Vol. 9, issue 10, article # 6

Geints Yu. E., Zemlyanov A. A. Response of the liquid drop surface to the pondermotive force induced by a laser beam. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 1996. V. 9. No. 10. P. 854-858.    PDF
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Abstract:

In this paper we present numerical investigation into the problem on deformations and oscillations of the drop surface under the action of pondermotive force induced by an intense light field. The simulations have been done for a variety of drop size. As a result, it is shown that in small droplets the deformations are induced across a laser beam while being induced along the beam in big drops. We also show in this paper that inhomogeneities of the optical field in big drops may produce strong local perturbations of the surface.