Relaxing constraints on data acquisition and position detection for trap stiffness calibration in optical tweezers

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2004.02795v1
• Date: Mon, 6 Apr 2020 16:36:27 GMT
• Title: Relaxing constraints on data acquisition and position detection for trap stiffness calibration in optical tweezers
• Authors: Bruno Melo, Felipe Almeida, Guilherme Tempor\~ao, Thiago Guerreiro
• Abstract summary: In this work, we propose and experimentally test simplifications to such measurement procedure. We also present a knife-edge detection scheme that can substitute standard position-sensitive detectors.
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• Abstract: Optical tweezers find applications in various fields, ranging from biology to physics. One of the fundamental steps necessary to perform quantitative measurements using trapped particles is the calibration of the tweezer's spring constant. This can be done through power spectral density analysis, from forward scattering detection of the particle's position. In this work, we propose and experimentally test simplifications to such measurement procedure, aimed at reducing post-processing of recorded data and dealing with acquisition devices that have frequency-dependent electronic noise. In the same line of simplifying the tweezer setup, we also present a knife-edge detection scheme that can substitute standard position-sensitive detectors.

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