Evanescent wave optical trapping and transport of micro- and nanoparticles on tapered optical fibers

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 113, Issue 18, 2012, Pages 2512-2520

  Skelton, S E ^a   Sergides, M ^a   Patel, R ^a   Karczewska, E ^a   Marago O M ^b   Jones, P H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Optical binding; Optical fiber; Optical trapping; Plasmon resonance

Indexed keywords

DETUNED; EVANESCENT FIELDS; EVANESCENT WAVE; FIBER MODE; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; MICRON SCALE; OPTICAL BINDING; OPTICAL FIELD; OPTICAL FORCE; OPTICALTRAPPING; PARTICLE VELOCITIES; PLASMON RESONANCES; POLYDISPERSE SUSPENSION; STATE OF POLARIZATION; TAPERED FIBER; TAPERED OPTICAL FIBERS;

OPTICAL FIBERS; SEDIMENTATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

NANOPARTICLES;

PARTICLE MOTION; PLASMA; RESONANCE; THEORETICAL STUDY; WAVE FIELD; WAVE MODELING;

EID: 84868206980     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.06.005     Document Type: Article

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