Plasmonic Brownian Ratchet
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
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Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
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Article - Journal
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English
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© 2013 American Physical Society (APS), All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Jan 2013
