Open AccessDirect observation of optical trapping of a single quantum dot with an all-silicon nanoantenna
Author(s) -
Zhe Xu,
Wuzhou Song,
Kenneth B. Crozier
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
frontiers in optics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Conference proceedings
DOI - 10.1364/fio.2017.fm3b.2
Subject(s) - quantum dot , silicon , materials science , trapping , optoelectronics , fluorescence , optical tweezers , trap (plumbing) , optics , thermal , physics , ecology , biology , meteorology
Silicon nanoantennas are used to optically trap individual streptavidin-coated CdSe/ZnS quantum dots (QDs) with minimal thermal effects. Using fluorescence microscopy, we track the position and light emission from optically-trapped QDs as a function of time.
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