Force on a scatterer in counter-propagating coherent beams
Force on a scatterer in counter-propagating coherent beams
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对向传播相干光束中散射体上的力
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2005
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J. Lekner
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J. Lekner
Counter-propagating coherent beams produce fringes, with intensity proportional to cos2kz in the plane wave case. A scatterer placed in the fringing field experiences a force, except when centred on an intensity maximum or minimum. We show that, for displacement b from an intensity maximum, the force is sin2kb times a force factor. The force factor is independent of b, and depends on the interaction of the spherical scatterer with a (unidirectional) plane wave. This result is universal for spherical scatterers, and holds in both the quantum particle and electromagnetic cases. For a given type of scatterer, the force factor depends on the ratio of scatterer size to wavelength in an oscillatory way, so for different radius/wavelength values the scatterer may be in stable equilibrium at intensity maxima or at intensity minima, or may even not feel a force at all.