Publications (since January 2004) Reprints are provided within the context of fair use. Journal Articles:

C.-C. Tu, L. Y. Lin, "High efficiency photodetectors fabricated by electrostatic layer-by-layer self-assembly of CdTe quantum dots," accepted by Applied Physics Letters. B. K. Wilson, L. Y. Lin, "Variable wave plate via tunable form-birefringent structures," IEEE Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems, vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 1039-1046, August 2008. X. Miao, B. K. Wilson, S. H. Pun, L. Y. Lin, "Optical manipulation of micro/submicron sized particles and biomolecules through plasmonics," Optics Express, vol. 16, No. 18, pp. 13517-13525, August 2008. C.-J. Wang, B. A. Parviz, L. Y. Lin, "Two-dimensional array self-assembled quantum dot sub-diffraction waveguides with low loss and low crosstalk," Nanotechnology, vol. 19, pp. 295201, June 2008. X. Miao, B. Wilson, L. Y. Lin, "Localized surface plasmon assisted microfluidic mixing," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 92, No. 12, pp. 124108, March 2008. **The paper was also selected for publication in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, vol. 17, no. 15, April 2008. M. C. Hegg, L. Y. Lin, "Near-field photodetection with high spatial resolution by nanocrystal quantum dots," Optics Express, vol. 15, Iss. 25, pp. 17163-17170, December 2007. **The paper was also highlighted in Nature Photonics. L. Huang, M. C. Hegg, C.-J. Wang, L. Y. Lin, "Fabrication of a nanophotonic quantum dot waveguide and photodetector integrated device," Micro and Nano Letters, vol. 2, pp. 103, December 2007. X. Miao, L. Y. Lin, "Trapping and manipulation of biological particles through a plasmonic platform," IEEE J. of Select. Topics in Quantum Electronics, vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 1-8, November/December 2007. C.-J. Wang, L. Y. Lin, "Nanoscale waveguiding methods," Nanoscale Reseach Letters, vol. 2, no. 5, pp. 219-229, May 2007. (Invited review) L. Huang, C.-J. Wang, L. Y. Lin, "A comparison of crosstalk effects between colloidal quantum dot waveguides and conventional waveguides," Optics Letters, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 235-237, February 2007. **The paper was selected for publication in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, vol. 15, no. 4, 2007. X. Miao, L. Y. Lin, "Large dielectrophoresis force and torque induced by localized surface plasmon resonance of a cap-shaped Au nanoparticle array," Optics Letters, vol. 15, no. 3, pp. 295-297, January 2007. **The paper was selected for publication in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, vol. 15, no. 4, 2007, and in the Virtual Journal of Biomedical Optics, vol. 2, no. 3, 2007. C.-J. Wang, L. Huang, B. A. Parviz, L. Y. Lin, "Sub-diffraction photon guidance by quantum dot cascades," Nano Letters , vol. 6, no. 11, pp. 2549-2553, November 2006. **The paper was also highlighted in Nature Photonics. C.-J. Wang, L. Y. Lin, B. A. Parviz, "Modeling and simulation for a nano-photonic quantum dot waveguide fabricated by DNA-directed self-assembly," IEEE J. of Select. Topics in Quantum Electron., vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 500-509, March/April 2005.

Conference Papers:

X. Miao, B. Wilson, and L. Y. Lin, "Micro and nano manipulations through plasmonics," 2008 Micro Nano Breakthrough Conference., Vancouver, WA, Sep. 8-10, 2008. L. Y. Lin, X. Miao and B. Wilson, "Trapping and manipulation of biological particles using plasmonic tweezers," EMBS-LEOS Joint Symposium: Advanced Biophotonic Diagnostics and Therapeutics, part of the 30th Annual International Conference of th IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society (EMBS), Vancouver, Canada, Aug 20-24, 2008 (Invited paper). L. Y. Lin, X. Miao and B. Wilson, "Plasmonic tweezers for opto-fluidics," IEEE LEOS Summer Topical Meeting., Acapulco, Mexico, July 21-23, 2008 (Invited paper). X. Miao, B. Wilson, L. Y. Lin, "Long-Range Trapping and Rotation of Single Nanorods Using Plasmonic Tweezers," CLEO/QELS Conf., San Jose, May 4-9, 2008. B. Wilson, X. Miao, L. Y. Lin, "Micro-concentrator for vanadium nanorods by efficient light-induced convective flow," CLEO/QELS Conf., San Jose, May 4-9, 2008. L. Y. Lin, "Colloidal nanocrystals: From nanophotonic integrated circuits to Biophotonics," Wireless and Optical Communication Conf., Taichung, Taiwan, Apr. 23-24, 2008 (Invited paper). M. Hashemi, M. Hegg, B. A. Parviz, L. Y. Lin, "Sub-diffraction optical imaging by high-spatial-resolution photodetectors and Fourier signal processing," SPIE Photonics West: Symposium on Integrated Optoelectronic Devices, San Jose, CA, Jan. 19-24, 2008. 2007 L. Y. Lin, X. Miao, and C.-C. Cheng, "Enhanced optical manipulation through plasmonics," IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting, Special Symposium on Optical MEMS and NEMS., Orlando, FL, Oct. 21-25, 2007 (Invited paper). X. Miao, C.-C. Cheng, L. Y. Lin, "New Optical Manipulator Utilizing Scattering Field from Plasmonic Structure," Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Los Angleles, CA, Sept. 26-29, 2007. J. Peach, J. Rockway, V. Jandhyala, L. Y. Lin, "Dielectrophoretic-based field flow fractionation for continuous-flow separation in microchannels," Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting, Los Angleles, CA, Sept. 26-29, 2007. C.-J. Wang, L. Huang, B. A. Parviz, L. Y. Lin, "Nanophotonic Quantum Dot Waveguides with Low Loss," OSA Frontiers in Optics, San Jose, CA, Sept. 16-20, 2007. C.-J. Wang, B. A. Parviz, L. Y. Lin, "Nanophotonic Quantum Dot Waveguides with Reduced Loss," Micro Nano Breakthrough Conf., Portland, OR, Sept. 10-12, 2007. C.-J. Wang, L. Huang, B. A. Parviz, L. Y. Lin, "Nanophotonic Quantum Dot Waveguides," International Conf. on Molecular Photonics: Interaction of Light with Nanostructured Materials, Friday Harbor, WA, Aug. 28-31, 2007. M. C. Hegg, L. Y. Lin, "Nanocrystal Quantum Dot Photodetectors," International Conf. on Molecular Photonics: Interaction of Light with Nanostructured Materials, Friday Harbor, WA, Aug. 28-31, 2007. X. Miao, B. Wilson, L. Y. Lin, "Low Power Induced Microfluidic Mixing Through Localized Surface Plasmon," IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Conf., Lyon, France, Aug. 23-26, 2007. C.-J. Wang, L. Y. Lin, "Loss and Crosstalk of Quantum Dot Nanophotonic Waveguides," IEEE/LEOS International Optical MEMS & Nanophotonics Conf., Hualien, Taiwan, Aug. 12-16, 2007. M. C. Hegg, L. Y. Lin, "A Nano-scale Nanocrystal Photodetector with High Sensitivity," IEEE/LEOS International Optical MEMS & Nanophotonics Conf., Hualien, Taiwan, Aug. 12-16, 2007. L. Y. Lin, C.-J. Wang, M. Hegg, L. Huang, "Nanocrystal quantum dot waveguides and photodetectors," International Nano-Optoelectronic Workshop., Beijing and Lanzhou, China, July 29-Aug. 11, 2007 (Invited paper). L. Huang, M. C. Hegg, C.-J. Wang, L. Y. Lin, "Fabrication of a Nanophotonic Waveguide and Photodetector Integrated Device," OSA Topical Conf. on Nanophotonics, Hangzhou, China, June 18-21, 2007. M. C. Hegg, L. Y. Lin, "A Nanocrystal Quantum Dot Photodetector," NANO-DDS Conf., Crystal City, VA, June 18-21, 2007 (Best paper award). M. C. Hegg, L. Y. Lin, "Nano-scale Nanocrystal Quantum Dot Photodetectors," CLEO/QELS Conf., Baltimore, MD, May 6-11, 2007. X. Miao, L. Y. Lin, "Enhanced Optical Trapping through Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance of Au Nanoparticle Array," CLEO/QELS Conf., Baltimore, MD, May 6-11, 2007. 2006 X. Miao, L. Y. Lin, "New Opto-Plasmonic Tweezers for Manipulation and Rotation of Biological Cells - Design and Fabrication," IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society Conf., New York, NY, Aug. 30-Sept. 3, 2006. C.-J. Wang, B. A. Parviz, L. Y. Lin, "Fabrication and Testing of Nano-photonic Quantum Dot Waveguides," IEEE/LEOS International Conference on Optical MEMS, Big Sky, MT, Aug. 21-24, 2006. B. Wilson, L. Y. Lin, "Polarization Control via Tunable Nano-Structures in PDMS," IEEE/LEOS International Conference on Optical MEMS, Big Sky, MT, Aug. 21-24, 2006. C.-J. Wang, L. Y. Lin, B. A. Parviz, "Nanophotonic Waveguides by Self-assembly of Multiple-type Quantum Dots," CLEO/QELS Conf. Proc., Long Beach, CA, May 21-26, 2006. 2005 M. C. Hegg, C.-J. Wang, L. Y. Lin, Babak A. Parviz, "Nano-scale Quantum Dot Optical Transducers by Self-Assembly," IEEE LEOS 18th Annual Meeting Proc., pp. 107-108, Sydney, Australia, Oct. 23-27, 2005. C.-J. Wang, L. Y. Lin, B. A. Parviz, "100-nm Quantum Dot Waveguides by Two-layer Self-assembly," IEEE LEOS 18th Annual Meeting Proc., pp. 177-178, Sydney, Australia, Oct. 23-27, 2005. M. C. Hegg, M. P. Horning, L. Y. Lin, "Self-assembled quantum dot optical transistors," SPIE Optics East 2005, Boston, MA, Oct. 23-26, 2005. (Invited paper) X. Miao, H. Liao, L. Y. Lin, "Opto-Plasmonic Tweezers for Rotation and Manipulation for Micro/Nano Objects," IEEE/LEOS International Optical MEMS Conf. Proc., pp. 25-26, Oulu, Finland, Aug. 1-4, 2005. C.-J. Wang, L. Y. Lin, B. A. Parviz, "Modeling and fabrication of sub-diffraction nanophotonic waveguides constructed via DNA-directed self-assembled quantum dots," CLEO/QELS Conf. Proc., Baltimore, MD, May 22-27, 2005. C.-J. Wang, L. Y. Lin, B. A. Parviz, "Sub-diffraction light transmission with a self-assembled quantum dot waveguide," Foundations of Nanoscience Conf. Proc., pp. 14-18, Snowbird, UT, Apr. 24-28, 2005. C.-J. Wang, L. Y. Lin, J. C. Dong, B. A. Parviz, "Self-assembled waveguides by DNA hybridization,"Nanotech Insight Conf. Proc., pp. 75-76, Luxor, Egypt, Feb. 20-26, 2005. 2004 C.-J. Wang, L. Y. Lin, "Sub-diffraction limit nano-photonic waveguides by quantum dot array structure - modeling and simulation," Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 5593, Nanosensing: Materials and Devices, pp. 378-386, Philadelphia, PA, Oct. 25-28, 2004. (Invited paper) C.-J. Wang, L. Y. Lin, B. A. Parviz, "DNA-directed self-assembled waveguides for nano-photonics," IEEE/LEOS International Optical MEMS Conf. Proc., paper B5, pp. 24-25, Kagawa, Japan, Aug. 22-26, 2004.