The invention discloses an evanescent field driven miniature
light wave actuator and a method. The
actuator comprises a micro-
nanofiber, a
polymer fiber and a
light source, the
polymer fiber is in contact connection with one end of the micro-
nanofiber, and the
light source is arranged at the other end of the micro-
nanofiber; the micro-nano
optical fiber is a single-cone type micro-nano
optical fiber, the single-cone type micro-nano
optical fiber comprises a micro-nano optical
fiber cone area located in the middle, a micro-nano optical fiber
waist area located at one end and a micro-nano optical fiber
tail fiber located at the other end, the
polymer fiber is in contact connection with the outer surface of the micro-nano optical fiber
waist area, and the
light source is arranged near the
tail end of the micro-nano optical fiber
tail fiber. The principle of the method is that an evanescent field is generated around a micro-nano optical fiber
waist region during
light transmission, the temperature is raised under the action of a photo-thermal conversion material, and bending deformation of the
actuator is caused due to the fact that
thermal expansion coefficients of polymer fibers and the micro-nano optical fiber waist region are different. The method has the advantages of being high in
controllability, high in response speed and the like, and can be conveniently applied to the fields of
deep sea detection, miniature soft robots, in-vivo diagnosis and treatment and the like.