Conference Proceedings

Optical trapping using all-dielectric silicon nanoantennas with ultra-low heat generation

Zhe Xu, Wuzhou Song, Kenneth B Crozier

2017 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO) | IEEE | Published : 2017

DOI: 10.1364/cleo_si.2017.sf1j.3

Abstract

Silicon nanoantennas are used to trap polystyrene nanospheres (20 nm diameter). Fluorescence microscopy is used to monitor trapped particle position as a function of time. The nanoantennas produce subwavelength field enhancement with negligible heat generation.

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Kenneth Crozier Author

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