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Binding of Resonant Dielectric Particles to Metal Surfaces Using Plasmons
Authors:Alexey V Maslov
Institution:University of Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod, 603950 Russia
Abstract:Forces between dielectric particles induced by optical fields can bind them into new systems, varying from optical molecules to large aggregates. Here it is shown that surface plasmons can bind resonant dielectric particles to the waveguiding surfaces resulting in stable levitation of the particles by the optical forces alone. At the same time, the particles can be propelled efficiently along the surface. The predictions follow from solving the 3D electromagnetic problem of plasmon scattering on a dielectric microsphere near the metal surface. To tackle the problem, an accurate and fast hybrid approach is developed: the fields are expanded into 2D angular components which are calculated using finite-difference time-domain simulations. The rigorous numerical results are also explained qualitatively using an analytically solvable model in which a resonant magnetic dipole illuminated by a plasmon interacts with the surface. The particle binding to surfaces is a remarkable outcome of the strong optical interaction at nanoscale and it may offer new configurations for particle manipulations by guided waves, especially in chip-scale structures.
Keywords:dielectric microspheres  optical binding  optical trapping  Mie resonances  surface plasmons
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