Dr Timo Nieminen
Senior Lecturer
Physics
+61 7 336 52422
Physics Annexe (06), Room 433
Personal Page
https://people.smp.uq.edu.au/TimoNieminen/
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. In Light robotics-structure-mediated nanobiophotonics (pp. 99-128) Amsterdam, Netherlands: Elsevier Inc.. 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. In David L. Andrews (Ed.), Photonics: Scientific foundations, technology and applications (pp. 287-339) 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. In George K . Knopf and Yukitoshi Otani (Ed.), Optical Nano and Micro Actuator Technology (pp. 277-306) 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. In Juan P. Torres and Lluis Torner (Ed.), Twisted photons: applications of light with orbital angular momentum (pp. 93-115) Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag. doi:10.1002/9783527635368.ch6
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. In Juan P. Torres and Lluis Torner (Ed.), Twisted photons: Applications of light with orbital angular momentum (pp. 93-116) Weinheim, Germany: Wiley-VCH Verlag.
Choi S.H.-J. and Nieminen T.A. (2010). Trained peers' interactions with children with autism during play. In 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. In David L. Andrews (Ed.), Structured Light and Its Applications: An Introduction to Phase-Structured Beams and Nanoscale Optical Forces (pp. 249-270) 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. In David L. Andrews (Ed.), Structured Light and Its Applications: An introduction to Phase-Structured Beams and Nanoscale Optical Forces (pp. 195-236) 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. In M. W. Berns and K. O. Greulich (Ed.), Laser Manipulation of Cells and Tissues (pp. 207-236) 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. In M. W. Berns and K. O. Greulich (Ed.), Laser Manipulation of Cells and Tissues (pp. 525-561) 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. In Vasnetsov, M. and Staliunas, K. (Ed.), Optical Vortices (pp. 75-105) Commack, New York: Nova Science Publishers.
Journal Articles
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. 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: . 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. 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: . 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. 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.
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. 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: . 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: 125601.1-125601.12. 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 1-9. 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: 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. 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: 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 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: 248101.1-248101.4. 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: 044017-1-044017-7. 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: . 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: 044031.1-044031.7. 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: . 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: 034001-1-034001-7. 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: 115005-1-115005-6. 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: 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: 041507-1-041507-5. 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: 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: 011916-1-011916-5. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.75.011916
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
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
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: 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: 021911-1-021911-5. doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.73.021911
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
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
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
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: 023816-1-023816-6. 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: 198104-1-198104-4. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.198104
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
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, 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
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, 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
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
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: 033802-1-033802-8. doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.68.033802
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
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
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 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., 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. 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., 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
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
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 Alignment and Spinning of Laser-Trapped Microscopic Particles. Nature, 394 6691: 348-350. doi:10.1038/28566
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
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
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. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel Cooper Spalding, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XV. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XV 2018, San Diego, CA, United States, (). 19-23 August 2018. 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. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel Cooper Spalding, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XV. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XV 2018, San Diego, CA, United States, (). 19-23 August 2018. 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). In: Dholakia, Kishan and Spalding, Gabriel C., Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XIII. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XIII, San Diego, CA, United States, (). 28 August-1 September 2016. doi:10.1117/12.2236419
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. In: Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XII, San Diego, CA, United States, (). 9-12 August 2015. doi:10.1117/12.2186721
Zhang, Shu, Carberry, David, Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2015). Hydrodynamics of micro-objects near curved surfaces. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel C. Spalding, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XII. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XII, San Diego, CA United States, (). 09-12 August 2015. 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. In: Optics in the Life Sciences. Optics and the Brain, BRAIN 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (). 12-15 April 2015. 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. In: Optics in the Life Sciences. Optical Trapping Applications, OTA 2015, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (). 12-15 April 2015. doi:10.1364/OTA.2015.OtM4E.5
Zhang, Shu, Gibson, Lachlan, Preece, Daryl, Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2014). Viscoelasticity Measurements inside Liposomes. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel C. Spalding, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XI. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XI, San Diego, CA United States, (). 17-21 August 2014. doi:10.1117/12.2060938
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. In: Dholakia, Kishan and Spalding, Gabriel C., Proceedings of the Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XI. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XI, San Diego, CA., United States, (). 17-21 August 2014. doi:10.1117/12.2064367
Bui, Ann A. M., Stilgoe, Alexander B., Khatibzadeh, Nima, Nieminen, Timo A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina and Berns, Michael W. (2014). Optical tweezers escape forces. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel C. Spalding, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XI. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XI, San Diego, CA United States, (). 17-21 August 2014. doi:10.1117/12.2062805
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. In: Dholakia, K and Spalding, GC, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation X. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation X, San Diego, CA United States, (). 25 -29 August 2013. 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. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel C. Spalding, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IX. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IX, San Diego, United States, (84582V.1-84582V.8). 12-16 August 2012. doi:10.1117/12.930137
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. In: Dholakia, K and Spalding, GC, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IX. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IX, San Diego, United States, (84582E.1-84582E.14). 12-16 August 2012. doi:10.1117/12.929365
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. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel C. Spalding, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IX. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IX, San Diego, United States, (84580P.1-84580P.6). 12-16 August 2012. doi:10.1117/12.930411
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. In: David L. Andrews, Enrique J. Galvez and Jesper Glückstad, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Conference on Complex Light and Optical Forces V, San Francisco, CA, United States, (79500I.1-79500I.13). 26-27 January 2011. 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. In: Dholakia, K and Spalding, GC, Proceedings of SPIE: Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VIII. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VIII, San Diego, CA, United States, (809715.1-809715.10). 21 August 2011. doi:10.1117/12.894969
Loke, Vincent L. Y., Menguc, M. Pinar and Nieminen, Timo A. (2011). Discrete-dipole approximation with surface interaction: computational toolbox for MATLAB. In: Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles XII. 12th International Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles - Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Helsinki, Finland, (1711-1725). 28 June-2 July, 2010. doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.03.012
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. In: Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and electro-optics (CLEO/IQEC/Pacific Rim), 2011 : incorporating the Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011, Sydney, NSW Australia, (1064-1065). 28 August - 1 September 2011. 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. In: Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and electro-optics (CLEO/IQEC/Pacific Rim), 2011 : incorporating the Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011, Sydney, NSW Australia, (1055-1057). 28 August - 1 September 2011. doi:10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194032
Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nguyen, Lan T. P., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2011). Thermodynamics of optical tweezers. In: Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and electro-optics (CLEO/IQEC/Pacific Rim), 2011 : incorporating the Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011, Sydney, NSW Australia, (2018-2020). 28 August - 1 September 2011. doi:10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194164
Stilgoe, Alexander B., Heckenberg, Norman R., Nieminen, Timo A. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2011). Stability, scaling and temperature in double-well optical tweezers. In: Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and electro-optics (CLEO/IQEC/Pacific Rim), 2011 : incorporating the Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011, Sydney, NSW Australia, (1050-1052). 28 August - 1 September 2011. doi:10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6193985
Mirjalili, Negar and Nieminen, Timo A. (2011). Research applications of theoretical and computational modelling of optical tweezers. In: Quantum Electronics Conference & Lasers and electro-optics (CLEO/IQEC/Pacific Rim), 2011 : incorporating the Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy and the Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology. International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011, Sydney, NSW Australia, (1713-1715). 28 August - 1 September 2011. doi:10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194163
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. In: 2011 Int. Quantum Electr. Conf., IQEC 2011 Conf Lasers Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011 Incorporating Australasian Conf. on Optics, Lasers Spectrosc. Australian Conf. Optical Fibre Technol.- Conf. 2011 International Quantum Electronics Conference, IQEC 2011 and Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO Pacific Rim 2011, Sydney, NSW, Australia, (2014-2015). August 28 - 1 September 2011. doi:10.1109/IQEC-CLEO.2011.6194051
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. In: F. Borghese, P. Denti,, P. G. Gucciardi, M. A. Iatì, O. M. Maragò and R. Saija, Proceedings of the Electromagnetic and Light Scattering XIII Conference. Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference: ELS XIII 2011, Taormina, Italy, (C1V89S1P010.1-C1V89S1P010.4). 26-30 September 2011. doi:10.1478/C1V89S1P010
Preece, Daryl, Nieminen, Timo A., Asavei, Theodor, Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2011). The difficulty of measuring orbital angular momentum. In: F. Borghese, P. Denti, P. G. Gucciardi, M. A. Iatì, O. M. Maragò and R. Saija, Proceedings of the Electromagnetic and Light Scattering XIII Conference. Electromagnetic and Light Scattering Conference: ELS XIII 2011, Taormina, Italy, (C1V89S1P076.1-C1V89S1P076.4). 26-30 September 2011. doi:10.1478/C1V89S1P076
Nieminen, Timo A., Alexander Stilgoe, Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2010). Approximate and exact modeling of optical trapping. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel C. Spalding, Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VII, San Diego, CA, U.S.A., (77622V-1-77622V-8). 1-5 August, 2010. doi:10.1117/12.861880
Asavei, Theodor, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2010). Use of shape induced birefringence for rotation in optical tweezers. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel C. Spalding, Proceedings of SPIE: Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VII. SPIE Optics + Photonics 2010: Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VII, San Diego, CA, U.S.A., (77621C-1-77621C-8). 1-5 August 2010. doi:10.1117/12.861793
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. In: ACOLS ACOFT. ACOLS ACOFT 09, The University of Adelaide, (459-460). 29/11/09 - 3/12/09.
Asavei, Theodor, Loke, Vincent L. Y., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Optical paddle-wheel. In: ACOLS ACOFT 09 Conference: Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy, and Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology in association with the International Workshop on Dissipative Solitons 2009. Australasian Conference on Optics, Lasers and Spectroscopy, and Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology (ACOLS ACOFT 09), Adelaide, Australia, (18-19). 29 November - 3 December 2009.
Stilgoe, Alexander B., Nieminen, Timo, Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). To hop or not to hop-that is the question. In: ACOLS ACOFT. ACOLS ACOFT 09, The University of Adelaide, (20-21). 29/11/09 - 3/12/09.
Funk, Maren, Parkin, Simon J., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Vaterite twist microrheology with AOM controlled optical tweezers. In: Enrique J. Galvez, David L. Andrews and Jesper Gluckstad, Complex Light and Optical Forces III. Complex Light and Optical Forces III, San Jose, United Sttes, (72270D-1-72270D-9). 28-29 January 2009. doi:10.1117/12.814357
Loke, Vincent L. Y., Asavei, Theodore, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Optimization of optically-driven micromachines. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel C. Spalding, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VI. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VI, San Diego, United States, (74001Z-1-74001Z-11). 2-6 August 2009. doi:10.1117/12.828423
Asavei, Theodor, Loke, Vincent L. Y., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2009). Optical paddle-wheel. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel C. Spalding, SPIE. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VI, San Diego California ,USA, (740020-1-740020-7). 2-6 August 2009. doi:10.1117/12.828426
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. In: European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference; [extended abstracts]. CLEO/Europe - EQEC 2009 - European Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the European Quantum Electronics Conference, Munich, Germany, (). 14 - 19 June 2009. doi:10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5192883
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. In: Asia Optical Fiber Communication and Optoelectronic Exposition and Conference, Shanghai Peoples R China, (). Oct 30-Nov 02, 2008.
Loke, Vly, Nieminen, TA, Heckenberg, NR and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, R (2008). Dual-beam interferometric laser trapping of Rayleigh and mesoscopic particles. In: Kong, JA, PIERS Proceedings. Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Hangzhou, China, (645-649). 24-28 March 2008.
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. In: Dholakia, K. and Spalding, G.C., Proceedings of SPIE: Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation V. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation V, San Diego CA, United States, (703823-1-703823-7). 10-14 August 2008. doi:10.1117/12.793577
Asavei, T., Loke, V. L. Y., Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2008). Improved optically driven microrotors. In: K. Dholakia and G. C. Spalding, Proceedings of SPIE: Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation V. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation V, San Diego, CA, United States, (703817-1-703817-9). 10-14 August 2008. doi:10.1117/12.794385
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. In: K. Dholakia and G. C. Spalding, Proceedings of SPIE. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation V, San Diego Convention Centre, (703816-1-703816-7). 10-14 August 2008. doi:10.1117/12.798529
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. In: Kong, JA, Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2008 (PIERS 2008 Hangzhou). Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2008), Hangzhou, People's Republic of China, (851-855). 24-28 March 2008.
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. In: Biomedical Optics (BIOMED). Spring Optics and Photonics Congress, St Petersburg, Florida, USA, (1-3). 16-20 March 2008.
Choi, S., Nieminen, T.A. and Manathunga, C. (2008). Postdoctoral and Early Career Research Work for Further Learning and Independence. In: 5th International Lifelong Learning Conference. 5th International Lifelong Learning Conference, Rydges Capricorn Resort, Yeppoon, Qld, (91-95). 16-19 June 2008.
Choi, S., Nieminen, T.A. and Manathunga, C. (2008). "What Brought you Here?" International Postgraduate Students' Perspectives. In: 5th International Lifelong Learning Conference. 5th International Lifelong Learning Conference, Rydges Capricorn Resort, Yeppoon, Qld, (96-99). 16-19 June 2008.
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. In: Optical Fiber Communication & Optoelectronic Exposition & Conference, 2008. AOE 2008. Asia. Asia Optical Fiber Communication and Optoelectronic Exposition and Conference, AOE 2008, Shanghai, China, (). 30 October - 2 November 2008.
Nieminen, T. A., Loke, V. L. Y., Knoner, G. and Branczyk, A. M. (2007). Toolbox for calculation of optical forces and torques. In: Kong, JA, Piers 2007 Beijing: Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium, Pts I and II, Proceedings. Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2007), Beijing Peoples R China, (721-725). Mar 26-30, 2007.
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. In: T. Wriedt and A. Hoekstra, Proceedings of the DDA-Workshop. , Institut fur Werkstofftechnik, Bremen, (10-12). 23 Mar 2007.
Loke, V. L. Y., Nieminen, T. A., Asavei, T., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2007). Optically driven micromachines: design and fabrication. In: Videen, G., Mischenko, M., Mengüc, P. and Zakharova, N., Proceedings of the Tenth Conference on Electromagnetic & Light Scattering. Tenth Conference on Electromagnetic & Light Scattering, Bodrum, Turkey, (109-112). 17-22 June, 2007.
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. In: Sanderson, G., Conference Proceedings of the 18th ISANA International Education Conference. 18th ISANA International Education Association Conference, Glenelg, South Australia, (1-7). 27-30 November, 2007.
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. In: Dholakia, K and Spalding, GC, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IV. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IV, San Diego, CA, United States, (). 26-29 August 2007. doi:10.1117/12.735492
Loke, Vincent L. Y., Asavei, Theodore, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2007). Optical microrotors: Theory, design and fabrication. In: Dholakia, K and Spalding, GC, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IV. Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation IV, San Diego, CA, United Kingdom, (U6440-U6440). 26-29 August 2007. doi:10.1117/12.735341
Pfeifer, Robert N. C., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Two controversies in classical electromagnetism. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel C. Spalding, Proceedings of the Society of Photo-Optical Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). Conference on Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation III, San Diego, CA, USA, (63260H-1-63260H-8). 13 - 17 August 2006. doi:10.1117/12.678953
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. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel C. Spalding, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation III. SPIE International Society of Optical Engineering, San Diego, CA, U.S.A., (63261B-1-63261B-8). 13-17 August 2006. doi:10.1117/12.681402
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. In: Derek Abbott, Yuri S. Kivshar, Halina H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and Shanhui Fan, Proceedings of SPIE. Photonics: Design, Technology, and Packaging II, Brisbane, Australia, (603813-1-603813-9). 12 December 2005. doi:10.1117/12.651760
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. In: Derek Abbott, Yuri S. Kivshar, Halina H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and Shanhui Fan, SPIE - International Society for Optical Engineering. Photonics: Design, Technology, and Packaging II, Brisbane, Australia, (603810-1-603810-9). 12 December 2005. doi:10.1117/12.651757
Singer, Wolfgang, Gibson, Ursula J., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Towards crystallization using optical tweezers. In: Derek Abbott, Yuri S. Kivshar, Halina H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and Shanhui Fan, Proceedings of SPIE. Photonics: Design, Technology, and Packaging II, Brisbane, Australia, (60380B-1-60380B-8). 12 December 2005. doi:10.1117/12.651755
Parkin, Simon, Knoener, Gregor, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Optical microrheology of biopolymers. In: Derek Abbott, Yuri S. Kivshar, Halina H. Rubinsztein-Dunlop and Shanhui Fan, Proceedings of SPIE. Photonics: Design, Technology, and Packaging II, Brisbane, Australia, (60380A-1-60380A-7). 12 December 2005. doi:10.1117/12.651754
Knoener, Gregor, Nieminen, Timo A., Parkin, Simon J., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Calculation of optical trapping landscapes. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel C. Spalding, Proceedings of SPIE. SPIE The International Society for Optical Engineering, San Diego California USA, (63260K-1-63260K-9). 13-17 August, 2006. doi:10.1117/12.680114
Singer, W., Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2006). Nanotrapping and the thermodynamics of optical tweezers. In: Robert Sang and John Dobson, Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) 17th National Congress 2006. Australian Institute of Physics (AIP), Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre Queensland, Australia, (1-4). 3-8 December 2006.
Branczyk, A. M., Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2006). Optical trapping of a cube. In: Robert and John Dobson, Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) 17th National Congress 2006. Australian Institute of Physics (AIP), Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre Queensland, Australia, (1-4). 3-8 December 2006.
Nieminen, T A (2006). Project-based assessment for graduate coursework in physics. In: Dr Robert Sang and Professor John Dobson, Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) 17th National Congress 2006. Australian Institute of Physics (AIP), Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre Queensland, Australia, (1-4). 3-8 December 2006.
Hajek, K. M. and Nieminen, T. A. (2006). Aether theories: A physics fairytale re-told. In: Robert Sang and John Dobson, Proceedings of: Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) 17th National Congress. Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) 17th National Congress, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland, Australia, (1-4). 3-8 December 2006.
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. In: Dr Robert Sang and Professor John Dobson, Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) 17th National Congress 2006. Australian Institute of Physics (AIP), Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland, Austraa, (1-4). 3-8 December 2006.
Loke, Vincent L. Y., Nieminen, Timo A., Branczyk, Agata M., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Modelling optical micro-machines. In: Nikolai Voshchinnikov, ELS 9: 9th International Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Non-Spherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications: Book of abstracts. 9th International Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Non-Spherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, St. Petersburg, Russia, (163-166). 5-9 June 2006.
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. In: PIERS online: Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2006. PIERS 2006: Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium 2006, Cambridge, MA, U.S.A., (442-446). 26-29 March 2006. doi:10.2529/PIERS050907030155
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. In: Khan M. Iftekharuddin and Abdul A. S. Awwal, Proceedings of SPIE. Photonic Devices and Algorithms for Computing VIII, San Diego, CA, USA, (63100I-1-63100I-9). 14 August 2006. doi:10.1117/12.680455
Singer, Wolfgang, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2006). Optical micromanipulation of synthetic macromolecules. In: Kishan Dholakia, Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation III: Proceedings of SPIE. SPIE: The International Society for Optical Engineering: Optics and Photonics, San Diego, California, U.S.A., (632619-1-632619-8). 13-17 August 2006. doi:10.1117/12.680187
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. In: Robert Sang and John Dobson, Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) National Congress 2006. Australian Institute of Physics (AIP) National Congress 2006, Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre, Brisbane, Australa, (). 3-8 December 2006.
Choi, Serene H.-J. and Nieminen, Timo A. (2005). Improved Social Interaction by Children With Autism by Training of Peers. In: Bryer, Fiona, Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Special Education. Making Meaning: Creating Connections that Value Diversity - Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Special Education, Brisbane, Australia, (46-53). 23-25th September, 2005.
Choi, Serene H.-J. and Nieminen, T. A. (2005). Effect of Participation as Peer-Players on Ideas and Attitudes About Disability. In: F. Bryer, Proceedings of the 30th Annual Conference of the Australian Association of Special Education. Making Meaning: Creating Connections that Value Diversity, Brisbane, Australia, (38-45). 23-25 September 2005.
Gibson, Ursula, Singer, Wolfgang, Nieminen, Timo, Heckenberg, Norman and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2005). Growth of crystals in optical tweezers. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel C. Spalding, Proceedings of SPIE. Optical trapping and optical micromanipulation II, San Diego, California, USA, (593014.1-593014.9). 31 Jul-4 Aug 2005. doi:10.1117/12.616739
Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H., Knoner, G., Parkin, S., Singer, W., Nieminen, T. and Heckenberg, N. (2005). Catch, move and twist using optical tweezers. In: Abstracts of the American Chemical Society: 229th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. 229th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, Ca, USA, (U92-U92). 13 - 17 March, 2005.
Singer, W., Nieminen, T. A., Gibson, Ursula J., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2005). Rotating Optical Tweezers. In: David L. Andrews, Proceedings of SPIE. SPIE The International Society for Optical Engineering, San Jose California USA, (16-24). 25-26 January, 2005. doi:10.1117/12.590107
Parkin, Simon J. W., Knoener, Gregor, Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2005). A Constant Torque Micro-Viscometer. In: David L. Andrews, Proceedings of SPIE. SPIE The International Society for Optical Engineering, San Jose California USA, (59-65). 25-26 January, 2005. doi:10.1117/12.590147
Parkin, Simon J. W., Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2004). Measurement of orbital angular momentum in optical tweezers. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel C. Spalding, Proceedings of SPIE. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation, Denver, CO, USA, (264-274). 2 August 2004. doi:10.1117/12.556730
Choi, Minjoon, Choi, Serene Hyun-Jin and Nieminen, Timo A. (2004). Case studies of music students with autistic spectrum disorders. In: Proceedings of: 2004 Hawaii International Conference on Education. 2004 Hawaii International Conference on Education, Honolulu, Hawaii, (748-756). 3-6 January 2004.
Nieminen, Timo A., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2004). Computational modeling of optical tweezers. In: Kishan Dholakia and Gabriel C. Spalding, Proceedings of SPIE. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation, Denver, CO, USA, (514-523). 2-6 August 2004. doi:10.1117/12.557090
Nieminen, Timo A., Parkin, Simon J., Heckenberg, Norman R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, Halina (2004). Optical Torque and Symmetry. In: Kishan Dholakia, Proceedings of SPIE The International Society for Optical Engineering. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation, Denver Colorado USA, (254-263). 2 - 6 August, 2004. doi:10.1117/12.557070
Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2003). "Hybrid" T-Matrix Methods. In: Wriedt, T., Electromagnetic and Light Scattering - Theory and Applications VII. Electromagnetic and Light Scattering - Theory and Applications VII / 7th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Bremen, Germany, (263-266). 8-12 September, 2003.
Nieminen, T. A., Pile, D. F. P., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2003). Multiple-scattering Modelling of Scattering by Biological Cells. In: Thomas Wriedt, Electromagnetic and Light Scattering - Theory and Applications VII / 7th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications. 7th Conf ELSNP: Theory measurement and Applications, Bremen, (259-262). 8-12 September, 2003.
Nieminen, T. A., Bishop, A. I., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2003). Polarimetric Measurement of Optical Torque. In: Thomas Wriedt, Electromagnetic and Light Scattering - Theory and Applications VII. 7th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Bremen, Germany, (267-270). 8-12 September 2003.
Bishop A.I., Nieminen T.A., Heckenberg N.R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop H. (2003). An optical torque wrench-simple and general optical rotation. In: 2003 European Quantum Electronics Conference, EQEC 2003. European Quantum Electronics Conference, EQEC 2003, , (). June 22, 2003-June 27, 2003. doi:10.1109/EQEC.2003.1314227
Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2002). Propagation of Arbitrary Non-Paraxial Beams by Expansion in Spherical Functions. In: D. Neilson, Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Physics 15th Biennial Congress 2002. Australian Institute of Physics 15th Biennial Congress 2002, Sydney, Australia, (337-339). 8-11 July, 2002.
Heckenberg, N. R., Nieminen, T. A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. and Sheetz, M. P. (2002). Probing live cells with optically driven and monitored micro-rotors. In: Gustafson, B., Kolokolova, L. and Videen, G., Light and Scattering by Nonspherical Particles. Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles - 6th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Gainesville, Florida, USA, (111-114). 4-10 March, 2002.
Nieminen, T. A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. and Heckenberg, N. R. (2002). Vector Spherical Wavefunction Expansion of a Strongly Focussed Laser Beam. In: Gustafson, B., Kolokolova, L. and Videen, G., Light and Scattering by Nonspherical Particles. Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles - 6th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Gainesville, Florida, USA, (243-246). 4-8 March, 2002.
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. In: Neilson, D., Proceedings of the Australian Institute of Physics 15th Biennial Congress 2002 (CDROM) - Fifteenth AIP Biennial Congress 2002/AOS2002, Sydney, Australia, (298-300). 8-11 July, 2002.
Nieminen, T. A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. and Heckenberg, N. R. (2002). Angular Momentum Generation by Scattering: Alignment and Rotation of Microobjects. In: Gustafson, B., Kolokolova, L. and Videen, G., 6th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Gainesville, Florida, USA, (239-242). 4-8 March, 2002.
Choi, Serene Hyun-Jin, Nieminen, Timo A., Bahr, Mark and Bahr, Nan (2002). Improving behaviour classification consistency: A technique from biological taxonomy. In: P. L. Jeffery, Problematic Futures: Educational Research in an Era of ... Uncertainty. Australian Association for Research in Education Annual Conference 2002 (AARE2002), Brisbane, Australia, (). 1-5 December, 2002.
Nieminen, T. A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. and Heckenberg, N. R. (2001). Trapping and Alignment of a Microfibre Using the Discrete Dipole Approximation. In: CLEO/Pacific Rim 2001, 4th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Chiba, Japan, (II-138). 15-19 July.
Nieminen, TA, Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H and Heckenberg, NR (2001). Trapping and alignment of a microfibre using the discrete dipole approximation. In: Cleo(r)/pacific Rim 2001, Vol Ii, Technical Digest. 4th Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Chiba Japan, (138-139). Jul 15-19, 2001.
Nieminen, TA and Gramotnev, DK (2000). Rigorous analysis of extremely asymmetrical scattering of electromagnetic waves in periodic gratings. In: Integrated Photonics Research, Technical Digest. Conference on Integrated Photonics Research, Quebec City Canada, (192-194). Jul 12-15, 2000.
Nieminen, T. A. (2000). Grazing-angle scattering of blk and guided electromagnetic waves in non-uniform arrays. In: 14th National Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics. AIP 2000, Adelaide University, (28-28). 10-15 Dec, 2000.
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. In: 14th National Congress of the Australian Institute of Physics. AIP 2000, Adelaide University, (31-31). 10-15 Dec, 2000.
Nieminen, T. A., Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. and Heckenberg, N. R. (2000). Laser Trapping of Non-Spherical Particles. In: Videen, G., Fu, Q. and Chylek, P., Fifth Conference on Light Scattering by Nonspherical particles: theory, measurement, application. Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Halifax Contributions - 5th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Halifax, Canada, (304-307). 28 August - 1 September.
Nieminen, T. A., Heckenberg, N. R. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (2000). Optical Measurement of Microscopic Forces and Torques. In: Videen, G., Fu, Q. and Chylek, P., Fifth International Conference on Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: theory, measurements, applications. Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Halifax Contributions: 5th Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications, Halifax, Canada, (308-311). 28 August - 1 September.
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. In: S. S. Lee and C. H. Lee, CLEO/Pacific Rim'99; The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. CLEO/Pacific Rim '99, The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, Seoul, South Korea, (1255-1256). 30th August - 3rd September, 1999. 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. In: CLEO/Pacific Rim 1999 - Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics. 1999 Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO/Pacific Rim 1999, Seoul, , (1022-1023). August 30, 1999-September 3, 1999. 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. In: Summaries of Papers Presented at the International Quantum Electronics Conference. Conference Edition. CLEO/IQEC98 (International Quantum Electronics ConfereCLEO/IQEC `98 (Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics and the International Quantum Electronics Conference), San Francisco, CA, (160-161). 3 -8 May 1998. doi:10.1109/IQEC.1998.680332
Gramotnev, DK, Mather, ML and Nieminen, TA (1998). Anomalous absorption of bulk longitudinal acoustic waves in a layered structure with viscous fluid. In: Schneider, SC, Levy, M and McAvoy, BR, 1998 Ieee Ultrasonics Symposium - Proceedings, Vols 1 and 2. 1998 IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, Sendai Japan, (1203-1206). Oct 05-08, 1998.
Heckenberg, N. R., Nieminen, T. A., Friese, M. E. J. and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H. (1998). Trapping microscopic particles with singular beams. In: Proceedings of the International Conference on Singular Optics Conference. International Conference on Singular Optics Conference, Partenit, Crimea, Ukraine, (46-53). 5 October, 1997. doi:10.1117/12.317715
Heckenberg, NR, Nieminen, TA, Friese, MEJ and Rubinsztein-Dunlop, H (1998). Trapping microscopic particles with singular beams. In: International Conference On Singular Optics. International Conference on Singular Optics, Partenit Ukraine, (46-53). Oct 05-10, 1997. doi:10.1117/12.317715
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. In: Proceedings of the 1997 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science, QELS, Baltimore, MD, USA, (108-109). May 18, 1997-May 23, 1997.
Thesis
Nieminen, Timo A. (1996). Solar Line Asymmetries: Modelling The Effect Of Granulation On The Solar Spectrum PhD Thesis, Department of Physics, The University of Queensland. doi:10.14264/uql.2019.787