Radiation forces on a Rayleigh particle by highly focused radially polarized beams modulated by DVL

J Opt Soc Am A Opt Image Sci Vis. 2015 May 1;32(5):797-802. doi: 10.1364/JOSAA.32.000797.

Abstract

The intensity and the radiation forces acting on a Rayleigh particle near the focus of completely coherent radially polarized beams whose phase are modulated by a devil's vortex-lens (DVL) are studied. The influence of the structure of a DVL on the radiation force distribution is analyzed. It is found by numerical simulations that the modulated beams show a clear advantage over the unmodulated highly focused radially polarized beams, as the modulated beam can simultaneously trap and manipulate the multiple Rayleigh particles, while the unmodulated beam can trap only one particle under the same condition.