Calculation of radiation force and torque exerted on a uniaxial anisotropic sphere by an incident Gaussian beam with arbitrary propagation and polarization directions

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 16421-16435

  Li, Zheng Jun ^a   Wu, Zhen Sen ^a   Shang, Qing Chao ^a   Bai, Lu ^a   Cao, Chun Hui ^a  

^a XIDIAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; SPHERES; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

ABSORBING DIELECTRICS; ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; BEAM SHAPES; ELECTROMAGNETIC SCATTERING; INCIDENT ANGLES; ISOTROPIC SPHERES; LINEARLY POLARIZED; OFF-AXIS; POLARIZATION ANGLE; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; RADIATION FORCES; RADIATION TORQUE; SPHERICAL VECTOR WAVE FUNCTIONS; THREE COMPONENT; TRANSVERSE RADIATION; UNIAXIAL ANISOTROPIC SPHERE;

RADIATION EFFECTS;

EID: 84864130931     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.016421     Document Type: Article

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