Stochastic analysis of time series for the spatial positions of particles trapped in optical tweezers

Abstract We propose a nonlinear method for the analysis of the time series for the spatial position of a bead trapped in optical tweezers, which enables us to reconstruct its dynamical equation of motion. The main advantage of the method is that all the functions and parameters of the dynamics are d...

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Main Authors: S. M. Mousavi, S. N. Seyed Reihani, G. Anvari, M. Anvari, H. G. Alinezhad, M. Reza Rahimi Tabar
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Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2017-07-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04557-0
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description Abstract We propose a nonlinear method for the analysis of the time series for the spatial position of a bead trapped in optical tweezers, which enables us to reconstruct its dynamical equation of motion. The main advantage of the method is that all the functions and parameters of the dynamics are determined directly (non-parametrically) from the measured series. It also allows us to determine, for the first time to our knowledge, the spatial-dependence of the diffusion coefficient of a bead in an optical trap, and to demonstrate that it is not in general constant. This is in contrast with the main assumption of the popularly-used power spectrum calibration method. The proposed method is validated via synthetic time series for the bead position with spatially-varying diffusion coefficients. Our detailed analysis of the measured time series reveals that the power spectrum analysis overestimates considerably the force constant.
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spelling doaj.art-68503201c743461d993b476447a3a9892022-12-21T23:38:20ZengNature PortfolioScientific Reports2045-23222017-07-017111110.1038/s41598-017-04557-0Stochastic analysis of time series for the spatial positions of particles trapped in optical tweezersS. M. Mousavi0S. N. Seyed Reihani1G. Anvari2M. Anvari3H. G. Alinezhad4M. Reza Rahimi Tabar5Department of Physics, Sharif University of TechnologyDepartment of Physics, Sharif University of TechnologyDepartment of Bioengineering, Temple UniversityInstitute of Physics and ForWind, Carl von Ossietzky University of OldenburgDepartment of Physics, Sharif University of TechnologyDepartment of Physics, Sharif University of TechnologyAbstract We propose a nonlinear method for the analysis of the time series for the spatial position of a bead trapped in optical tweezers, which enables us to reconstruct its dynamical equation of motion. The main advantage of the method is that all the functions and parameters of the dynamics are determined directly (non-parametrically) from the measured series. It also allows us to determine, for the first time to our knowledge, the spatial-dependence of the diffusion coefficient of a bead in an optical trap, and to demonstrate that it is not in general constant. This is in contrast with the main assumption of the popularly-used power spectrum calibration method. The proposed method is validated via synthetic time series for the bead position with spatially-varying diffusion coefficients. Our detailed analysis of the measured time series reveals that the power spectrum analysis overestimates considerably the force constant.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04557-0
spellingShingle S. M. Mousavi
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H. G. Alinezhad
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Stochastic analysis of time series for the spatial positions of particles trapped in optical tweezers
Scientific Reports
title Stochastic analysis of time series for the spatial positions of particles trapped in optical tweezers
title_full Stochastic analysis of time series for the spatial positions of particles trapped in optical tweezers
title_fullStr Stochastic analysis of time series for the spatial positions of particles trapped in optical tweezers
title_full_unstemmed Stochastic analysis of time series for the spatial positions of particles trapped in optical tweezers
title_short Stochastic analysis of time series for the spatial positions of particles trapped in optical tweezers
title_sort stochastic analysis of time series for the spatial positions of particles trapped in optical tweezers
url https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-04557-0
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