• DocumentCode
    1669061
  • Title

    Optical trapping of metal-dielectric nanoparticle clusters near photonic crystal microcavities

  • Author

    Mejia, Camilo A. ; Povinelli, Michelle L.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Phys. & Astron., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We predict the formation of a stably trapped metal-dielectric nanoparticle cluster near a photonic crystal cavity. The cavity mode traps a gold particle, which provides a secondary trapping site for a pair of dielectric particles.
  • Keywords
    dielectric materials; microcavities; nanoparticles; photonic crystals; radiation pressure; Au; cavity mode traps; dielectric particles; gold particle; optical trapping; photonic crystal cavity; photonic crystal microcavities; secondary trapping site; stably trapped metal-dielectric nanoparticle cluster; Cavity resonators; Charge carrier processes; Dielectrics; Force; Gold; Microcavities; Photonic crystals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326244