• Chen, K.; Razinskas, G.; Feichtner, T.; Grossmann, S.; Christiansen, S.; Hecht, B.: Electromechanically Tunable Suspended Optical Nano-antenna. Nano Letters 16 (2016), p. 2680-2685

10.1021/acs.nanolett.6b00323
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Abstract:
Coupling mechanical degrees of freedom with plasmonic resonances has potential applications in optomechanics, sensing, and active plasmonics. Here we demonstrate asuspended two-wire plasmonic nanoantenna acting like a nanoelectrometer. The antenna wires are supported andelectrically connected via thin leads without disturbing theantenna 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