Physics – Optics
Scientific paper
2006-07-30
pp. 163-166 in Nikolai Voshchinnikov (ed.), 9th International Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Non-Spheri
Physics
Optics
4 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
A strongly focused laser beam can be used to trap, manipulate and exert torque on a microparticle. The torque is the result of transfer of angular momentum by scattering of the laser beam. The laser could be used to drive a rotor, impeller, cog wheel or some other microdevice of a few microns in size, perhaps fabricated from a birefringent material. We review our methods of computationally simulating the torque and force imparted by a laser beam. We introduce a method of hybridizing the T-matrix with the Finite Difference Frequency Domain (FDFD) method to allow the modelling of materials that are anisotropic and inhomogeneous, and structures that have complex shapes. The high degree of symmetry of a microrotor, such as discrete or continuous rotational symmetry, can be exploited to reduce computational time and memory requirements by orders of magnitude. This is achieved by performing calculations for only a given segment or plane that is repeated across the whole structure. This can be demonstrated by modelling the optical trapping and rotation of a cube.
Branczyk Agata M.
Heckenberg Norman R.
Loke Vincent L. Y.
Nieminen Timo A.
Rubinsztein-Dunlop Halina
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