Abstract
The ultrashort-range force, the van der Waals force (VWF), rises rapidly when one nanoscale waveguide (NW) is close to another one, and is stronger than the external transverse gradient force. We theoretically investigate the great influence of the VWF on the device performance in a typical NW optomechanical system consisting of a suspended silicon waveguide and a silica substrate including waveguide deformation stiction and failure mechanism. The device shows unique optically activated plastic and elastic behaviors and stiction due to the VWF. When the input optical power is above the critical power, the waveguide is sticking to the substrate and the deformation is plastic and unrecoverable, even though the total force is less than the yield strength of the waveguide material. This is important and helpful for the design and applications of optomechanical devices.
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