Optically controlled stochastic jumps of individual gold nanorod rotary motors
Artikel i vetenskaplig tidskrift, 2018

Brownian microparticles diffusing in optical potential-energy landscapes constitute a generic test bed for nonequilibrium statistical thermodynamics and have been used to emulate a wide variety of physical systems, ranging from Josephson junctions to Carnot engines. Here we demonstrate that it is possible to scale down this approach to nanometric length scales by constructing a tilted washboard potential for the rotation of plasmonic gold nanorods. The potential depth and tilt can be precisely adjusted by modulating the light polarization. This allo`ws for a gradual transition from continuous rotation to discrete stochastic jumps, which are found to follow Kramers dynamics in excellent agreement with stochastic simulations. The results widen the possibilities for fundamental experiments in statistical physics and provide insights into how to construct light-driven nanomachines and multifunctional sensing elements.

Författare

Lei Shao

Chalmers, Fysik, Bionanofotonik

Daniel Andrén

Chalmers, Fysik, Bionanofotonik

Steven Jones

Chalmers, Fysik, Bionanofotonik

Peter Johansson

Chalmers, Fysik, Bionanofotonik

Mikael Käll

Chalmers, Fysik, Bionanofotonik

Physical Review B

2469-9950 (ISSN) 2469-9969 (eISSN)

Vol. 98 8 085404

Ämneskategorier

Beräkningsmatematik

Atom- och molekylfysik och optik

Annan fysik

DOI

10.1103/PhysRevB.98.085404

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