Effect of infrared irradiation on the suppression of the condensation growth of water droplets in a levitating droplet cluster

It has been found experimentally that the infrared irradiation of a droplet cluster levitating over the surface of water reduces the rate of the condensation growth of droplets until the stabilization of the size of droplets and even until possibly its decrease. The revealed effect is proportional to the power of a source of radiation. The appropriate choice of the infrared radiation flux makes it possible to prevent the collapse of the cluster and to significantly increase the duration of its stable levitation.