PREDICTION OF REVERSE RADIATION PRESSURE BY GENERALIZED LORENZ-MIE THEORY

Radiation pressure exerted on a spherical particle by one extremely fo cused Gaussian beam is investigated by the use of generalized Lorenz-M ie theory (GLMT). Particular attention is devoted to reverse radiation pressure. GLMT predictions for different descriptions of the incident beam are compared with electrostriction predictions when the particle size is smaller than the wavelength and with geometric-optics predict ions when the particle size is larger than the wavelength. (C) 1996 Op tical Society of America