Optical torque exerted on a sphere in the evanescent field of a circularly-polarized Gaussian laser beam

Optics Communications

Volumn 151, Issue 4-6, 1998, Pages 286-296

  Chang, Soo ^a   Lee, Sang Soo ^b  

^a Hannam University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Evanescent wave; Gaussian laser beam; Light scattering; Optical torque

Indexed keywords

LASER BEAMS; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT REFLECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

EVANESCENT WAVE; GAUSSIAN LASER BEAM; OPTICAL TORQUE; TOTAL INTERNAL REFLECTION;

LIGHT SCATTERING;

EID: 0032096142     PISSN: 00304018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0030-4018(98)00067-4     Document Type: Article

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