TY - JOUR
T1 - 'Photonic Hook' based optomechanical nanoparticle manipulator
AU - Ang, Angeleene S.
AU - Karabchevsky, Alina
AU - Minin, Igor V.
AU - Minin, Oleg V.
AU - Sukhov, Sergey V.
AU - Shalin, Alexander S.
PY - 2018/12/1
Y1 - 2018/12/1
N2 - Specialized electromagnetic fields can be used for nanoparticle manipulation along a specific path, allowing enhanced transport and control over the particle's motion. In this paper, we investigate the optical forces produced by a curved photonic jet, otherwise known as the "photonic hook", created using an asymmetric cuboid. In our case, this cuboid is formed by appending a triangular prism to one side of a cube. A gold nanoparticle immersed in the cuboid's transmitted field moves in a curved trajectory. This result could be used for moving nanoparticles around obstacles; hence we also consider the changes in the photonic hook's forces when relatively large glass and gold obstacles are introduced at the region where the curved photonic jet is created. We show, that despite the obstacles, perturbing the field distribution, a particle can move around glass obstacles of a certain thickness. For larger glass slabs, the particle will be trapped stably near it. Moreover, we noticed that a partial obstruction of the photonic jet's field using the gold obstacle results in a complete disruption of the particle's trajectory.
AB - Specialized electromagnetic fields can be used for nanoparticle manipulation along a specific path, allowing enhanced transport and control over the particle's motion. In this paper, we investigate the optical forces produced by a curved photonic jet, otherwise known as the "photonic hook", created using an asymmetric cuboid. In our case, this cuboid is formed by appending a triangular prism to one side of a cube. A gold nanoparticle immersed in the cuboid's transmitted field moves in a curved trajectory. This result could be used for moving nanoparticles around obstacles; hence we also consider the changes in the photonic hook's forces when relatively large glass and gold obstacles are introduced at the region where the curved photonic jet is created. We show, that despite the obstacles, perturbing the field distribution, a particle can move around glass obstacles of a certain thickness. For larger glass slabs, the particle will be trapped stably near it. Moreover, we noticed that a partial obstruction of the photonic jet's field using the gold obstacle results in a complete disruption of the particle's trajectory.
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U2 - 10.1038/s41598-018-20224-4
DO - 10.1038/s41598-018-20224-4
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85041631095
VL - 8
JO - Scientific Reports
JF - Scientific Reports
SN - 2045-2322
IS - 1
M1 - 2029
ER -