Investigation of optical currents in coherent and partially coherent vector fields.
We present the computer simulation results of the spatial distribution of the Poynting vector and illustrate motion of micro and nanoparticles in spatially inhomogeneously polarized fields. The influence of phase relations and the degree of mutual coherence of superimposing waves in the arrangements of two-wave and four-wave superposition on the characteristics of the microparticle's motion has been analyzed. The prospects of studying temporal coherence using the proposed approach are made. For the first time, the possibility of diagnostics of optical currents in liquids caused by polarization characteristics of an optical field alone, using nanoscale metallic particles has been shown experimentally.
Department of Correlation Optics, Chernivtsi National University, Chernivtsi, Ukraine. angelsky@itf.cv.ua
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OV
Angelsky
M P
MP
Gorsky
P P
PP
Maksimyak
A P
AP
Maksimyak
S G
SG
Hanson
C Yu
CY
Zenkova
D003198:Computer Simulation; D008027:Light; D008670:Metals / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D008956:Models, Chemical; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000528:radiation effects; D012542:Scattering, Radiation
D008670:Metals