Holographic tweezers: A platform for plasmonics

Maria Dienerowitz; Graham M. Gibson; Richard Bowman; Miles J. Padgett

doi:10.1117/12.894695

Holographic tweezers: A platform for plasmonics

Maria Dienerowitz, Graham M. Gibson, Richard Bowman, Miles J. Padgett

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Abstract

We present a holographic tweezers workstation to optically trap and spectroscopically characterise metal nanoparticles. The versatility of the holographic tweezers allows us to create multiple traps manipulating several metal nanoparticles simultaneously. We developed an imaging system to view the nanoparticles in a transmission darkfield configuration without compromising the high numerical aperture of our trapping and viewing objective. In addition we implemented single particle spectroscopy to interrogate the trapped particles' properties with the ability to directly monitor the plasmonics coupling between particles while changing the distance between them. We also demonstrate a laser based method to generate fixed arrays of nanoparticles.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VIII
Volume	8097
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1117/12.894695
Publication status	Published - 2011
Event	Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VIII - San Diego, CA, USA United States Duration: 21 Aug 2011 → 25 Aug 2011

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Conference	Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation VIII
Country/Territory	USA United States
City	San Diego, CA
Period	21/08/11 → 25/08/11

Keywords

Holographic tweezers
Metal nanoparticles
Nanoparticle spectroscopy

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Condensed Matter Physics
Computer Science Applications
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Applied Mathematics

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