• Frontiers of Optoelectronics
  • Vol. 14, Issue 4, 399 (2021)
Yuanhao LOU, Xiongjie NING, Bei WU, and Yuanjie PANG*
Author Affiliations
  • School of Optical and Electronic Information, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China
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    DOI: 10.1007/s12200-021-1134-3 Cite this Article
    Yuanhao LOU, Xiongjie NING, Bei WU, Yuanjie PANG. Optical trapping using transverse electromagnetic (TEM)-like mode in a coaxial nanowaveguide[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2021, 14(4): 399 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    Optical traps have emerged as powerful tools for immobilizing and manipulating small particles in three dimensions. Fiber-based optical traps (FOTs) significantly simplify optical setup by creating trapping centers with single or multiple pieces of optical fibers. In addition, they inherit the flexibility and robustness of fiber-optic systems. However, trapping 10-nm-diameter nanoparticles (NPs) using FOTs remains challenging. In this study, we model a coaxial waveguide that works in the optical regime and supports a transverse electromagnetic (TEM)-like mode for NP trapping. Single NPs at waveguide front-end break the symmetry of TEM-like guided mode and lead to high transmission efficiency at far-field, thereby strongly altering light momentum and inducing a large-scale back-action on the particle. We demonstrate, via finitedifference time-domain (FDTD) simulations, that this FOT allows for trapping single 10-nm-diameter NPs at low power.
    Yuanhao LOU, Xiongjie NING, Bei WU, Yuanjie PANG. Optical trapping using transverse electromagnetic (TEM)-like mode in a coaxial nanowaveguide[J]. Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2021, 14(4): 399
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