Document Type
Article
Publication Date
5-20-2006
Publication Title
Applied Optics
Abstract
Near-forward scattering of an optically trapped 5-mu m-radius polystyrene latex sphere by the trapping beam was examined both theoretically and experimentally. Since the trapping beam is tightly focused, the beam fields superpose and interfere with the scattered fields in the forward hemisphere. The observed light intensity consists of a series of concentric bright and dark fringes centered about the forward-scattering direction. Both the number of fringes and their contrast depend on the position of the trapping beam focal waist with respect to the sphere. The fringes are caused by diffraction that is due to the truncation of the tail of the trapping beam as the beam is transmitted through the sphere. (c) 2006 Optical Society of America
Repository Citation
Lock, James A.; Wrbanek, Susan Y.; and Weiland, Kenneth E., "Scattering of a Tightly Focused Beam by an Optically Trapped Particle" (2006). Physics Faculty Publications. 90.
https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/sciphysics_facpub/90
Original Citation
Lock, James A., Susan Y. Wrbanek, and Kenneth E. Weiland (retired). "Scattering of a Tightly Focused Beam by an Optically Trapped Particle." Applied Optics 45 (2006): 3634-3645.
DOI
10.1364/AO.45.003634
Version
Publisher's PDF
Publisher's Statement
This paper was published in Applied Optics and is made available as an electronic reprint with the permission of OSA. The paper can be found at the following URL on the OSA website: http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ao/abstract.cfm?URI=ao-45-15-3634. Systematic or multiple reproduction or distribution to multiple locations via electronic or other means is prohibited and is subject to penalties under law.
Volume
45
Issue
15
