Title : 
All optical control of optomechanical filters
         
        
            Author : 
Deotare, Parag B. ; Bulu, Irfan ; Frank, Ian W. ; Quan, Qimin ; Ilic, Rob ; Loncar, Marko
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
         
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
We demonstrate optical reconfiguration of coupled photonic crystal nanobeam cavities by using optical gradient force. The on-chip temperature sensing scheme along with pulsed operation allows us to estimate and control thermal and optomechanical effects.
         
        
            Keywords : 
nanophotonics; optical control; optical filters; photonic crystals; all optical control; on-chip temperature sensing scheme; optical gradient force; optomechanical effects; optomechanical filters; photonic crystal nanobeam cavities; thermal effects; Cavity resonators; Optical device fabrication; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical pumping; Optical sensors;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
San Jose, CA
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-1839-6