Title :
Nanoparticle manipulation using a plasmonic nano-tweezer with an integrated heat sink
Author :
Wang, Kai ; Schonbrun, Ethan ; Steinvurzel, Paul ; Crozier, Kenneth B.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Making use of the field enhancement and confinement, and thermal management, of a template-stripped localized surface plasmon resonance structure, we experimentally demonstrate the trapping and rotation of 110 nm diameter polystyrene nanoparticles.
Keywords :
heat sinks; nanoparticles; radiation pressure; surface plasmon resonance; field enhancement; integrated heat sink; nanoparticle manipulation; plasmonic nanotweezer; polystyrene nanoparticles; template-stripped localized surface plasmon resonance structure; thermal management; Charge carrier processes; Gold; Optical device fabrication; Optical diffraction; Optical films; Optical polarization; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
