Clustering of optically trapped large diameter plasmonic gold nanoparticles by laser beam of hybrid-TEM11* mode

Ranjeet Kumar; Dalip S. Mehta; Chandra Shakher

doi:10.1117/1.3600647

1 January 2011 Clustering of optically trapped large diameter plasmonic gold nanoparticles by laser beam of hybrid-TEM₁₁* mode

Ranjeet Kumar, Dalip S. Mehta, Chandra Shakher

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Journal of Nanophotonics, Vol. 5, Issue 1, 053511 (January 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3600647

Abstract

Multiple trapping and clustering of gold nanoparticles (Au-NPs) of 254- and 150-nm diameter was affected using optical tweezers near the plasmon excitation wavelength. To ensure that the gradient force exceeded the sum of multiply-enhanced destabilizing absorption and scattering forces originating from plasmon excitation, embedded intensity gradient regions of a spatially featured asymmetric (SFA) laser beam were exploited. Thus, an intra-cavity generated SFA beam, also referred as hybrid TEM₁₁* mode, is an intermediate between pure TEM₀₀ and TEM₁₁ beams and was directly obtained from a diode-pumped solid state (Nd:YAG) laser resonator without introducing any external beam modulation devices. The parabolic Gaussian-ray model of a tightly focused laser beam was adopted to evaluate the radiation forces including the volume-correction factor raised from fractional polarization of such large diameter Au-NPs under laser illumination. Temperature rise of Au-NPs and its dissipation profile in surrounding medium has also been presented. This multiple trapping and clustering of Au-NPs at plasmon excitation wavelength using sufficiently low power could be realized due to embedded intensity gradients of the SFA beam. The study might be useful for understanding the light-matter interaction, improving the sensitivity of diagnostics, and safety and efficacy of therapeutic nanotechnologies in medicine, photothermolysis, and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, etc.

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Ranjeet Kumar, Dalip S. Mehta, and Chandra Shakher "Clustering of optically trapped large diameter plasmonic gold nanoparticles by laser beam of hybrid-TEM₁₁* mode," Journal of Nanophotonics 5(1), 053511 (1 January 2011). https://doi.org/10.1117/1.3600647

Published: 1 January 2011

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