Radiation Force Effect at the Dielectric Water-Air Interface

G. V. B. Lukasievicz[1], N. G. C. Astrath[2], L. C. Malacarne[2], M. L. Baesso[2], S. E. Bialkowski[3]
[1]Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná, Toledo, PR, Brazil
[2]Universidade Estadual de Maringá, Maringá, PR, Brazil
[3]Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
Published in 2014

The radiation force effects on the surface displacement can be calculated by solving the Navier-Stokes equation with appropriated boundary conditions. The surface deformation can be described by the radiation pressure as well as those forces due to gravity and surface tension. We used the photomechanical mirror (PM) method to measure the time-evolution of the nanometer deformation generated on the water surface due to the radiation forces by exciting the sample either with continuous or pulsed laser beams. The numerical predictions are in excellent agreement with the experiments. In fact, it shows quantitatively that the effects of radiation forces in water can be fully described.

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