Optical trapping using transverse electromagnetic (TEM)-like mode in a coaxial nanowaveguide

doi:10.1007/s12200-021-1134-3

Front. Optoelectron.

2021, Vol. 14

Issue (4) : 399-406 https://doi.org/10.1007/s12200-021-1134-3

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Optical trapping using transverse electromagnetic (TEM)-like mode in a coaxial nanowaveguide

Yuanhao LOU, Xiongjie NING, Bei WU, Yuanjie PANG(

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School of Optical and Electronic Information, Wuhan National Laboratory for Optoelectronics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China

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Abstract

Optical traps have emerged as powerful tools for immobilizing and manipulating small particles in three dimensions. Fiber-based optical traps (FOTs) significantly simplify optical setup by creating trapping centers with single or multiple pieces of optical fibers. In addition, they inherit the flexibility and robustness of fiber-optic systems. However, trapping 10-nm-diameter nanoparticles (NPs) using FOTs remains challenging. In this study, we model a coaxial waveguide that works in the optical regime and supports a transverse electromagnetic (TEM)-like mode for NP trapping. Single NPs at waveguide front-end break the symmetry of TEM-like guided mode and lead to high transmission efficiency at far-field, thereby strongly altering light momentum and inducing a large-scale back-action on the particle. We demonstrate, via finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) simulations, that this FOT allows for trapping single 10-nm-diameter NPs at low power.

Keywords fiber-based optical trap (FOT) optical waveguides optical apertures metal nanophotonic structures self-induced back-action plasmonic optical trapping

Corresponding Author(s): Yuanjie PANG

Just Accepted Date: 03 March 2021 Online First Date: 12 April 2021 Issue Date: 06 December 2021

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Yuanhao LOU,Xiongjie NING,Bei WU, et al. Optical trapping using transverse electromagnetic (TEM)-like mode in a coaxial nanowaveguide[J]. Front. Optoelectron., 2021, 14(4): 399-406.

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Fig.1 (a) Schematic diagram of coaxial nanowaveguide (CNWG) for optical trapping. Light propagates along the z-axis and would be scattered by the trapped nanoparticle (NP). (b)−(d) x-, y-, and z-component of electric field of the transverse electromagnetic (TEM)-like mode, respectively. (e)−(g) x-, y-, and z-component of magnetic field of TEM-like mode, respectively. The value of the z-component is magnified ten times. Large positive and negative values are shown as dark-red and dark-blue regions, respectively, whereas white areas represent regions of zero values of the field

Fig.2 Transmission intensity of (a) TEM-like and (b) LP modes, respectively, from the waveguide at different wavelengths. Inset declares the polarization direction. The blue solid line represents the transmission intensity when the trapping spot is empty, and the red dashed line represents a particle centered at 14 nm before the waveguide end-face was trapped. The results were normalized to the intensity with a trapped particle

Fig.3 Difference in localized electric field for (a) TEM and (b) LP modes, respectively. Change ratio of longitudinal Poynting vector (P_z) for (c) TEM-like and (d) LP modes, respectively. Data were obtained from the transverse plane 14 nm below the waveguide

Fig.4 Angular far-field radiation pattern in polar angle q ((a) and (b)) and azimuth angle

Φ

((c) and (d)) for TEM and LP mode, respectively

Fig.5 (a) and (c) Optical force map in y–z plane. (b) and (d) Depth of optical potential well in the y-direction of TEM-like and LP modes, respectively. Scatterplots demonstrate optical force magnitude normalized to the total transmitted power. The dashed black circles in (a) and (c) represents a 10-nm particle

Fig.6 (a) Schematic diagram of fiber-based CNWG traps. The dielectric fiber has a 1.1-mm-diameter core and 3-mm-diameter cladding. Their RIs were set to 1.56 and 1.46, respectively. (b) and (c) x- and y-component of electric field of TM mode in dielectric fiber. (d) and (e) x- and y-component of electric field in coaxial waveguide

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