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The propulsion of gold nanoparticles by surface plasmon polaritons (SPPs) is demonstrated experimentally. Numerical electromagnetic simulations, using three dimensional finite difference time domain (FDTD) modeling is carried out. These simulations predict that the optical forces are enhanced, due to the field enhancement provided by SPPs and the near-field coupling between the gold particles and the film. The physical origin of the coupling phenomenon is discussed, as it is an important part of the enhanced propulsion phenomenon. A comparison is made between the measured optical force, and the forces predicted by FDTD simulations. The results are shown to be in reasonable agreement.
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This work was carried out by Kai Wang and Ethan Schonbrun of the Crozier group at Harvard University. This work was supported by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency (DARPA) and by the National Science Foundation (NSF). Fabrication work was carried out in the Harvard Center for Nanoscale Systems, which is supported by the NSF. For further details on this work, see Ref [26].
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Crozier, K.B. (2010). Near-Field Optical Forces from Surface Plasmon Polaritons: Experiment and Theory. In: Bârsan, V., Aldea, A. (eds) Trends in Nanophysics. Engineering Materials. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-12070-1_9
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