Dynamic optical tweezers for metallic particle manipulation via tunable plasmonic fields

Ying Wang; Shibiao Wei; Zhendong Ju; Changjun Min; Michael Somekh; Xiaocong Yuan

doi:10.1364/PRJ.528878

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 9, 1840(2024)

Dynamic optical tweezers for metallic particle manipulation via tunable plasmonic fields

Ying Wang¹, Shibiao Wei^1、*, Zhendong Ju¹, Changjun Min¹, Michael Somekh^2,3, and Xiaocong Yuan¹

¹Nanophotonics Research Center, Institute of Microscale Optoelectronics & State Key Laboratory of Radio Frequency Heterogeneous Integration, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China

²Research Center for Humanoid Sensing, Zhejiang Laboratory, Hangzhou 311100, China

³Faculty of Engineering, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, UK

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Paper Information

Category: Surface Optics and Plasmonics

Received: May. 2, 2024

Accepted: May. 30, 2024

Published Online: Aug. 12, 2024

The Author Email: Shibiao Wei (weishibiao@szu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.528878

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