%0 Journal Article %1 chen2016electromechanically %A Chen, Kai %A Razinskas, Gary %A Feichtner, Thorsten %A Grossmann, Swen %A Christiansen, Silke %A Hecht, Bert %D 2016 %J Nano Lett. %K antenna experiment field-enhancement nano-optics plasmon %N 4 %P 2680-2685 %R 10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00323 %T Electromechanically Tunable Suspended Optical Nanoantenna %V 16 %X Coupling mechanical degrees of freedom with plasmonic resonances has potential applications in optomechanics, sensing, and active plasmonics. Here we demonstrate a suspended two-wire plasmonic nanoantenna acting like a nanoelectrometer. The antenna wires are supported and electrically connected via thin leads without disturbing the antenna resonance. As a voltage is applied, equal charges are induced on both antenna wires. The resulting equilibrium between the repulsive Coulomb force and the restoring elastic bending force enables us to precisely control the gap size. As a result the resonance wavelength and the field enhancement of the suspended optical nanoantenna can be reversibly tuned. Our experiments highlight the potential to realize large bandwidth optical nanoelectromechanical systems.

@article{chen2016electromechanically, abstract = {Coupling mechanical degrees of freedom with plasmonic resonances has potential applications in optomechanics, sensing, and active plasmonics. Here we demonstrate a suspended two-wire plasmonic nanoantenna acting like a nanoelectrometer. The antenna wires are supported and electrically connected via thin leads without disturbing the antenna resonance. As a voltage is applied, equal charges are induced on both antenna wires. The resulting equilibrium between the repulsive Coulomb force and the restoring elastic bending force enables us to precisely control the gap size. As a result the resonance wavelength and the field enhancement of the suspended optical nanoantenna can be reversibly tuned. Our experiments highlight the potential to realize large bandwidth optical nanoelectromechanical systems.}, added-at = {2020-02-24T10:43:04.000+0100}, author = {Chen, Kai and Razinskas, Gary and Feichtner, Thorsten and Grossmann, Swen and Christiansen, Silke and Hecht, Bert}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2136d079b23d85d0487c551952bf198c5/ep5optics}, day = 13, doi = {10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00323}, file = {ACS Full Text Snapshot:C\:\\Users\\scherzad\\Zotero\\storage\\YPGVX8SP\\acs.nanolett.html:text/html;Chen et al. - 2016 - Electromechanically Tunable Suspended Optical Nano.pdf:C\:\\Users\\scherzad\\Zotero\\storage\\KEZB8JGL\\Chen et al. - 2016 - Electromechanically Tunable Suspended Optical Nano.pdf:application/pdf}, interhash = {dce0cb291deae5c642c753fdea2150e1}, intrahash = {136d079b23d85d0487c551952bf198c5}, issn = {1530-6984}, journal = {Nano Lett.}, keywords = {antenna experiment field-enhancement nano-optics plasmon}, month = {04}, number = 4, pages = {2680-2685}, timestamp = {2020-02-24T10:43:04.000+0100}, title = {Electromechanically Tunable Suspended Optical Nanoantenna}, urldate = {2020-02-24}, volume = 16, year = 2016 }