Abstract

A theoretical analysis is given for the optical forces induced by the Bloch mode propagating along a silicon subwavelength-grating (SWG) waveguide for the first time. As a periodical structure, an SWG waveguide supports periodical light field distribution along the waveguide. This makes it possible to trap many nano-particles stably periodically, which is very different from the case with a conventional optical waveguide. The separation of the trapped nano-particles can be designed easily by modifying the grating period of an SWG waveguide. Furthermore, an SWG waveguide has larger working distance in the lateral direction to trap nano-particles around the waveguide than a conventional optical waveguide.

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