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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Optical trapping of metal-dielectric nanoparticle clusters near photonic crystal microcavities

Camilo A. Mejia, Ningfeng Huang, and Michelle L. Povinelli

We predict the formation of optically trapped, metal-dielectric nanoparticle clusters above photonic crystal microcavities. We determine the conditions on particle size and position for a gold particle to be trapped above the microcavity. We then show that strong field redistribution and enhancement near the trapped gold nanoparticle results in secondary trapping sites for a pair of dielectric nanoparticles.

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