Investigation of optical currents in coherent and partially coherent vector fields

We present the computer simulation results of the spatial distribution of the Poynting vector and illustrate motion of micro and nanoparticles in spatially inhomogeneously polarized fields. The influence of phase relations and the degree of mutual coherence of superimposing waves in the arrangements...

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Published in:Optics express 2011-01, Vol.19 (2), p.660-672
Main Authors: Angelsky, O V, Gorsky, M P, Maksimyak, P P, Maksimyak, A P, Hanson, S G, Zenkova, C Yu
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer Simulation
Light
Metals - chemistry
Metals - radiation effects
Models, Chemical
Nanoparticles - chemistry
Nanoparticles - radiation effects
Scattering, Radiation
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Summary:We present the computer simulation results of the spatial distribution of the Poynting vector and illustrate motion of micro and nanoparticles in spatially inhomogeneously polarized fields. The influence of phase relations and the degree of mutual coherence of superimposing waves in the arrangements of two-wave and four-wave superposition on the characteristics of the microparticle's motion has been analyzed. The prospects of studying temporal coherence using the proposed approach are made. For the first time, the possibility of diagnostics of optical currents in liquids caused by polarization characteristics of an optical field alone, using nanoscale metallic particles has been shown experimentally.
ISSN:1094-4087
1094-4087
DOI:10.1364/OE.19.000660