• DocumentCode
    2747092
  • Title

    Optical force mapping of plasmonic modes generated by a nanoantenna

  • Author

    Kohoutek, John ; Dey, Dibyendu ; Bonakdar, Alireza ; Gelfand, Ryan ; Sklar, Alejandro ; Memis, Omer Gokalp ; Mohseni, Hooman

  • Author_Institution
    Bio-Inspired Sensors & Optoelectron. Lab. (BISOL), Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    9-13 Oct. 2011
  • Firstpage
    183
  • Lastpage
    184
  • Abstract
    We present experimental spatial mapping of optical force generated by the plasmonic mode confinement of a nanoantenna at 1550 nm. Maxwell´s stress tensor method is used to simulate the force map and it agrees well with the experimental data.
  • Keywords
    bow-tie antennas; nanophotonics; plasmonics; radiation pressure; Maxwell stress tensor; nanoantenna; optical force mapping; plasmonic modes; wavelength 1550 nm; Biomedical optical imaging; Force; Force measurement; Optical fibers; Optical sensors; Optical variables measurement;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (PHO), 2011 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    Arlington, VA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-8940-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/PHO.2011.6110486
  • Filename
    6110486