Chiral particles in a circularly polarised light field: new effects and applications

Cross sections of scattering, absorption, and light pressure for a chiral spherical particle in a circularly polarised light field are studied for different values of the radius, dielectric constant, permeability, and parameter of the chiral particle. The conditions are found under which the cross sections of absorption and light pressure differ significantly when nanoparticles are exposed to light with different polarisations, which can be used to improve synthesis of chiral nanoparticles of complex structure.