• DocumentCode
    499962
  • Title

    Surface plasmon enhanced optical force on gold nanoparticles

  • Author

    Wang, Kai ; Schonbrun, Ethan ; Crozier, Kenneth B.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2009
  • fDate
    2-4 June 2009
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We experimentally demonstrate the pushing of gold nanoparticles by surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs). 2D FDTD simulations indicate considerably enhanced optical forces due to SPPs and gold particle-film interaction, in comparison to total internal reflection illumination.
  • Keywords
    finite difference time-domain analysis; gold; nanoparticles; polaritons; surface plasmons; 2D FDTD simulations; Au; gold nanoparticles; gold particle-film interaction; internal reflection illumination; optical force; surface plasmon polaritons; Force measurement; Gold; Lighting; Nanoparticles; Optical films; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Particle measurements; Plasmons; Thermal force; 140.7010; 250.5403;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-869-8
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5225340