Stochastic switching in quadrupole-trap-based levitodynamic systems
Abstract
We have theoretically investigated the stochastic switching dynamics of a charged microparticle in a quadrupole trap near the principal parametric resonance at atmospheric pressure. We show that this behavior arises from a balance of thermal noise-activated escape and dissipative return between linear and nonlinear dynamical regimes of the particle motion. The switching follows an effective Gibbs distribution with an effective potential barrier between the regimes and effective system temperature, which are both experimentally accessible. Because the effective barrier depends on particle mass and charge, and since thermal noise reveals rather than obscures the transition, this exponential dependence could provide the foundation to precision noise-aware detection schemes. The system further offers a highly adjustable platform for studying activation dynamics in non-equilibrium parametric systems.
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BibTeX
@misc{rybin2026stochastic,
title = {{Stochastic switching in quadrupole-trap-based levitodynamic systems}},
author = {Vadim Rybin and Semyon Rudyi and Dmitrii Shcherbinin},
howpublished = {arXiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.48550/arxiv.2610.01387},
eprint = {2610.01387},
archivePrefix = {arXiv},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.01387},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Stochastic switching in quadrupole-trap-based levitodynamic systems
AU - Vadim Rybin
AU - Semyon Rudyi
AU - Dmitrii Shcherbinin
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/01
PB - arXiv
DO - 10.48550/arxiv.2610.01387
UR - https://arxiv.org/abs/2610.01387
AB - We have theoretically investigated the stochastic switching dynamics of a charged microparticle in a quadrupole trap near the principal parametric resonance at atmospheric pressure. We show that this behavior arises from a balance of thermal noise-activated escape and dissipative return between linear and nonlinear dynamical regimes of the particle motion. The switching follows an effective Gibbs distribution with an effective potential barrier between the regimes and effective system temperature, which are both experimentally accessible. Because the effective barrier depends on particle mass and charge, and since thermal noise reveals rather than obscures the transition, this exponential dependence could provide the foundation to precision noise-aware detection schemes. The system further offers a highly adjustable platform for studying activation dynamics in non-equilibrium parametric systems.
ER -