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Optically mediated particle clearing using Airy wavepackets
Jörg Baumgartl, Michael Mazilu & Kishan Dholakia
Published online: 28 September 2008; | doi:10.1038/nphoton.2008.201
Scientists exploit the use of Airy beams — an unusual class of optical waves — in optical manipulation. The beam can be used to transport particles along curved paths without moving the light beam, a technique that seems poised for many microfluidic applications especially in the biological sciences.
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Organic plasmon-emitting diode
D.M. Koller, A. Hohenau, H. Ditlbacher, N. Galler, F. Reil, F.R. Aussenegg, A. Leitner, E.J.W. List & J.R. Krenn
Published online: 28 September 2008; | doi:10.1038/nphoton.2008.200
An organic LED that acts as an electrically driven source of surface plasmons is reported. The device generates a freely propagating beam of surface plasmons and has potential applications in integrated organic photonics and sensing.
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Coupling of quantum-dot light emission with a three-dimensional photonic-crystal nanocavity
Kanna Aoki, Denis Guimard, Masao Nishioka, Masahiro Nomura, Satoshi Iwamoto & Yasuhiko Arakawa
Published online: 05 October 2008; | doi:10.1038/nphoton.2008.202
Tiny optical cavities can influence spontaneous emission of light from atoms and their artificial equivalent, quantum dots. In the past, two-dimensional photonic crystals have been used to create such cavities for quantum dots, now a three-dimensional structure enables full confinement of light in all directions.
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Until print versions of AOP papers are published, they should be cited in the style "Author(s) Nature Photonics advance online publication, day month year (doi:10.1038/nphotonXXXXX)". Once the print version (identical to the AOP) is published, it should be cited as follows: "Author(s) Nature Photonics volume, page (year); advance online publication, (doi:10.1038/nphotonXXXXX)".
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