Ballistic supercavitating nanoparticles driven by single Gaussian beam optical pushing and pulling forces

Control of small particles in fluid can have a range of applications. The authors explore a phenomenon that allows an extremely low friction environment around a nanoparticle, demonstrating high-speed nanoparticles driven by optical forces in both directions of an optical beam.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Eungkyu Lee, Dezhao Huang, Tengfei Luo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2020-05-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16267-9
Description
Summary:Control of small particles in fluid can have a range of applications. The authors explore a phenomenon that allows an extremely low friction environment around a nanoparticle, demonstrating high-speed nanoparticles driven by optical forces in both directions of an optical beam.
ISSN:2041-1723