Fundamental Tests of Physics with Optically Trapped Microspheres (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013)

Fundamental Tests of Physics with Optically Trapped Microspheres details experiments on studying the Brownian motion of an optically trapped microsphere with ultrahigh resolution and the cooling of its motion towards the quantum ground state. Glass microspheres were trapped in water, air, and vacuum with optical tweezers; and a detection system that can monitor the position of a trapped microsphere with Angstrom spatial resolution and microsecond temporal resolution was developed to study the Brownian motion of a trapped microsphere in air over a wide range of pressures. The instantaneous velocity of a Brownian particle, in particular, was studied for the very first time, and the results provide direct verification of the Maxwell-Boltzmann velocity distribution and the energy equipartition theorem for a Brownian particle. For short time scales, the ballistic regime of Brownian motion is observed, in contrast to the usual diffusive regime. In vacuum, active feedback is used to cool the center-of-mass motion of an optically trapped microsphere from room temperature to a minimum temperature of about 1.5 mK. This is an important step toward studying the quantum behaviors of a macroscopic particle trapped in vacuum.

General

Imprint:	Springer-Verlag New York
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Springer Theses
Release date:	August 2016
First published:	2013
Authors:	Tongcang Li
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 8mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	125
Edition:	Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2013
ISBN-13:	978-1-4939-4671-6
Categories:	Books > Professional & Technical > Technology: general issues > Nanotechnology Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > States of matter > Low temperature physics Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Thermodynamics & statistical physics > Thermodynamics Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Thermodynamics & statistical physics > Statistical physics Books > Science & Mathematics > Physics > Quantum physics (quantum mechanics) > General
LSN:	1-4939-4671-4
Barcode:	9781493946716

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