Micro-particle transport manipulation by guided-wave optical interference

Author

Chen, Te-Chang ; Yang, Yao-Tsu ; Wang, Shao-Yu ; Chiu, Wei-Chao ; Hsu, Li-Chung ; Huang, Chieh-Yang ; Shen, Da-Wei ; Lee, Ming-Chang M.

Author_Institution

Inst. of Photonics Technol., Nat. Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

2012

fDate

Jan. 29 2012-Feb. 2 2012

Firstpage

1053

Lastpage

1056

Abstract

In this paper, we demonstrate that micro-particle is able to be transported by two types of integrated photonic devices; one is directional couplers and the other is multimode interferometers. Micro-particles are propelled by the evanescent wave and guided by the interference pattern of optical field inside the devices. By properly designing the device length and operation wavelength, micro-particles can be switched to either one of the output ports connecting the devices.

Keywords

directional couplers; interferometers; light interference; micro-optics; directional couplers; evanescent wave; guided-wave optical interference; integrated photonic devices; interference pattern; micro-particle transport manipulation; micro-particles; multimode interferometers; optical field; Force; Interference; Optical interferometry; Optical surface waves; Optical switches; Optical waveguides;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2012 IEEE 25th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Paris

ISSN

1084-6999

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-0324-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MEMSYS.2012.6170252

Filename

6170252