Title :
Plasmon optical trapping in silicon nitride trench waveguide
Author :
Qiancheng Zhao ; Guclu, Caner ; Yuewang Huang ; Capolino, Filippo ; Boyraz, Ozdal
Author_Institution :
Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Univ. of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
Abstract :
Optical trapping by using bowtie antennas deposited on top of a microfluidic SiN trench waveguide is investigated. We show that the presence of plasmonic field enhancement boosts the vertical trapping force by 3 orders of magnitude.
Keywords :
bow-tie antennas; microfluidics; optical waveguides; plasmons; radiation pressure; silicon compounds; SiN; bowtie antennas; microfluidic trench waveguide; plasmon optical trapping; plasmonic field enhancement; silicon nitride trench waveguide; vertical trapping force; Antennas; Charge carrier processes; Force; Nonlinear optics; Optical device fabrication; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
