Conteduca, D., Dell’Olio, F., Ciminelli, C. et al. (2 more authors) (2016) Design of a high-performance optical tweezer for nanoparticle trapping. Applied Physics A. 295. pp. 1-6. ISSN 1432-0630
Abstract
Integrated optical nanotweezers offer a novel paradigm for optical trapping, as their ability to confine light at the nanoscale leads to extremely high gradient forces. To date, nanotweezers have been realized either as photonic crystal or as plasmonic nanocavities. Here, we propose a nanotweezer device based on a hybrid photonic/plasmonic cavity with the goal of achieving a very high quality factor-to-mode volume (Q/V) ratio. The structure includes a 1D photonic crystal dielectric cavity vertically coupled to a bowtie nanoantenna. A very high Q/V ~ 107 (λ/n)−3 with a resonance transmission T = 29 % at λR = 1381.1 nm has been calculated by 3D finite element method, affording strong light–matter interaction and making the hybrid cavity suitable for optical trapping. A maximum optical force F = −4.4 pN, high values of stability S = 30 and optical stiffness k = 90 pN/nm W have been obtained with an input power Pin = 1 mW, for a polystyrene nanoparticle with a diameter of 40 nm. This performance confirms the high efficiency of the optical nanotweezer and its potential for trapping living matter at the nanoscale, such as viruses, proteins and small bacteria.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Springer International Publishing AG. Part of Springer Nature. .This is an author-produced version of the published paper. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher’s self-archiving policy. Further copying may not be permitted; contact the publisher for details. |
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Institution: | The University of York |
Academic Units: | The University of York > Faculty of Sciences (York) > Physics (York) |
Depositing User: | Pure (York) |
Date Deposited: | 10 Oct 2017 09:00 |
Last Modified: | 02 Apr 2025 23:08 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-9894-0 |
Status: | Published |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1007/s00339-016-9894-0 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:122316 |
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