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Anomalous dynamic behaviour of optically trapped high aspect ratio nanowires

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arxiv 1508.03072 v1 pith:TLOGQW5D submitted 2015-08-12 physics.optics

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keywords trappedanalysisaspectdynamicshighmotionnanowiresnon-conservative
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We investigate the dynamics of high aspect ratio nanowires trapped axially in a single gradient force optical tweezers. A power spectrum analysis of the Brownian dynamics reveals a broad spectral resonance of the order of a kHz with peak properties that are strongly dependent on the input trapping power. Modelling of the dynamical equations of motion of the trapped nanowire that incorporate non-conservative effects through asymmetric coupling between translational and rotational degrees of freedom provides excellent agreement with the experimental observations. An associated observation of persistent cyclical motion around the equilibrium trapping position using winding analysis provides further evidence for the influence of non-conservative forces.

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