Controlled optical trapping and transport of a single 100 nm particle across an array of silicon nanoantennas

Z Xu; KB Crozier

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Controlled optical trapping and transport of a single 100 nm particle across an array of silicon nanoantennas

Z Xu, KB Crozier

Conference on Lasers and Electro-OCLEO 2018 | OSA Publishing | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2018.SF3J.3

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Abstract

We experimentally demonstrate the optical trapping and transport of a single 100 nm polystyrene nanosphere across an array of silicon nanoantennas. Our device is all silicon and produces negligible local heating.

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Kenneth Crozier Author

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