Light-Assisted, Templated Self Assembly Using Photonic Crystal Slabs

Abstract

In this thesis we have successfully demonstrated the technique that we call light-assisted, templated self assembly. In the first demonstration we successfully trapped an array of 520 nm polystyrene particles above a square lattice. The number of particles trapped was well above 100, and could be increased by using a larger beam or a mode with a larger quality factor. The traps were characterized using standard techniques and were found to have stiffness values comparable to those reported elsewhere in the literature for single-particle traps.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 01, 2014
Accession Number
AD1061261

Entities

People

  • Eric Jaquay

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Crystal Lattices
  • Crystal Structure
  • Electric Fields
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Electromagnetic Metamaterials
  • Finite Difference Time Domain
  • Lasers
  • Light Sources
  • Magnetic Fields
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Metallic Nanoparticles
  • Nanoparticles
  • Optical Lattices
  • Three Dimensional
  • Tunable Metamaterials
  • Waveplates

Readers

  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Polymer Science and Technology
  • Quantum spin resonance or Electron Paramagnetic Resonance spectroscopy.