Scattering of aggregated multi-layered biological cells by Bessel beams

Abstract

Abstract Interactions between collective multi-layered cells and an off-axis high-order Bessel beam (HOBB) are investigated. The generalized Lorenz-Mie theory is applied to derive the expansion of HOBB. Based on the additional theorem, multiple scattering of collective multi-layered nanoparticles is obtained by considering the tangential continuous boundary conditions. The present theory and codes are proven to be effective by comparing with the simulations obtained from the computer simulation technology (CST) software. Numerical results concerning the effects of beam order, beam conical angle, spherical layer number, core radius and outer layer radius, outer layer refractive index and the spherical number on the scattering of various types of aggregated multi-layered particles are displayed in detail, which may provide critical support for analytically understanding the optical scattering characteristics of aggregated multi-layered biological cells of complex shapes and may find important applications in manipulating multi-layered biological structures.