Optical Trapping and Separation of Metal Nanoparticles by Cylindrical Metalenses With Phase Gradients

We proposed a method for driving metal nanoparticles in the focal field by cylindrical metalens with phase gradient. It was found that the introduced gradient phase would not affect the formation of the focal line, where metal nanoparticles can be trapped. While being driven along the direction with...

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Main Authors: Zhe Shen, Ziyao Wang, Hongchao Liu, Yaochun Shen
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Published: IEEE 2020-01-01
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description We proposed a method for driving metal nanoparticles in the focal field by cylindrical metalens with phase gradient. It was found that the introduced gradient phase would not affect the formation of the focal line, where metal nanoparticles can be trapped. While being driven along the direction with the phase gradient, Ag nanoparticles with different sizes, and nanoparticles with different materials (Au and Ag) were successfully separated, respectively. The induced driving force has an approximately linear relationship with the phase gradient. This kind of planar thin structure can be combined with a microfluidic chip to form a miniaturized system for label-free and non-contact sorting of particles or biological cells, and it may find potential applications in biomedicine.
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spelling doaj-art-65c7d6250a39441fb28dd1aba19247ca2025-08-20T03:32:37ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552020-01-0112411010.1109/JPHOT.2020.30059449130096Optical Trapping and Separation of Metal Nanoparticles by Cylindrical Metalenses With Phase GradientsZhe Shen0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3370-8913Ziyao Wang1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0901-3847Hongchao Liu2https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1313-4000Yaochun Shen3School of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, ChinaSchool of Electronic and Optical Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, ChinaJoint Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Applied Physics and Materials Engineering, University of Macau, Avenida da Universidade, Taipa, ChinaDepartment of Electrical Engineering & Electronics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, U.K.We proposed a method for driving metal nanoparticles in the focal field by cylindrical metalens with phase gradient. It was found that the introduced gradient phase would not affect the formation of the focal line, where metal nanoparticles can be trapped. While being driven along the direction with the phase gradient, Ag nanoparticles with different sizes, and nanoparticles with different materials (Au and Ag) were successfully separated, respectively. The induced driving force has an approximately linear relationship with the phase gradient. This kind of planar thin structure can be combined with a microfluidic chip to form a miniaturized system for label-free and non-contact sorting of particles or biological cells, and it may find potential applications in biomedicine.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9130096/Optical trappingoptical sortingmetal nanoparticlesmetalensphase gradient
spellingShingle Zhe Shen
Ziyao Wang
Hongchao Liu
Yaochun Shen
Optical Trapping and Separation of Metal Nanoparticles by Cylindrical Metalenses With Phase Gradients
IEEE Photonics Journal
Optical trapping
optical sorting
metal nanoparticles
metalens
phase gradient
title Optical Trapping and Separation of Metal Nanoparticles by Cylindrical Metalenses With Phase Gradients
title_full Optical Trapping and Separation of Metal Nanoparticles by Cylindrical Metalenses With Phase Gradients
title_fullStr Optical Trapping and Separation of Metal Nanoparticles by Cylindrical Metalenses With Phase Gradients
title_full_unstemmed Optical Trapping and Separation of Metal Nanoparticles by Cylindrical Metalenses With Phase Gradients
title_short Optical Trapping and Separation of Metal Nanoparticles by Cylindrical Metalenses With Phase Gradients
title_sort optical trapping and separation of metal nanoparticles by cylindrical metalenses with phase gradients
topic Optical trapping
optical sorting
metal nanoparticles
metalens
phase gradient
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9130096/
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