Title :
Effective temperature of optically-controlled active media
Author :
Constant, Colin ; Sukhov, Sergey ; Dogariu, Aristide
Author_Institution :
CREOL, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
The interaction between light and matter allows for selective excitation into nonequilibrium states. Using spatially and temporally-varying potentials in active colloidal systems we demonstrate control of diffusion and effective temperatures for particles at thermodynamic equilibrium.
Keywords :
colloids; diffusion; optical materials; photoexcitation; active colloidal systems; diffusion control; effective temperature; light and matter interaction; nonequilibrium states; optically-controlled active media; selective excitation; spatially potentials; temporally-varying potentials; thermodynamic equilibrium; Adaptive optics; Biomedical optical imaging; Decorrelation; Force; Media; Temperature; Thermodynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
