Parametric resonance of optically trapped aerosols
Leonardo, R. Di. and Ruocco, G. and Leach, J. and Padgett, M.J. and Wright, A. J. and Girkin, J.M. and Burnham, D.R. and McGloin, D. (2007) Parametric resonance of optically trapped aerosols. Physical Review Letters, 99 (1). 010601/1-010601/4. ISSN 1079-7114 (https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.010601)
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Abstract
The Brownian dynamics of an optically trapped water droplet are investigated across the transition from over- to underdamped oscillations. The spectrum of position fluctuations evolves from a Lorentzian shape typical of overdamped systems (beads in liquid solvents) to a damped harmonic oscillator spectrum showing a resonance peak. In this later underdamped regime, we excite parametric resonance by periodically modulating the trapping power at twice the resonant frequency. The power spectra of position fluctuations are in excellent agreement with the obtained analytical solutions of a parametrically modulated Langevin equation.
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Item type: Article ID code: 5350 Dates: DateEvent5 July 2007PublishedSubjects: Science > Physics > Optics. Light Department: Faculty of Science > Physics > Institute of Photonics Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator Date deposited: 23 Jul 2008 Last modified: 11 Nov 2024 08:52 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/5350