Brownian gyrator: an experimental realization

Soni, Jalpa; Argun, A.; Dabelow, L.; Bo, S.; Eichhorn, R.; Pesce, G.; Volpe, Giovanni

doi:10.1364/OTA.2017.OtM2E.1

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Author

Soni, Jalpa

Argun, A.

Dabelow, L.

Bo, S.

Eichhorn, R.

Pesce, G.

Volpe, Giovanni

Date

2017

Source Title

Proceedings of the OSA Biophotonics Congress: Optical Trapping Applications, 2017

Publisher

OSA

Language

English

Abstract

We present an experimental realization of a minimal heat engine in the form of a single Brownian particle, performing gyrating motion by systematic torque generation due to dissipation from two different heat baths in a simple optical tweezer set-up.