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Plasmonic linear nanomotor using lateral optical forces

Abstract: Optical force is a powerful tool to actuate micromachines. Conventional approaches often require focusing and steering an incident laser beam, resulting in a bottleneck for the integration of the optically actuated machines. Here, we propose a linear nanomotor based on a plasmonic particle that generates, even when illuminated with a plane wave, a lateral optical force due to its directional side scattering. This force direction is determined by the orientation of the nanoparticle rather than a field gradient or propagation direction of the incident light. We demonstrate the arrangements of the particles allow controlling the lateral force distributions with the resolution beyond the diffraction limit, which can produce movements, as designed, of microobjects in which they are embedded without shaping and steering the laser beam. Our nanomotor to engineer the experienced force can open the door to a new class of micro/nanomechanical devices that can be entirely operated by light.

 Fuente: Science Advances, 2020, 6(45), eabc3726

 Editorial: American Association for the Advancement of Science

 Fecha de publicación: 01/11/2020

 Nº de páginas: 7

 Tipo de publicación: Artículo de Revista

 DOI: 10.1126/SCIADV.ABC3726

 ISSN: 2375-2548

 Proyecto español: PGC2018-096649-B100

 Url de la publicación: https://doi.org/10.1126/SCIADV.ABC3726

Autoría

TANAKA, YOSHITO Y.

RAHMANI, MOHSEN

GIANNINI, VINCENZO

MAIER, STEFAN A.

SHIMURA, TSUTOMU