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Trapping of Micro Particles in Nanoplasmonic Optical Lattice
Published on: September 5, 2017
Transport and trapping in two-dimensional nanoscale plasmonic optical lattice
Kuan-Yu Chen1, An-Ting Lee, Chia-Chun Hung
1Department of Electrical Engineering, ‡Department of Chemistry, §Center for Nanotechnology, Materials Sciences, and Microsystems, and ∥Frontier Research Center on Fundamental and Applied Science of Matters, National Tsing Hua University , Hsinchu 30013, Taiwan, R.O.C.
Abstract:
We report the transport and trapping behavior of 100 and 500 nm diameter nanospheres in a plasmon-enhanced two-dimensional optical lattice. An optical potential is created by a two-dimensional square lattice of gold nanostructures, illuminated by a Gaussian beam to excite plasmon resonance. The nanoparticles can be guided, trapped, and arranged using this optical potential. Stacking of 500 nm nanospheres into a predominantly hexagonal closed pack crystalline structure under such a potential is also reported.
