Light-actuated Nonlinear Dynamics and Multi-mode Imaging
Left: Filmstrip [experimentally-measured] thermal diffraction patterns from light traveling through a plasmonic nanofluid. The sample is translated right, then left.
Below: Computed plasmon-induced Lorentz forces associated with the chiral hybrid modes of a 100x1000-nm nanowire. The net force may pull, spin, or even push the nanowire to the side.
During this time, Prof. Vuong was generously funded by an NSF CAREER and supported by the burgeoning Advanced Science Research Center Photonics Initiative.
Some of the group's primary contributions during this time relate to plasmonic Lorentz forces, light-induced thermal cycles strumming a meniscus, and light-induced magnetism in nanocolloidal materials.Â