Table 1 Trapped bead parameter and relative trap stiffness.

From: Polarization induced control of optical trap potentials in binary liquids

Solvent used

fx (Hz)

fy (Hz)

κasym = (1 − κxy)

D (nm2/μs)

η (mPa.s)

Water

163 ± 10

123 ± 3

−0.33

0.488

0.894

5%

145 ± 1

115 ± 1

−0.26

0.384

1.135

10%

132 ± 2

117 ± 2

−0.13

0.331

1.314

20%

101 ± 1

90 ± 1

−0.10

0.291

1.497

30%

98 ± 2

93 ± 2

−0.06

0.270

1.615

40%

111 ± 1

96 ± 1

−0.15

0.294

1.482

50%

94 ± 2

79 ± 1

−0.20

0.337

1.293

60%

113 ± 1

93 ± 1

−0.21

0.368

1.184

70%

121 ± 1

99 ± 1

−0.22

0.425

1.028

80%

159 λ± 3

129 ± 2

−0.23

0.500

0.872

90%

197 ± 2

152 ± 1

−0.30

0.557

0.783

MeOH

239 ± 14

166 ± 2

−0.44

0.726

0.600