• Acta Optica Sinica
  • Vol. 33, Issue 9, 935001 (2013)
Liu Zilong* and Zhang Bo
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    DOI: 10.3788/aos201333.0935001 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Liu Zilong, Zhang Bo. Study on Laser Trapping Rayleigh Particles Based on the Nanolens[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2013, 33(9): 935001 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    An idea that Rayleigh particles can be captured by replacing the geometry optical lens in the traditional optical tweezers with nano-lens is proposed. We calculate the diffraction field of a plane wave passed through the nano-lens by using the finite difference time domain (FDTD) method and the radiation force acted on the Rayleigh particles in the field based on the point dipole approximation method. The results show that, comparing to best results (focal spot close to the diffraction limit) of conventional optical tweezers, the trapping efficiency, stable trapping zone length and quality factor of the proposed tweezers can be greatly improved. Especially for the two capture zones on the both sides of nano-lens, the trapping efficiency and quality factor can be improved by 2 to 3 orders of magnitude, and also the force of trapped particles has a strong polarization dependence (unlike conventional optical tweezers), which can be used to achieve rotation operation of particles.
    Liu Zilong, Zhang Bo. Study on Laser Trapping Rayleigh Particles Based on the Nanolens[J]. Acta Optica Sinica, 2013, 33(9): 935001
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