Abstract
In the ABCD optical system, the propagation properties and the radiation forces are obtained by studying the cross spectral density of partially coherent self-shifting cosine-Gaussian beams. A self-shifting phenomenon occurs when the beams propagate in the strongly nonlocal nonlinear medium. The shifting parameters could influence the bend characteristics of the propagation trajectory and the beam center, while the power ratio affects the periods of the parabolic trajectory. Furthermore, the radiation forces on a Rayleigh particle in the focusing optical system are studied, and the obtained force distributions depend on the refractive index, the shifting parameters, and the coherence widths. What we report here has potential applications in optical communication and optical tweezing.
1 Introduction
The study of novel partially coherent related structured light fields and their generation, transmission, and regulation is a hot research topic in the international optical field [1, 2]. Partially coherent sources are common in practice. Compared with completely coherent beams, partially coherent beams are less affected by disturbance [3]. The cross spectral density (CSD) is a significant physical quantity in partially coherent beams. It should satisfy the quasi-Hermiticity and the non-negative definiteness [4–6]. The experimentally produced partially coherent beams with various complex degrees of coherence was obtained by Wang et al. [7]. Due to the wide applications in ghost imaging, free space optical communications, particle trapping, and optical scattering [6–10], partially coherent beams have attracted intensive attention.
In nonlocal nonlinear media, various beams of different degrees have been reported in many aspects [11–18]. In the case of nonlocal nonlinearity, the nonlinear responses of the medium under the optical field are related to both the point and optical fields around it. Among which, the phenomenological model under strong nonlocal conditions is Snyder-Mitchell model [11]. The lead glass and nematic liquid crystals are strongly nonlocal nonlinear media (SNNM), which have been demonstrated by some experimental results [19, 20]. Deng et al. reported the stable propagation of different types of soliton and beams in SNNM [11, 12]. Analytical expressions of the corresponding characteristic parameters for example the beam size, the center of gravity, the curvature radius, and linear momentum of Airy beams propagating in SNNM have been studied [21]. Under the framework of fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation, Zhang et al. analyzed the attractive and repulsion forces between abnormal Airy beams [22], revealing a new situation of the interaction of Airy beams and providing an alternative mechanism to control the generation of breathing solitons. Different types of spatiotemporal self-accelerating wave packets in SNNM are also studied. The numerical simulation findings consistent with their theoretical findings in the strongly nonlocal requirement, and the numerical simulation under different perturbation conditions is discussed [23, 24].
With the development of science and technology, people are no longer satisfied with the observation of microscopic particles, how to manipulate and control the studied particles put forward more profound questions, and are committed to exploring new research methods [25–28]. Piconewton-level forces optical trapping and manipulating particles with micrometer-size, while simultaneously measuring displacement with nanometer-level precision have been extensively studied [27, 29]. Trapping particles by radiation pressures in a succession of groundbreaking papers were reported by Ashkin et al. [25–27]. Without losing of generality, the optical force is decomposed into the scattering force and the gradient force. Gradually, optical trapping techniques continued to improve, then become better established, and finally have emerged as a formidable tool with extensive and far-reaching applications. Nowadays, optical trapping produced by various beams [30–33] such as Laguerre–Gaussian beams, twist beams, and rotating beams are reported by many researchers. Guo et al. investigated the radiation forces on a Rayleigh dielectric particle induced by a highly focused parabolic scaling Bessel beam [34], the findings indicate that this beam can trap high-index particles at the focus and near the focus. Combined with the new light field, the realization of specific manipulation of nonabsorbing nanoparticles is a significant development trend of optical tweezers.
Therefore, we concentrate on the propagation properties and radiation forces of the partially coherent self-shifting cosine-Gaussian beams (PCSCBs) in the ABCD optical system. The power factors, the shifting parameters, and the beam order that influence the propagation characteristics in SNNM are discussed in detail. PCSCBs with a self-shifting effect are beneficial for trapping particles. Therefore, we analyze the radiation forces of such focused beams with different refractive indexes, shifting parameters, and coherence widths.
2 Theoretical model of PCSCBs in ABCD matrix
Here, we choose the PCSCBs [2, 6, 35], which meet the requirements of Fourier transformability, even magnitude, and odd phase. In the initial plane (z = 0), its CSD function can be written aswhere σx and σy are the transverse intensity widths along the x and y directions, δx and δy are the coherent length, a and b are the shifting parameters, , , n is the beam order. When n = 0, the cosine-Gaussian functions reduce to the Gaussian functions. The paraxial approximation, namely the small-angle approximation, requires light travelling through the optical system with a small angle to the optical axis of the system. Therefore, in the paraxial form, based on the extended Huygens-Fresnel principle, the CSD at z > 0 can be expressed aswhere Hz is based on the ABCD matrix,When r1 = r2 = r, the spectral density and the CSD of the PCSCBs at the output plane are associated by the formula asAfter substituting Eqs 1–3 into Eq. 4, we can express the spectral density aswhere , , , , , , , .
In Eq. 5, the exact analytical solution is based on the ABCD matrix. Now we can analyze the propagation properties in SNNM and the radiation forces in the focusing system, respectively.
3 Propagation properties of PCSCBs in SNNM
In the nonlinear media, the propagation of PCSCBs obeys the nonlinear Schrödinger equation [12,32]where Δn = n1∫N (r − r′)|I (r′, z)|2d2r′ is the nonlinear perturbation of the refraction index, n1 is the nonlinear index coefficient, n0 is the linear refractive index of the medium, and N is the symmetrical real spatial response function of the medium [24]. In addition, the Gaussian function is selected as the nonlocal response function [13, 24], where wm is the characteristic length of the response. In the strong nonlocality condition [13], wm → ∞, the length of the beam is very short when compared with the length of the response function, Eq. 1 can be written as the Snyder–Mitchell model [11–13].where is related to the power ratio, the input power at the initial plane is P0, γ represents the material parameter associated with N [13]. When the degrees of nonlocality approaching infinity, Eq. 7 is in the case of the nonlinearity limit, the field can change the refractive index of the medium while propagating, this produce a structure similar to the graded-index fiber. The ABCD matrix for this system is
After substituting Eq. 8 into Eq. 5, we can obtain the spectral density of PCSCBs. We set the parameters in SNNM as σx = 1mm, σy = 0.3mm, δx = 1mm, δy = 0.3mm, and a = b.
In SNNM, Figure 1 displays the change of the spectral density for PCSCBs with the propagation distance in different shifting parameters and beam orders. The transverse distributions of the PCSCBs change from unimodal distribution to bimodal distribution, and with the increase of propagation distance z, the center peak decreases. We notice that positive shifting parameters in Figures 1B,D bring negative linear shifting along the x direction, while the negative one in Figures 1A,C behaves in the opposite direction. It is found that the larger the beam order is, the faster the spectral density decays.
FIGURE 1
Figure 2 illustrates that the trajectory evolution of the PCSCBs changes periodically in SNNM, and the period is L = 2π. Different shifting parameters change the structure of the trajectory bending trend. The evolution initially broadens because beam diffraction initially overcomes beam-induced refraction. Different beam orders do not affect the trajectory evolution period, but the trajectory profiles behave differently.
FIGURE 2
To further discover the effect of the shifting parameters, we discuss the beam center [29], which can be given asIn Figure 3, the beam center distributions undergo a parabolic trajectory. The beam center changes vividly with different β, the period is L = 2π with β = 1, and L = π with β = 0.5. Though the beam center undergoes a parabolic profile, the shifting parameters change their bends characteristics. As the PCSCBs behave with interesting features, it is meaningful to explore the potential applications in optical trapping. Thus, we discuss the radiation forces generated by the focused PCSCBs next.
FIGURE 3
4 Radiation forces produced by the focused PCSCBs
The research of the optical radiation force has a profound impact on many micro manipulation technologies [25, 28]. In the following, the radiation forces of the PCSCBs acting on a nonabsorbent Rayleigh dielectric particle are studied. When the particle radius r0 is sufficiently small compared with the wavelength (i.e., r0 ≤ λ/20), it can be seen as a point dipole in the light field. Considering the propagation of the PCSCBs through a lens system, where z is the distance from the input plane to the output plane, f is the focal length, and z1 is the axial distance from the focal plane to the output plane, the ABCD matrix for this focusing system [30] isAfter substituting Eq. 11 into Eq. 5, we can got the intensity of the PCSCBs in the focusing system. Light forces depend not only on the physical properties of the particle but also on the properties of the light field (e.g., amplitude, phase, polarization, etc.) are closely related. In this paper, the scattering force component is proportional to the distribution of the intensity, while the gradient force distribution is given on the basis of its electric field amplitude. Assuming that the particle is under a steady state, the scattering force and the gradient force [28, 32] can be expressed aswhere is a unity vector along the beam propagation, is the relative refraction index of the particle, r0 = 15nm, nm = 1.332 (water) is the refractive index of the medium. np = 1 (air bubble, η < 1) or np = 1.59 (glass, η > 1) is the refractive index of the particle. Both the gradient force and the scattering force can be affected by the refraction index η, the shifting parameter a, the coherence width δ. We set the parameters in the focusing system as f = 10mm, σx = 10mm, σy = 4mm, δx = 10mm, δy = 4mm, and a = b = 0.01mm−1.
Figure 4 gives information on the radiation forces produced by the focused PCSCBs on the high-index particle (η > 1) and the low-index particle (η < 1) on the trapped plane. To achieve stable trapping, the gradient forces need to be larger than scattering forces. Because the scattering forces push the Rayleigh particles along the propagation direction, while the gradient forces pull the Rayleigh particles toward the maximum of the transverse optical field. That is to say, R = Fgrad,z/Fscat ≥ 1, where the ratio R represents the stability standard. One can find stable equilibrium points in Figures 4A,B,D, where the refractive index the Rayleigh particle is smaller than the refractive index of the ambient, the particle can be trapped at the focus point by the partially coherent PCSCBs. Near the focal plane, the scattering force is smaller than the longitudinal gradient force. However, in Figure 4C, the high-index particle can be trapped at the focus (z1 = 0) when x = ±0.3 μm. These two kind of particles can be trapped in the mean time at different x positions of the trapped plane.
FIGURE 4
Furthermore, we investigate the effect of the shifting parameter a and the coherent length δ on radiation forces acting on the low-index particle η < 1 (see Figure 5), respectively. It is shown in Figures 5A1,A3 that the bigger shifting parameters bring the stronger scattering forces and gradient forces along x direction. However, in Figure 5A2, the gradient forces along the z direction become weaker as a increases. Nevertheless, it needs to be noted that the gradient force along the z direction is still bigger than the scatting force with the same a. In Figures 5B1–B3, one could see that the gradient force and the scattering force grow up with the increase of the coherence width, meaning that the trapping stiffness becomes higher. Moreover, the peak position moves far away from the focus point as δ increases. We also note that the shifting parameter and the coherent length do not have an influence on the position where the PCSCBs capture the particles.
FIGURE 5
5 Conclusion
To summarize, we have investigated the CSD of the partially coherent PCSCBs, studied propagation properties through the SNNM, and researched the radiation forces on a nonabsorbing nanoparticle in the focusing optical system. In SNNM, the PCSCBs is transverse self-shifting in different directions as various shifting parameters. While propagating, we observed that the spectral density decreases faster as the beam order increases. The propagation trajectory and the beam center change periodically. The power factors affect the periods, and the shifting parameters influence the bend characteristics.
In the focusing optical system, the optical force on a nonabsorbent Rayleigh dielectric particle has been decomposed into the scattering force and the gradient force. The radiation forces generated by the focused PCSCBs on the high-index particle (η > 1) and the low-index particle (η < 1) are discussed. These two kinds of particles can be trapped in the mean time at different x positions on the trapped plane. Specifically, the low-index particle is trapped at the focus point, while the high-index particle is trapped at the focus at x = ±0.3 μm. It is worthy to note that variation of the shifting parameter and the coherent length will cause the radiation force distributions to change but not affect the position where the PCSCBs capture the particles.
With all of these magnificent properties, the theoretical and numerical outcomes delivered in this paper could help understand the behavior of PCSCBs in the SNNM and the focusing optical system. The results indicate their potential applications in optical communication and optical trapping nonabsorbent nanoparticles.
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Author contributions
XP and DZ proposed the idea. XP wrote the original manuscript. SH and DD gave suggestions in numerical simulation. YH, DD, and DZ supervised the project. All authors contributed to the revision of the manuscript and approved the final version.
Funding
Postdoctoral Research Program of Zhejiang Province (ZJ2021034); National Natural Science Foundation of China (12004081, 12174122, 12174338, 62175042); Talent Introduction Project Foundation of Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University (2021SDKYA142).
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Summary
Keywords
partially coherent, cross spectral density, strongly nonlocal nonlinear media, radiation force, propagation
Citation
Peng X, He S, He Y, Deng D and Zhao D (2022) Propagation properties and radiation forces of partially coherent self-shifting cosine-Gaussian beams. Front. Phys. 10:955711. doi: 10.3389/fphy.2022.955711
Received
29 May 2022
Accepted
28 June 2022
Published
15 July 2022
Volume
10 - 2022
Edited by
Liangliang Lu, Nanjing Normal University, China
Reviewed by
Jie Xu, University of Southampton, United Kingdom
Lu Lu, Nanjing Normal University, China
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