An assessment of the Wigner distribution method in Doppler OCT

@article{citeulike:1841197, abstract = {We theoretically analyze the optical forces between two nearby silver nanoparticles for the case when the wavelength of the incoming light is close to the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR). It is shown that the optical force between the nanoparticles is enhanced by the LSPR and that it changes from attractive to repulsive for wavelengths slightly shorter than the resonance when the polarization of the incident light is parallel to the axis of the dimer. This behavior can be utilized to generate a stable separation distance between the nanoparticles. In the Rayleigh limit, the equilibrium distance is uniquely determined by the real part of the particle polarizability and the wavelength of the incident light. The results suggest that near-field optical forces can be used to manipulate and organize plasmonic nanoparticles with a tunable spatial resolution in the nanometer regime.}, author = {Xu, Zhiqiang and Carrion, Lionel and Maciejko, Roman }, citeulike-article-id = {1841197}, journal = {Optics Express}, keywords = {coherence, doppler, oct, optical, tomography, wigner}, number = {22}, pages = {14738--14749}, posted-at = {2007-10-30 15:29:18}, priority = {5}, title = {An assessment of the Wigner distribution method in Doppler OCT}, url = {http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?id=144526}, volume = {15}, year = {2007} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:1841197 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1841197 TI - An assessment of the Wigner distribution method in Doppler OCT JF - Optics Express VL - 15 IS - 22 SP - 14738 EP - 14749 N2 - We theoretically analyze the optical forces between two nearby silver nanoparticles for the case when the wavelength of the incoming light is close to the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR). It is shown that the optical force between the nanoparticles is enhanced by the LSPR and that it changes from attractive to repulsive for wavelengths slightly shorter than the resonance when the polarization of the incident light is parallel to the axis of the dimer. This behavior can be utilized to generate a stable separation distance between the nanoparticles. In the Rayleigh limit, the equilibrium distance is uniquely determined by the real part of the particle polarizability and the wavelength of the incident light. The results suggest that near-field optical forces can be used to manipulate and organize plasmonic nanoparticles with a tunable spatial resolution in the nanometer regime. KW - coherence KW - doppler KW - oct KW - optical KW - tomography KW - wigner AU - Xu, Zhiqiang AU - Carrion, Lionel AU - Maciejko, Roman PY - 2007/// UR - http://www.opticsexpress.org/abstract.cfm?id=144526 ER -