One of the key frameworks for developing the theory of light–matter interactions in modern
optics and photonics is quantum electrodynamics (QED). Contrasting with semiclassical …

Among the many works of Arthur Ashkin, many have been devoted to optical tweezers,
optical levitation and optical manipulation of macroscopic particles (“macroscopic” being …

T-matrix methods for electromagnetic structured beams mainly encompass Generalized
Lorenz-Mie Theories (GLMTs) which form a set of analytical approaches dealing with the …

A complete description of vector Bessel (vortex) beams in the context of the generalized
Lorenz–Mie theory (GLMT) for the electromagnetic (EM) resonance scattering by a dielectric …

Localized approximation procedures are efficient ways to evaluate beam shape coefficients
of laser beams, and are particularly useful when other methods are ineffective or inefficient …

EM Gaussian beams are the most celebrated and used kind of laser beams. Their
description beyond paraxial regimes has a long and venerable history, culminating may be …

Abstract After Arthur Ashkin's pioneering work in optical levitation and manipulation, the
study of optical forces exerted by laser beams on particles has become an active field of …

This paper is the last paper (independently of possible future refinements and complements)
aiming to the partition of optical forces in the framework of generalized Lorenz-Mie theory …

In a recent paper on radiation pressure forces exerted on a homogenous spherical particle
by zeroth-order Mathieu beams (zMBs), the integral localized approximation (ILA) was used …

This paper analyzes the validity of the integral localized approximation for discrete
superpositions of arbitrary order Bessel beams—known as frozen waves. It is motivated by …