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Advanced Devices & Instrumentation
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2020
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Article
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Tab 1
Review Article
Optical Forces in Silicon Nanophotonics and Optomechanical Systems: Science and Applications
Table 1
Summary of the optical forces in silicon nanophotonics and optomechanics.
Mechanism
Material
Optical force/stiffness
Trapping quantity (>50)
Ref
Light particle
Waveguide
Polystyrene, 200 nm
~55 pN/W
Yes
[
39
]
Slot waveguide
DNA and polystyrene, 100 nm
~25 pN/W
No
[
20
]
Ring resonator
Polystyrene, 1.1
μ
m
~0.15 nN/W
No
[
18
]
Photonic crystal (defect mode)
Polystyrene, 100 nm
~700 pN/W
Yes
[
40
]
Photonic crystal (guided mode)
Polystyrene, 520 nm
~ 5 nN/W
Yes
[
41
]
Silicon substrate (lateral force)
Gold, 40 nm
~ 0.4 pN/(mW
μ
m
-2
)
—
[
24
]
Light nanostructure
Nanowaveguide and substrate
Silicon, 500 nm (width)
~ 0.5 pN/(
μ
m mW)
—
[
28
]
Ring resonator and substrate
Silicon, 450 nm (width)
~ 50 nN/(
μ
m mW)
—
[
42
]
Parallel ring resonators
Silicon nitride, 2.5
μ
m (width)
~ 20 nN/(
μ
m mW)
—
[
43
]
Dual nanowaveguide (Casimir force)
Silicon, 500 nm (width)
~ 1 pN/(
μ
m mW)
—
[
38
]