中国物理B ›› 2023, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (1): 18702-018702.doi: 10.1088/1674-1056/ac6eea

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Chiral lateral optical force near plasmonic ring induced by Laguerre-Gaussian beam

Ying-Dong Nie(聂英东), Zhi-Guang Sun(孙智广), and Yu-Rui Fang(方蔚瑞)   

  1. School of Physics;DUT-BSU Joint Institute, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
  • 收稿日期:2022-04-01 修回日期:2022-04-28 接受日期:2022-05-12 出版日期:2022-12-08 发布日期:2023-01-03
  • 通讯作者: Yu-Rui Fang E-mail:yrfang@dlut.edu.cn
  • 基金资助:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12074054) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. DUT21LK06).

Chiral lateral optical force near plasmonic ring induced by Laguerre-Gaussian beam

Ying-Dong Nie(聂英东), Zhi-Guang Sun(孙智广), and Yu-Rui Fang(方蔚瑞)   

  1. School of Physics;DUT-BSU Joint Institute, Dalian University of Technology, Dalian 116024, China
  • Received:2022-04-01 Revised:2022-04-28 Accepted:2022-05-12 Online:2022-12-08 Published:2023-01-03
  • Contact: Yu-Rui Fang E-mail:yrfang@dlut.edu.cn
  • Supported by:
    Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 12074054) and the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities, China (Grant No. DUT21LK06).

摘要: Owing to the good adjustability and the strong near-field enhancement, surface plasmons are widely used in optical force trap, thus the optical force trap can achieve excellent performance. Here, we use the Laguerre-Gaussian beam and a plasmonic gold ring to separate enantiomers by the chiral optical force. Along with the radial optical force that traps the particles, there is also a chirality-sign-sensitive lateral force arising from the optical spin angular momentum, which is caused by the interaction between optical orbit angular momentum and gold ring structure. By selecting a specific incident wavelength, the strong angular scattering and non-chiral related azimuthal optical force can be suppressed. Thus the chiral related azimuthal optical force can induce an opposite orbital rotation of the trapped particles with chirality of different sign near the gold ring. This work proposes an effective approach for catchingand separating chiral enantiomers.

关键词: lateral optical force, chiral force, chiral sorting, surface plasmon

Abstract: Owing to the good adjustability and the strong near-field enhancement, surface plasmons are widely used in optical force trap, thus the optical force trap can achieve excellent performance. Here, we use the Laguerre-Gaussian beam and a plasmonic gold ring to separate enantiomers by the chiral optical force. Along with the radial optical force that traps the particles, there is also a chirality-sign-sensitive lateral force arising from the optical spin angular momentum, which is caused by the interaction between optical orbit angular momentum and gold ring structure. By selecting a specific incident wavelength, the strong angular scattering and non-chiral related azimuthal optical force can be suppressed. Thus the chiral related azimuthal optical force can induce an opposite orbital rotation of the trapped particles with chirality of different sign near the gold ring. This work proposes an effective approach for catchingand separating chiral enantiomers.

Key words: lateral optical force, chiral force, chiral sorting, surface plasmon

中图分类号:  (Optical trapping)

  • 87.80.Cc
71.45.Gm (Exchange, correlation, dielectric and magnetic response functions, plasmons)