Scattering characteristics of non-diffracting Lommel beam by a metamaterial PEMC sphere.

The scattering of x linearly polarized non-diffracting Lommel beam by a perfect electromagnetic conductor (PEMC) sphere is analyzed within the generalized Lorenz–Mie theory (GLMT) framework. The electromagnetic fields of the incident Lommel beams are expressed by employing spherical vector wave functions (SVWFs) and beam shape coefficients (BSCs). These BSCs are mainly considered in the expression of shaped beams in the GLMT with slight beam axicon angle. The scattered electromagnetic fields are constructed using unknown scattering field coefficients (SFCs) and SVWFs. These undetermined SFCs are calculated employing boundary conditions (BCs) at the PEMC surface. The expressions of the far-region/far-zone scattering intensity (FSI) are given and computed. The influences of Lommel beam configuration parameters like as beam order, beam half cone angle, beam asymmetry parameter, beam center coordinates positions, and PEMC sphere size parameter in addition to PEMC scalar admittance on the FSI are analyzed and discussed. The experience of this research work will be quite helpful in analyzing optical radiation force and torque, electromagnetic scattering, light manipulation, antenna engineering domain, optical tweezers, particle interaction, and trapping. Moreover, findings of the study can also be extended to study the interaction between the non-diffracting Lommel beam and the metamaterial structures. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]