Scattering and propagation of a Laguerre–Gaussian vortex beam by uniaxial anisotropic bispheres

Abstract Within the framework of the generalized multi-particle Mie (GMM) theory, analytical solution to electromagnetic scattering of two interacting homogeneous uniaxial anisotropic spheres by a Laguerre–Gaussian (LG) vortex beam is investigated. The particles with different size and dielectric parameter tensor elements are arbitrarily configured. Based on the continuous boundary conditions at each sphere surface, the interactive scattering coefficients are derived. The internal and near-surface field is investigated to describe the propagation of LG vortex beam through the NaCl crystal. In addition, the far fields of some typical anisotropic medium such as LiNbO 3 , TiO 2 bispheres illuminated by an LG vortex beam are numerically presented in detail to analyze the influence of the anisotropic parameters, sphere positions, separation distance and topological charge etc. The results show that LG vortex beam has a better recovery after interacting with a spherical particle compared with Gaussian beam. The study in the paper are useful for the further research on the scattering and propagation characteristics of arbitrary vortex beam in anisotropic chains and periodic structure.