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Monday, June 1, 2015

Selective Trapping or Rotation of Isotropic Dielectric Microparticles by Optical Near Field in a Plasmonic Archimedes Spiral

Wei-Yi Tsai, Jer-Shing Huang, and Chen-Bin Huang

We demonstrate selective trapping or rotation of optically isotropic dielectric microparticles by plasmonic near field in a single gold plasmonic Archimedes spiral. Depending on the handedness of circularly polarized excitation, plasmonic near fields can be selectively engineered into either a focusing spot for particle trapping or a plasmonic vortex for particle rotation. Our design provides a simple solution for subwavelength optical manipulation and may find applications in micromechanical and microfluidic systems.

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