• DocumentCode
    520124
  • Title

    A nano-scale light-driven plasmonic motor

  • Author

    Liu, Ming ; Zentgraf, Thomas ; Liu, Yongmin ; Bartal, Guy ; Zhang, Xiang

  • Author_Institution
    NSF Nano-Scale Sci. & Eng. Center (NSEC), Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We show that a nano-scale plasmonic motor can generate a large and controllable torque. As demonstration, we rotate a dielectric particle which is 4,000 times larger in volume than the motor.
  • Keywords
    plasmonics; torque motors; controllable torque; dielectric particle; nano-scale light-driven plasmonic motor; Biomedical optical imaging; Dielectrics; Micromotors; Nanobioscience; Optical materials; Plasmons; Resonance; Scanning electron microscopy; Silicon compounds; Torque control;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-890-2
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499686