Plasmonic Brownian Ratchet

Author

P. A. Huidobro
S. Ota
Xiaodong Yang, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow
X. Yin
F. J. Garcia-Vidal
X. Zhang

Abstract

Here we present a Brownian ratchet based on plasmonic interactions. by periodically turning on and off a laser beam that illuminates a periodic array of plasmonic nanostructures with broken spatial symmetry, the random thermal motion of a subwavelength dielectric bead is rectified into one direction. by means of the molecular dynamics technique we show a statistical directed drift in particle flow. © 2013 American Physical Society.

Recommended Citation

P. A. Huidobro et al., "Plasmonic Brownian Ratchet," Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics, American Physical Society (APS), Jan 2013.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.88.201401

Department(s)

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Document Type

Article - Journal

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Citation

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text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2013 American Physical Society (APS), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 2013