Title :
Optical trapping at the ultimate nanoscale in the near-field of plasmonic antennas
Author :
Lovera, Andrea ; Kern, Andreas M. ; Zhang, Weihua ; Martin, Olivier J F
Author_Institution :
Nanophotonics & Metrol. Lab., Swiss Fed. Inst. of Technol., Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
We study the trapping of nanoscopic objects in the near-field of plasmonic nanostructures and demonstrate experimentally that 10nm particles can be trapped in the 15nm gap of a dipole antenna. Applications for biosensing are discussed.
Keywords :
biosensors; dipole antennas; nanophotonics; nanosensors; plasmonics; radiation pressure; biosensing; dipole antenna; nanoscopic objects; optical trapping; plasmonic antennas; plasmonic nanostructures; size 10 nm; Charge carrier processes; Dipole antennas; Gold; Nanoparticles; Optical diffraction; Plasmons;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
