Abstract

Based upon the expression of the heat source function in photophoresis, generalized mathematical expressions for the longitudinal (L) and transverse (T) photophoretic asymmetry factors (PAFs) for a light-absorptive magneto-dielectric circular cylinder of arbitrary relative permittivity and permeability, illuminated by an arbitrarily shaped polarized light-sheet, are derived and computed. The L- and T-PAFs are directly proportional to the L and T components of the photophoretic force vector, respectively, induced by light absorption inside the particle, and their sign predicts the behavior of the force (pulling/attractive or pushing/repulsive). The partial-wave series expansion method in cylindrical coordinates is used, and the obtained mathematical expressions for the L- and T-PAFs depend on the beam-shape coefficients and the internal coefficients of the cylinder. Numerical examples illustrate the theory for TE and TM polarized plane waves, and nonparaxial Airy light-sheets with particular emphasis on absorption inside the cylinder and varying the Airy light-sheet parameters. The generalized expressions presented here are applicable to any light-sheet of an arbitrary wavefront, and offer additional quantitative observables for the analysis of the photophoretic force in applications in electromagnetic scattering, optical light-sheet tweezers, particle manipulation, radiative transfer, and other research fields.

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