Micro-structured non-diffracting light beams for optical micromanipulation

• Grant number: 17/10445-0
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: December 01, 2017 - November 30, 2019
• Field of knowledge: Engineering - Electrical Engineering
• Principal Investigator: Leonardo Andre Ambrosio
• Grantee: Leonardo Andre Ambrosio
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Carlos Henrique da Silva Santos ; Gérard Gouesbet ; Jiajie Wang ; Marcos Roberto da Rocha Gesualdi ; Michel Zamboni Rached ; Mohammad Mojahedi

Abstract

Several national and international research groups have been involded with theoretical, numerical and experimental analysis on nondiffracting waves in acoustics, microwaves and optics, biomedical optics, medicine and even in particle physics and gravitational waves. In particular, we have become specialized in specific classes of nondiffracting beams since the first theoretical and practical demonstrations, at the scale of meters, of the so-called Frozen Waves (FWs) and Diffraction-Attenuation Resistant Beams (DARBs), both based on suitable discrete or continuous superpositions of scalar or vector Bessel beams for achieving an unprecedent control over the effects of diffraction and absorption. Recently, the proponent has initiated, jointly with national and international researchers, the incorporation of infinite eneregy and discrete scalar and vector (circularly symmetric) FWs and DARBs into the field of optical trapping, based on theoretical formalisms associated with the electromagnetic scattering by spherical particles. Some important features were analyzed, e.g. the radiation pressure cross sections. Because of the growing interest in such light waves, this project aims to make progress on reliable and accurate theoretical and numerical studies involving the space-temporal modeling on such microstructured beams within the context of the generalized Lorenz-Mie theory. During the validity of the project, it is intended to extend previous research so as to also encompass not only discrete, but also continuous and finite-energy vector FWs and DARBs. Besides, it is of actual interest to consider other degrees of freedom such as optical torque and orbital angular momentum, which have their value in a variety of applications in optical trapping and in atom guiding. This proposal, standing at the frontier of knowledge of such an important research area, has a semester-planned schedule, and shall be developed in partnership with important names and research groups worldwide. (AU)

Scientific publications

(17)

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

AMBROSIO, LEONARDO ANDRE; RACHED, MICHEL ZAMBONI; GOUESBET, GERARD. Discrete vector frozen waves in generalized Lorenz-Mie theory: linear, azimuthal, and radial polarizations. APPLIED OPTICS, v. 57, n. 12, p. 3293-3300, APR 20 2018. (17/10445-0, 15/26444-8)

AMBROSIO, LEONARDO ANDRE; GOUESBET, GERARD. On the validity of the use of a localized approximation for helical beams. II. Numerical aspects. JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER, v. 215, p. 41-50, AUG 2018. (17/10445-0)

AMBROSIO, LEONARDO ANDRE; RACHED, MICHEL ZAMBONI; GOUESBET, GERARD. Zeroth-order continuous vector frozen waves for light scattering: exact multiple expansion in the generalized Lorenz-Mie theory. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, v. 36, n. 1, p. 81-89, JAN 1 2019. (15/26444-8, 17/10445-0)

AMBROSIO, LEONARDO ANDRE. Millimeter-structured nondiffracting surface beams. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, v. 36, n. 3, p. 638-645, MAR 1 2019. (17/10445-0)

AMBROSIO, LEONARDO ANDRE; GOUESBET, GERARD. On localized approximations for Laguerre-Gauss beams focused by a lens. JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER, v. 218, p. 100-114, OCT 2018. (17/10445-0)

GOUESBET, GERARD; AMBROSIO, LEONARDO ANDRE. On the validity of the use of a localized approximation for helical beams. I. Formal aspects. JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER, v. 208, p. 12-18, MAR 2018. (17/10445-0)

VARELA MENDONCA, JOEL ALCIDIO; RACHED, MICHEL ZAMBONI; AMBROSIO, LEONARDO ANDRE; DA SILVA SANTOS, CARLOS HENRIQUE. Arrays of spatially structured non-diffracting optical beams. APPLIED OPTICS, v. 59, n. 2, p. 346-353, JAN 10 2020. (15/26444-8, 17/10445-0)

GOUESBET, GERARD; AMBROSIO, LEONARDO ANDRE; LOCK, JAMES A.. On an infinite number of quadratures to evaluate beam shape coefficients in generalized Lorenz-Mie theory and the extended boundary condition method for structured EM beams. JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER, v. 242, FEB 2020. (17/10445-0)

AMBROSIO, LEONARDO ANDRE; MACHADO VOTT, LUTZ FELIPE; GOUESBET, GERARD; WANG, JIAJIE. Assessing the validity of the localized approximation for discrete superpositions of Bessel beams. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, v. 35, n. 11, p. 2690-2698, NOV 1 2018. (17/10445-0, 14/04867-1, 16/11174-8)

VALDIVIA, NEREIDA L.; VOTTO, LUIZ F. M.; GOUESBET, GERARD; WANG, JIAJIE; AMBROSIO, LEONARDO A.. Bessel-Gauss beams in the generalized Lorenz-Mie theory using three remodeling techniques. JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER, v. 256, NOV 2020. (17/10445-0)

AMBROSIO, LEONARDO ANDRE; GOUESBET, GERARD. Modified finite series technique for the evaluation of beam shape coefficients in the T-matrix methods for structured beams with application to Bessel beams. JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER, v. 248, JUN 2020. (17/10445-0)

DE ANGELIS, VINICIUS SOARES; AMBROSIO, LEONARDO ANDRE; IEEE. Microstructured Light Fields for Optical Trapping: Zero Order Continuous Vector Frozen Waves in the Rayleigh Regime. 2018 SBFOTON INTERNATIONAL OPTICS AND PHOTONICS CONFERENCE (SBFOTON IOPC), v. N/A, p. 5-pg., 2018-01-01. (17/10445-0, 17/16413-3)

GOUESBET, GERARD; AMBROSIO, LEONARDO ANDRE; MACHADO VOTTO, LUIZ FELIPE. Finite series expressions to evaluate the beam shape coefficients of a Laguerre-Gauss beam focused by a lens in an on-axis configuration. JOURNAL OF QUANTITATIVE SPECTROSCOPY & RADIATIVE TRANSFER, v. 242, FEB 2020. (17/10445-0)

SUAREZ, RAFAEL A. B.; AMBROSIO, LEONARDO A.; NEVES, ANTONIO A. R.; ZAMBONI-RACHED, MICHEL; GESUALDI, MARCOS R. R.. Experimental optical trapping with frozen waves. OPTICS LETTERS, v. 45, n. 9, p. 2514-2517, MAY 1 2020. (16/19131-6, 15/26444-8, 17/10445-0)

CANDIDO, PAULO H., V; DA SILVA-SANTOS, CARLOS H.; VOTTO, LUIZ F.; AMBROSIO, LEONARDO A.; IEEE. Semantic Web-based System for Light Scattering Using the Generalized Lorenz-Mie Theory. 2019 PHOTONICS & ELECTROMAGNETICS RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM - SPRING (PIERS-SPRING), v. N/A, p. 8-pg., 2019-01-01. (17/10445-0)

DE SARRO, J. O.; AMBROSIO, L. A.; IEEE. Constructing Millimeter-structured Surface Beams from Nondiffracting Zeroth-order Bessel Beams in Lossless Media. 2019 PHOTONICS & ELECTROMAGNETICS RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM - SPRING (PIERS-SPRING), v. N/A, p. 6-pg., 2019-01-01. (17/10445-0)

AMBROSIO, LEONARDO ANDRE; IEEE. Analytical Descriptions of Finite-Energy Bessel Beams in the Generalized Lorenz-Mie Theory. 2018 SBFOTON INTERNATIONAL OPTICS AND PHOTONICS CONFERENCE (SBFOTON IOPC), v. N/A, p. 5-pg., 2018-01-01. (17/10445-0, 16/11174-8)