Title :
Trapping and Transport of Silicon Nanowires Using Lateral-Field Optoelectronic Tweezers
Author :
Ohta, Aaron T. ; Jamshidi, Arash ; Pauzauskie, Peter J. ; Hsu, Hsan-Yin ; Yang, Peidong ; Wu, Ming C.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California, Berkeley
Abstract :
We present a new optoelectronic tweezers device that produces electric fields parallel to the plane of the device. This device is capable of trapping and transporting p-type silicon nanowires at velocities of 20 mum/s.
Keywords :
electro-optical devices; nanoelectronics; nanowires; optoelectronic devices; radiation pressure; silicon; Si; electric fields; lateral field optoelectronic tweezer device; p-type silicon nanowires transport; p-type silicon nanowires trapping; velocity 20 mum/s; Concurrent computing; Conductivity; Dielectrophoresis; Electrodes; Glass; Nanowires; Optical control; Optical devices; Optical sensors; Silicon;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-834-6
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2007.4452753
