Applying Maxwell’s Stress Tensor to Modeling Optical Traps

Presenter and Advisor Information

Philip D. Andrango, Illinois Wesleyan UniversityFollow

Submission Type

Synchronous Poster

Area of Study or Work

Physics

Faculty Advisor

Gabriel Spalding

Expected Graduation Date

2021

Start Date

4-11-2021 2:00 PM

End Date

4-11-2021 3:00 PM

Abstract

Optical traps are useful for micro- and nano-scale manipulation of a wide range of objects. Our modeling of the forces on an object within an optical trap aims to implement the Maxwell stress tensor formalism, via numerical computational methods. There are a number of choices to be made in implementing such an approach. We plan to highlight choices that are well suited to assessing the degree to which the electromagnetic forces are conservative, for a given experimental situation, which can prove useful for assessing thermodynamic tests.

This document is currently not available here.

Share

COinS
 
Apr 11th, 2:00 PM Apr 11th, 3:00 PM

Applying Maxwell’s Stress Tensor to Modeling Optical Traps

Optical traps are useful for micro- and nano-scale manipulation of a wide range of objects. Our modeling of the forces on an object within an optical trap aims to implement the Maxwell stress tensor formalism, via numerical computational methods. There are a number of choices to be made in implementing such an approach. We plan to highlight choices that are well suited to assessing the degree to which the electromagnetic forces are conservative, for a given experimental situation, which can prove useful for assessing thermodynamic tests.