Velu, Sabareesh K. P.Pinçe, ErçağCallegari, AgneseElahi, ParvizGigan, S.Volpe, GiovanniVolpe, G.2018-04-122018-04-122017http://hdl.handle.net/11693/37545Date of Conference: 2-5 April 2017Conference Name: OSA Biophotonics Congress: Optical Trapping Applications, 2017We show active Brownian particles (passive Brownian particles in a bacterial bath) switches between two long-term behaviors, i.e. gathering and dispersal of individuals, in response to the statistical properties of the underlying optical potential.EnglishOptical switchesActive Brownian particlesBrownian particlesLong-term behaviorOptical potentialStatistical propertiesBrownian movementConference Paper10.1364/OTA.2017.OtM2E.2