S., Baudisch, Bastian, Preece, Daryl, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2011). 'Wiggler-Waggler'- optical measurements of complex viscoelastic moduli. 2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011, Sydney, NSW, Australia, August 28 - 1 September 2011. doi: 10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194051
Asavei, Theodor, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2010). Use of shape induced birefringence for rotation in optical tweezers. SPIE Optics + Photonics 2010: Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VII, San Diego, CA, U.S.A., 1-5 August 2010. Bellingham, WA, U.S.A.: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.861793
Nieminen, Timo A., Alexander Stilgoe, Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2010). Approximate and exact modeling of optical trapping. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VII, San Diego, CA, U.S.A., 1-5 August, 2010. United States of America: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.861880
Parkin, Simon J., Funk, Maren, Tandy, Kristen, Nieminen, Timo, Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Heckenberg, Norman (2009). Using a birefringent probe particle in variable polarisation optical tweezers to probe properties of biological materials. CLEO/Europe - EQEC 2009 - European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the European Quantum Electronics Conference, Munich, Germany, 14 - 19 June 2009. Piscataway, NJ United States: I E E E. doi: 10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192883
Asavei, Theodor, Loke, Vincent L. Y., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Optical paddle-wheel. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VI, San Diego California ,USA, 2-6 August 2009. Bellingham Washington USA: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.828426
Loke, Vincent L. Y., Asavei, Theodore, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Optimization of optically-driven micromachines. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VI, San Diego, United States, 2-6 August 2009. Bellingham, WA, United States: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.828423
Funk, Maren, Parkin, Simon J., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Vaterite twist microrheology with AOM controlled optical tweezers. Complex Light and Optical Forces III, San Jose, United Sttes, 28-29 January 2009. Bellingham, WA, United States: S P I E - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.814357
Asavei, Theodor, Loke, Vincent L. Y., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Optical paddle-wheel. Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy, and Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOLS ACOFT 09), Adelaide, Australia, 29 November - 3 December 2009. Adelaide, Australia: Australian Optical Society.
Loke, Vincent L. Y., Asavei, Theodor, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Optimization of torque efficiency in the design of optically-driven microrotors. ACOLS ACOFT 09, The University of Adelaide, 29/11/09 - 3/12/09. South Australia: The University of Adelaide.
Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo, Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). To hop or not to hop-that is the question. ACOLS ACOFT 09, The University of Adelaide, 29/11/09 - 3/12/09. South Australia: The University of Adelaide.
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Asavei, Theodor, Parkin, Simon, Stilgoe, Alex, Loke, Vince, Nieminen, Timo and Heckenberg, Norman (2009). Can Optically Driven Micromachines be Useful in Biomedicine? Optical Tweezers at Work. Asia Optical Fiber Communication and Optoelectronic Exposition and Conference, Shanghai Peoples R China, Oct 30-Nov 02, 2008. NEW YORK: IEEE. doi: 10.1364/aoe.2008.sap2
Asavei T., Funk M., Parkin S., Nieminen T., Heckenberg N. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop H. (2008). Optically driven mechanical systems at nano-to micro-scale. Frontiers in Optics, FiO 2008, Rochester, NY, October 19, 2008-October 23, 2008. Optical Society of America.
Asavei, T., Loke, V. L. Y., Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2008). Improved optically driven microrotors. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation V, San Diego, CA, United States, 10-14 August 2008. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.794385
Roelofs, Susan H., Alvarez-Elizondo, Martha B., Nieminen, Timo A., Persson, Martin, Heckenberg, Norman and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2008). Calibration of trap stiffness and viscoelasticity in polymer solutions. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation V, San Diego CA, United States, 10-14 August 2008. Bellingham, WA, United States: International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE). doi: 10.1117/12.793577
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Asavei, Theodor, Parkin, Simon, Stilgoe, Alex, Loke, Vince, Nieminen, Timo and Heckenberg, Norman (2008). Can optically driven micromachines be useful in biomedicine? Optical tweezers at work. Asia Optical Fiber Communication and Optoelectronic Exposition and Conference, AOE 2008, Shanghai, China, 30 October - 2 November 2008. Piscataway, NJ United States: I E E E.
Nieminen, T. A., Asavei, T., Hu, Y., Persson, M., Vogel, R., Loke, V. L. Y., Parkin, S. J., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2008). Tailoring particles for optical trapping and micromanipulation: An overview. Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2008), Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, 24-28 March 2008. Cambridge, MA, United States: Electromagnetics Academy.
Loke, Vly, Nieminen, TA, Heckenberg, NR and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, R (2008). Dual-beam interferometric laser trapping of Rayleigh and mesoscopic particles. Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Hangzhou, China, 24-28 March 2008. CAMBRIDGE: The Electromagnetics Academy.
Choi, S., Nieminen, T.A. and Manathunga, C. (2008). "What Brought you Here?" International Postgraduate Students' Perspectives. 5th International Lifelong Learning Conference, Rydges Capricorn Resort, Yeppoon, Qld, 16-19 June 2008. Yeppoon, Qld: Central Queensland University Press.
Choi, S., Nieminen, T.A. and Manathunga, C. (2008). Postdoctoral and Early Career Research Work for Further Learning and Independence. 5th International Lifelong Learning Conference, Rydges Capricorn Resort, Yeppoon, Qld, 16-19 June 2008. Yeppoon, Qld: Central Queensland University Press.
Hu, Y., Nieminen, T.A., Bickford, L.R. and Drezek, R.A. (2008). Concentric Sphere Mie Theory Model: Applications to Nanoshell Spectra Prediction and Design of Anti-Reflection Coatings for Optical Traps. Spring Optics and Photonics Congress, St Petersburg, Florida, USA, 16-20 March 2008. United States: Optical Society America.
Asavei, T., Parkin, S., Persson, M., Vogel, R., Funk, M., Loke, V., Nieminen, T.A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. and Heckenberg, N. R. (2008). Engineering Optically Driven Micromachines. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation V, San Diego Convention Centre, 10-14 August 2008. United States: International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE). doi: 10.1117/12.798529
Loke, Vincent L. Y., Asavei, Theodore, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2007). Optical microrotors: Theory, design and fabrication. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IV, San Diego, CA, United Kingdom, 26-29 August 2007. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.735341
Parkin, Simon J. W., Knoener, Gregor, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2007). Microrheology of microlitre samples: Probed with rotating optical tweezers. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IV, San Diego, CA, United States, 26-29 August 2007. Bellingham, WA, United States: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.735492
Loke, Vincent L.. Y., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2007). Exploiting Symmetry and Incorporating the T-matrix in the Discrete Dipole Approximation (DDA) Method. Institut fur Werkstofftechnik, Bremen, 23 Mar 2007. Bremen, Germany: Institut für Werkstofftechnik.
Loke, V. L. Y., Nieminen, T. A., Asavei, T., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2007). Optically driven micromachines: design and fabrication. Tenth Conference on Electromagnetic & Light Scattering, Bodrum, Turkey, 17-22 June, 2007. New York: Begell House Inc.. doi: 10.1615/ichmt.2007.confelectromagligscat.300
Nieminen, T. A., Loke, V. L. Y., Knoner, G. and Branczyk, A. M. (2007). Toolbox for calculation of optical forces and torques. Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2007), Beijing Peoples R China, Mar 26-30, 2007. CAMBRIDGE: ELECTROMAGNETICS ACAD.
Choi, S., Nieminen, T.A., Bartylla, C., Bertrand, D., Gong, Y.X., Huber, E., Kruger, K. and Therkildsen, K. (2007). Research training experiences of visiting students in physics. 18th ISANA International Education Association Conference, Glenelg, SA Australia, 27-30 November 2007. The Gap, QLD Australia: ISANA Internationa Education Association.
Singer, Wolfgang, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Optical micromanipulation of synthetic macromolecules. SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering: Optics and Photonics, San Diego, California, U.S.A., 13-17 August 2006. United States: S P I E - International Society of Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.680187
Loke, Vincent L. Y., Nieminen, Timo A., Parkin, Simon J., Branczyk, Agata M., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Modelling optical micromachines and birefringent particles. Photonic Devices and Algorithms for Computing VIII, San Diego, CA, USA, 14 August 2006. Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.680455
Knoener, Gregor, Higuet, Julien, Parkin, Simon, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Two-photon polymerization process for optically driven micromachines. Photonics: Design, Technology, and Packaging II, Brisbane, Australia, 12 December 2005. Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.651757
Nieminen, Timo A., Higuet, Julien, Knoener, Gregor G., Loke, Vincent L. Y., Parkin, Simon, Singer, Wolfgang, Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Optically driven micromachines: Progress and prospects. Photonics: Design, Technology, and Packaging II, Brisbane, Australia, 12 December 2005. Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.651760
Parkin, S. J. W., Knoener, G., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2006). Torque transfer in optical tweezers due to orbital angular momentum. SPIE International Society of Optical Engineering, San Diego, CA, U.S.A., 13-17 August 2006. Bellingham, WA, U.S.A.: S P I E - International Society of Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.681402
Nieminen, Timo A., Loke, Vincent L. Y., Branczyk, A. M., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2006). Towards Efficient Modelling of Optical Micromanipulation of Complex Structures. PIERS 2006: Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2006, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., 26-29 March 2006. Cambridge, Mass, USA: Electromagnetics Academy. doi: 10.2529/PIERS050907030155
Parkin, Simon, Knoener, Gregor, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Optical microrheology of biopolymers. Photonics: Design, Technology, and Packaging II, Brisbane, Australia, 12 December 2005. Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.651754
Singer, Wolfgang, Gibson, Ursula J., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Towards crystallization using optical tweezers. Photonics: Design, Technology, and Packaging II, Brisbane, Australia, 12 December 2005. Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.651755
Pfeifer, Robert N. C., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Two controversies in classical electromagnetism. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation III, San Diego, CA, USA, 13 - 17 August 2006. Bellingham, WA, United States: S P I E - International Society of Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.678953
Knoener, Gregor, Nieminen, Timo A., Parkin, Simon J., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Calculation of optical trapping landscapes. SPIE The International Society for Optical Engineering, San Diego California USA, 13-17 August, 2006. United States: S P I E - International Society of Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.680114
Nieminen, T A (2006). Project-based assessment for graduate coursework in physics. Australian Institute of Physics (AIP), Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre Queensland, Australia, 3-8 December 2006. Brisbane: Australian Institute of Physics.
Branczyk, A. M., Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2006). Optical trapping of a cube. Australian Institute of Physics (AIP), Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre Queensland, Australia, 3-8 December 2006. Brisbane: Australian Institute of Physics.
Singer, W., Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2006). Nanotrapping and the thermodynamics of optical tweezers. Australian Institute of Physics (AIP), Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre Queensland, Australia, 3-8 December 2006. Brisbane: Australian Institute of Physics.
Loke, V. L., Nieminen, T. A., Parkin, S. J., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2006). Computational modeling of optical trapping of vaterite microspheres. Australian Institute of Physics (AIP), Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland, Austraa, 3-8 December 2006. Brisbane: Australian Institute of Physics.
Hajek, K. M. and Nieminen, T. A. (2006). Aether theories: A physics fairytale re-told. Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) 17th National Congress, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland, Australia, 3-8 December 2006. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Institute of Physics.
Knoener, G., Parkin, S. J., Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2006). Forces from highly focused laser beams: Modeling, measurement and application to refractive index measurements. Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) National Congress 2006, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australa, 3-8 December 2006. Brisbane, Australia: Australian Institute of Physics.
Loke, Vincent L. Y., Nieminen, Timo A., Branczyk, Agata M., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Modelling optical micro-machines. 9th International Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Non-Spherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, St. Petersburg, Russia, 5-9 June 2006. St Petersburg, Russia: St Petersburg State University Press.
Parkin, Simon J. W., Knoener, Gregor, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2005). A Constant Torque Micro-Viscometer. SPIE The International Society for Optical Engineering, San Jose California USA, 25-26 January, 2005. Bellingham, USA: SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.590147
Singer, W., Nieminen, T. A., Gibson, Ursula J., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2005). Rotating Optical Tweezers. SPIE The International Society for Optical Engineering, San Jose California USA, 25-26 January, 2005. Bellingham USA: SPIE International Society of Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.590107
Gibson, Ursula, Singer, Wolfgang, Nieminen, Timo, Heckenberg, Norman and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2005). Growth of crystals in optical tweezers. Optical trapping and optical micromanipulation II, San Diego, California, USA, 31 Jul-4 Aug 2005. Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.: SPIE International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.616739
Choi, Serene H.-J. and Nieminen, T. A. (2005). Effect of Participation as Peer-Players on Ideas and Attitudes About Disability. Making Meaning: Creating Connections that Value Diversity, Brisbane, Australia, 23-25 September 2005. Brisbane, QLD.: AASE.
Choi, Serene H.-J. and Nieminen, Timo A. (2005). Improved Social Interaction by Children With Autism by Training of Peers. Making Meaning: Creating Connections that Value Diversity - Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Special Education, Brisbane, Australia, 23-25th September, 2005. Brisbane, QLD.: AASE.
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., Knoner, G., Parkin, S., Singer, W., Nieminen, T. and Heckenberg, N. (2005). Catch, move and twist using optical tweezers. 229th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, Ca, USA, 13 - 17 March, 2005. Washington, D. C.: American Chemical Society.
Parkin, Simon J. W., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2004). Measurement of orbital angular momentum in optical tweezers. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation, Denver, CO, USA, 2 August 2004. Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.556730
Nieminen, Timo A., Parkin, Simon J., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2004). Optical Torque and Symmetry. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation, Denver Colorado USA, 2 - 6 August, 2004. USA: SPIE. doi: 10.1117/12.557070
Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2004). Computational modeling of optical tweezers. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation, Denver, CO, USA, 2-6 August 2004. Bellingham, Washington, U.S.A.: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.557090
Choi, Minjoon, Choi, Serene Hyun-Jin and Nieminen, Timo A. (2004). Case studies of music students with autistic spectrum disorders. 2004 Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, 3-6 January 2004. Honolulu, Hawaii: Hawaii International Conference on Education.
Nieminen, T. A., Pile, D. F. P., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2003). Multiple-scattering Modelling of Scattering by Biological Cells. 7th Conf ELSNP: Theory measurement and Applications, Bremen, 8-12 September, 2003. Bremen: University of Bremen.
Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2003). "Hybrid" T-Matrix Methods. Electromagnetic and Light Scattering - Theory and Applications VII / 7th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Bremen, Germany, 8-12 September, 2003. Bremen: University of Bremen.
Nieminen, T. A., Bishop, A. I., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2003). Polarimetric Measurement of Optical Torque. 7th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Bremen, Germany, 8-12 September 2003. Bremen, Germany: Universität Bremen.
Bishop A.I., Nieminen T.A., Heckenberg N.R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop H. (2003). An optical torque wrench-simple and general optical rotation. European Quantum Electronics Conference, EQEC 2003, June 22, 2003-June 27, 2003. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. doi: 10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314227
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina, Bishop, Alexis, Nieminen, Timo, Parkin, Simon and Heckenberg, Norman (2003). Angular momentum transfer in vortex and non-vortex beams using optical tweezers. Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA).
Gramotnev, D. K., Mason, D. R. and Nieminen, T. A. (2003). New grating eigenmodes in a slab with a holographic grating with strong frequency detunings of the Bragg condition. Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA).
Nieminen, T. A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. and Heckenberg, N. R. (2002). Vector Spherical Wavefunction Expansion of a Strongly Focussed Laser Beam. Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles - 6th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Gainesville, Florida, USA, 4-8 March, 2002. Adelphi, USA: Army Research Laboratory.
Heckenberg, N. R., Nieminen, T. A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. and Sheetz, M. P. (2002). Probing live cells with optically driven and monitored micro-rotors. Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles - 6th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Gainesville, Florida, USA, 4-10 March, 2002. Adelphi, USA: Army Research Laboratory.
Nieminen, T. A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. and Heckenberg, N. R. (2002). Angular Momentum Generation by Scattering: Alignment and Rotation of Microobjects. 6th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Gainesville, Florida, USA, 4-8 March, 2002. Adelphi, USA: Army Research Laboratory.
Bishop, A. I., Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2002). Alignment and Controlled Rotation of Microparticles in Gaussian Beam Laser Traps. Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Physics 15th Biennial Congress 2002 (CDROM) - Fifteenth AIP Biennial Congress 2002/AOS2002, Sydney, Australia, 8-11 July, 2002. Adelaide, SA, Australia: Australian Institute or Physics.
Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2002). Propagation of Arbitrary Non-Paraxial Beams by Expansion in Spherical Functions. Australian Institute of Physics 15th Biennial Congress 2002, Sydney, Australia, 8-11 July, 2002. Adelaide, SA, Australia: Australian Institute or Physics.
Choi, Serene Hyun-Jin, Nieminen, Timo A., Bahr, Mark and Bahr, Nan (2002). Improving behaviour classification consistency: A technique from biological taxonomy. Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference 2002 (AARE2002), Brisbane, Australia, 1-5 December, 2002.
Nieminen, TA, Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H and Heckenberg, NR (2001). Trapping and alignment of a microfibre using the discrete dipole approximation. 4th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Chiba Japan, Jul 15-19, 2001. NEW YORK: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/cleopr.2001.970847
Nieminen, T. A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. and Heckenberg, N. R. (2001). Trapping and Alignment of a Microfibre Using the Discrete Dipole Approximation. CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001, 4th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Chiba, Japan, 15-19 July.
Nieminen, T. A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. and Heckenberg, N. R. (2000). Laser Trapping of Non-Spherical Particles. Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Halifax Contributions - 5th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Halifax, Canada, 28 August - 1 September. Maryland, US: Army Research Laboratory.
Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2000). Optical Measurement of Microscopic Forces and Torques. Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Halifax Contributions: 5th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Halifax, Canada, 28 August - 1 September. Maryland, USA: Army Research Laboratory.
Nieminen, T. A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., Heckenberg, N. R. and Bishop, A. (2000). Theory of optical force and position measurement for an optically trapped probe particle. AIP 2000, Adelaide University, 10-15 Dec, 2000. Australia: Australian Institute of Physics.
Nieminen, T. A. (2000). Grazing-angle scattering of blk and guided electromagnetic waves in non-uniform arrays. AIP 2000, Adelaide University, 10-15 Dec, 2000. Australia: Australian Institute of Physics.
Nieminen, TA and Gramotnev, DK (2000). Rigorous analysis of extremely asymmetrical scattering of electromagnetic waves in periodic gratings. Conference on Integrated Photonics Research, Quebec City Canada, Jul 12-15, 2000. WASHINGTON: OPTICAL SOC AMERICA.
Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (1999). Measurement of Rotation Speed of Birefringent Material and Optical Torque from Polarisation of Transmitted Light. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99, The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Seoul, South Korea, 30th August - 3rd September, 1999. New Jersey: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.814762
Nieminen, Timo A. and Gramotnev, Dmitri K. (1999). Double-resonant extremely asymmetrical scattering of electromagnetic waves in periodic arrays separated by a gap. 1999 Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO/Pacific Rim 1999, Seoul, , August 30, 1999-September 3, 1999. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. doi: 10.1109/CLEOPR.1999.817952
Friese, M. E. J., Nieminen, T. A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. and Heckenberg, N. R. (1998). Optical torques align and rotate microscopic wave plates. CLEO/IQEC98 (International Quantum Electronics ConfereCLEO/IQEC `98 (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the International Quantum Electronics Conference), San Francisco, CA, 3 -8 May 1998. Piscataway, N.J.: IEEE. doi: 10.1109/IQEC.1998.680332
Heckenberg, N. R., Nieminen, T. A., Friese, M. E. J. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (1998). Trapping microscopic particles with singular beams. International Conference on Singular Optics Conference, Partenit, Crimea, Ukraine, 5 October, 1997. Canada & USA: SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. doi: 10.1117/12.317715
Heckenberg, NR, Nieminen, TA, Friese, MEJ and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H (1998). Trapping microscopic particles with singular beams. International Conference on Singular Optics, Partenit Ukraine, Oct 05-10, 1997. SPIE-INT SOC OPTICAL ENGINEERING. doi: 10.1117/12.317715
Gramotnev, DK, Mather, ML and Nieminen, TA (1998). Anomalous absorption of bulk longitudinal acoustic waves in a layered structure with viscous fluid. 1998 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Sendai Japan, Oct 05-08, 1998. NEW YORK: IEEE.
Friese M.E.J., Nieminen T.A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop H. and Heckenberg N.R. (1997). Angular momentum transfer from a circularly polarized Gaussian laser beam. Proceedings of the 1997 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, QELS, Baltimore, MD, USA, May 18, 1997-May 23, 1997.
Thesis
Nieminen, Timo Allan (1996). Solar line asymmetries : modelling the effect of granulation on the solar spectrum. PhD Thesis, School of Physical Sciences, The University of Queensland. doi: 10.14264/uql.2019.787