Radiation forces of highly focused radially polarized hollow sinh-Gaussian beams on a Rayleigh metallic particle

Zhou Zhang, Hua-Feng Xu, Jun Qu & Wei Huang

Based on the vector diffraction theory, the tight focusing properties of radially polarized hollow sinh-Gaussian (HsG) beams are theoretically studied. It is found that the radially polarized HsG beams can form a longitudinally polarized sub-wavelength focal spot. Moreover, the radiation forces acting on a Rayleigh metallic particle are calculated for the case where the radially polarized HsG beams are applied. Compared with the use of conventional Gaussian beams, the high-order radially polarized HsG beams can largely enhance the radial trap stiffness and broaden the axial trap distance. The influence of the beam order m on the focusing properties and trap stiffness is investigated in detail.

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