Inhomogeneous spin momentum induced orbital motion of birefringent particles in tight focusing of vector beams in optical tweezers
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| author | Kumar, Ram Nandan Roy, Sauvik Ranjan, Anand Dev Gupta, Subhasish Dutta Ghosh, Nirmalya Banerjee, Ayan |
| author_facet | Kumar, Ram Nandan Roy, Sauvik Ranjan, Anand Dev Gupta, Subhasish Dutta Ghosh, Nirmalya Banerjee, Ayan |
| contents | Spin orbit interaction (SOI) due to tight focusing of light in optical tweezers has led to exciting and exotic avenues towards inducing rotation in microscopic particles. However, instances where the back action of the particles influences and modifies SOI effects so as to induce rotational motion are rarely known. Here, we tightly focus a vector beam having radial/azimuthal polarization carrying no intrinsic angular momentum, into a refractive index stratified medium, and observe orbital rotation of birefringent particles around the beam propagation axis. In order to validate our experimental findings, we perform numerical simulations of the underlying equations. Our simulations reveal that the interaction of light with a birefringent particle gives rise to inhomogeneous spin currents near the focus, resulting in a finite spin momentum. This spin momentum combines with the canonical momentum to finally generate an origin-dependent orbital angular momentum which is manifested in the rotation of the birefringent particles around the beam axis. Our study describes a unique modulation of the SOI of light due to interaction with anisotropic particles that can be used to identify new avenues for exotic and complex particle manipulation in optical tweezers. |
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| spellingShingle | Inhomogeneous spin momentum induced orbital motion of birefringent particles in tight focusing of vector beams in optical tweezers Kumar, Ram Nandan Roy, Sauvik Ranjan, Anand Dev Gupta, Subhasish Dutta Ghosh, Nirmalya Banerjee, Ayan Optics Spin orbit interaction (SOI) due to tight focusing of light in optical tweezers has led to exciting and exotic avenues towards inducing rotation in microscopic particles. However, instances where the back action of the particles influences and modifies SOI effects so as to induce rotational motion are rarely known. Here, we tightly focus a vector beam having radial/azimuthal polarization carrying no intrinsic angular momentum, into a refractive index stratified medium, and observe orbital rotation of birefringent particles around the beam propagation axis. In order to validate our experimental findings, we perform numerical simulations of the underlying equations. Our simulations reveal that the interaction of light with a birefringent particle gives rise to inhomogeneous spin currents near the focus, resulting in a finite spin momentum. This spin momentum combines with the canonical momentum to finally generate an origin-dependent orbital angular momentum which is manifested in the rotation of the birefringent particles around the beam axis. Our study describes a unique modulation of the SOI of light due to interaction with anisotropic particles that can be used to identify new avenues for exotic and complex particle manipulation in optical tweezers. |
| title | Inhomogeneous spin momentum induced orbital motion of birefringent particles in tight focusing of vector beams in optical tweezers |
| topic | Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.07655 |