Open AccessMagnetic field distribution of a highly focused radially-polarized light beam
Author(s) -
Yaoju Zhang,
Biaofeng Ding
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.022235
Subject(s) - poynting vector , optics , polarization (electrochemistry) , light beam , rayleigh scattering , trapping , optical tweezers , magnetic field , beam (structure) , physics , circular polarization , materials science , ecology , chemistry , quantum mechanics , biology , microstrip
A simple expression for the magnetic filed of a highly focused radially polarized light is derived and the incorrect results for the time averaged Poynting vector and the trapping stability for a gold particle presented in the paper "Trapping metallic Rayleigh particles with radial polarization" by Zhan (Opt. Express 12, 3377-3382 (2004)) are corrected.