T-matrix evaluation of three-dimensional acoustic radiation forces on nonspherical objects in Bessel beams with arbitrary order and location

TL;DR

This paper develops a T-matrix method to evaluate three-dimensional acoustic radiation forces on nonspherical objects in Bessel beams, enabling better understanding and design of acoustic tweezers with complex shapes and beam configurations.

Contribution

It introduces a novel T-matrix based approach for calculating acoustic radiation forces on nonspherical objects in arbitrary Bessel beams, including axial and lateral forces, with verification through numerical experiments.

Findings

Demonstrates axial ARF reversal mechanisms.

Shows elongated shapes can generate pulling forces.

Analyzes lateral ARFs for various topological charges and offsets.

Abstract

Acoustic radiation forces (ARFs) induced by a single Bessel beam with arbitrary order and location on a nonspherical shape are studied using the T-matrix method (TMM) in three dimensions. Based on the radiation stress tensor approach and the multipole expansion method for the arbitrary Bessel beam, the ARF expressions are derived in terms of the incident and scattered beam shape coefficients independently with the corresponding homemade code packages. Several numerical experiments are conducted to verify the versatility of the TMM. The axial acoustic radiation forces (ARFs) of several typical shapes are considered in the analysis with the emphasis on the axial ARF reversal and the corresponding physical mechanism. This study may guide the experimental set-up to find negative axial ARFs quickly and effectively based on the predicted parameters with TMM. Relatively elongated shapes may be helpful for pulling forces in Bessel beams. Furthermore, the lateral ARFs for both convex and concave nonspherical shapes are also investigated with different topological charges, cone angles and offsets of the particle centroid to the beam axis in a broadband frequency regime. A brief theoretical derivation of the incident beam shape coefficients for the standing Bessel beams is also given. The present work could help to design the acoustic tweezers numerical toolbox which provides an acoustical alternative to the optical tweezers toolbox.