Circular dichroism in magneto-optical forces

In this article we use an exact method to resolve the fields scattered by a spherical magneto-optical particle and calculate the optical forces exerted on it. The resulting force and the contributing components, i.e. magneto-optical gradient force and magneto-optical extinction force, are presented...

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Autores: Edelstein, Shulamit, Garcia-Martin, Antonio, Serena, Pedro A., Marqués Ponce, Manuel Ignacio
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/707147
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/707147
https://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.464252
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Magneto-Optical
Gradient Force
Optical Force
Scattering Cross Section
Física
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Sumario:In this article we use an exact method to resolve the fields scattered by a spherical magneto-optical particle and calculate the optical forces exerted on it. The resulting force and the contributing components, i.e. magneto-optical gradient force and magneto-optical extinction force, are presented in an analytical form. We also derive analytical expressions for the scattering and extinction cross sections of a magneto-optical particle, expressions which intuitively demonstrate the effect of circular dichroism in magneto-optical scattering and forces. Finally, we demonstrate that the magneto-optical extinction force is the result of circular dichroism in magneto-optical scattering. We show that it is possible to completely cancel the scattering in the forward or in the backward direction, when the incident field is composed of a circularly-polarized reflected beam. Moreover, the directional scattering is interrelated to the direction of the force exerted on the particle