Journal article
Axial radiation force of a bessel beam on a sphere and direction reversal of the force
The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.120(6), pp.3518-3524
12/2006
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/100751
PMID: 17225382
Abstract
An expression is derived for the radiation force on a sphere placed on the axis of an ideal acoustic Bessel beam propagating in an inviscid fluid. The expression uses the partial-wave coefficients found in the analysis of the scattering when the sphere is placed in a plane wave traveling in the same external fluid. The Bessel beam is characterized by the cone angle beta of its plane wave components where beta=0 gives the limiting case of an ordinary plane wave. Examples are found for fluid spheres where the radiation force reverses in direction so the force is opposite the direction of the beam propagation. Negative axial forces are found to be correlated with conditions giving reduced backscattering by the beam. This condition may also be helpful in the design of acoustic tweezers for biophysical applications. Other potential applications include the manipulation of objects in microgravity. Islands in the (ka, beta) parameter plane having a negative radiation force are calculated for the case of a hexane drop in water. Here k is the wave number and a is the drop radius. Low frequency approximations to the radiation force are noted for rigid, fluid, and elastic solid spheres in an inviscid fluid.
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- Title
- Axial radiation force of a bessel beam on a sphere and direction reversal of the force
- Creators
- Philip L Marston - Department of Physics and Astronomy, Washington State University, Pullman, Washington 99164-2814, USA. marston@wsu.edu
- Publication Details
- The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Vol.120(6), pp.3518-3524
- Academic Unit
- Physics and Astronomy, Department of
- Publisher
- United States
- Identifiers
- 99900546668601842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article