Abstract
We report on the study of the radiation forces exerted on a Rayleigh dielectric particle by a patterned optical near-field landscape at an interface decorated with resonant gold nanostructures. This configuration allows for the generation of a large array of surface subwavelength optical traps from an extended collimated beam, which may be of interest for parallel optical manipulation and sorting of submicrometer objects.
© 2005 Optical Society of America
Full Article | PDF ArticleMore Like This
Romain Quidant, Gonçal Badenes, Stéphanie Cheylan, Ramon Alcubilla, Jean-Claude Weeber, and Christian Girard
Opt. Express 12(2) 282-287 (2004)
John Y. Walz
Appl. Opt. 38(25) 5319-5330 (1999)
Li-Gang Wang and Cheng-Liang Zhao
Opt. Express 15(17) 10615-10621 (2007)