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Plasmonic Trapping and Release of Nanoparticles in a Monitoring Environment

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Plasmon nanomechanical coupling for nanoscale transduction.

Rutger Thijssen¹, Ewold Verhagen, Tobias J Kippenberg

¹Center for Nanophotonics, FOM Institute AMOLF , Science Park 104, 1098XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

|June 11, 2013

Summary

We show plasmon-mechanical coupling in a nanomechanical oscillator. This enables efficient transduction of mechanical motion to optical signals, opening new avenues for plasmonic nanostructures.

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Area of Science:

Physics
Materials Science
Nanotechnology

Background:

Nanomechanical oscillators are sensitive to external stimuli.
Plasmonic nanostructures offer unique optical properties.

Purpose of the Study:

To demonstrate and investigate plasmon-mechanical coupling in a novel system.
To explore the potential of this coupling for new functionalities.

Main Methods:

Fabrication of metalized silicon nitride beams forming a nanomechanical oscillator.
Excitation of coupled surface plasmons in the nanogap.
Measurement of thermal motion transduction to optical transmission.

Main Results:

Efficient transduction of 4.4 MHz mechanical motion to optical transmission with a displacement spectral density of 1.11 × 10(-13) m/Hz(1/2).

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Conclusions:

Plasmon-mechanical coupling is successfully demonstrated in a metalized nanomechanical oscillator.
This coupling enables novel functionalities for plasmonic nanostructures by integrating them with nanoscale mechanical systems.