Theory of optical forces on small particles by multiple plane waves
pith:27B5GP6B Add to your LaTeX paper
What is a Pith Number?\usepackage{pith}
\pithnumber{27B5GP6B}
Prints a linked pith:27B5GP6B badge after your title and writes the identifier into PDF metadata. Compiles on arXiv with no extra files. Learn more
read the original abstract
We theoretically investigate the optical force exerted on an isotropic particle illuminated by a superposition of plane waves. We derive explicit analytical expressions for the exerted force up to quadrupolar polarizabilities. Based on these analytical expressions, we demonstrate that an illumination consisting of two tilted plane waves can provide a full control on the optical force. In particular, optical pulling, pushing and lateral forces can be obtained by the proper tuning of illumination parameters. Our findings might unlock multiple applications based on a deterministic control of the spatial motion of small particles.
This paper has not been read by Pith yet.
discussion (0)
Sign in with ORCID, Apple, or X to comment. Anyone can read and Pith papers without signing in.