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    • Physics
    • Physical Chemistry
    • Nanotechnology

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    • Spatio-temporal potential manipulation is crucial across scientific and technological domains.
    • Controlling particle dynamics in optical tweezers requires advanced feedback systems.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce a novel optical feedback trap system for generating desired spatio-temporal virtual potentials.
    • To investigate nonequilibrium fluctuation dynamics of Brownian particles.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilizing high-precision position detection and ultrafast feedback control.
    • Employing optical tweezers to trap and manipulate a Brownian particle.
    • Generating time-varying virtual harmonic potentials.

    Main Results:

    • Successfully generated controllable spatio-temporal virtual potentials.
    • Studied particle dynamics in a time-varying harmonic potential.
    • Validated the Crooks fluctuation theorem under highly nonequilibrium conditions.

    Conclusions:

    • The developed optical feedback trap system offers precise control over particle potentials.
    • The system is effective for studying complex nonequilibrium dynamics.
    • Experimental validation of fluctuation theorems in nonequilibrium systems is achieved.