@inproceedings{8dabc54a7fad4b86bebd89b44469c65e,
title = "All-optical manipulation of photonic membranes",
abstract = "Photonic membranes (PMs) are thin, highly-flexible, membranes which can be imbued with specific photonic functionalities when used to play host to plasmonic features.1-3 PMs can then take that photonic functionality and transfer it to an external object, provided that they can be manipulated with enough precision. We demonstrate a fabrication and optical manipulation protocol that allows PMs to be manoeuvred through a microfluidic environment, and show that the trap stiffness of such a scheme is on par with current techniques. The PMs shown here are 90 nm thick, with the potential to be extremely flexible. We comment on their current deformability.",
keywords = "Optical tweezers, Optomechanics, Photonic membranes",
author = "Kirkpatrick, {Blair C.} and Martin Ploschner and Tomas {\v C}i{\v z}m{\'a}r and {Di Falco}, Andrea",
year = "2016",
doi = "10.1117/12.2238822",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781510602359",
series = "Proceedings of SPIE",
publisher = "SPIE",
pages = "1--6",
editor = "Kishan Dholakia and Spalding, {Gabriel C.}",
booktitle = "Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XIII",
address = "United States",
note = "Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XIII ; Conference date: 28-08-2016 Through 01-09-2016",
}