Title :
Generating phonon pairs with cavity optomechanics
Author :
Dong, Chunhua ; Fiore, Victor ; Kuzyk, Mark C. ; Wang, Hailin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate the generation of classically correlated phonon pairs, for which two mechanical modes in a silica microsphere are coupled to a common optical mode via optomechanical parametric amplification and state-transfer processes, respectively.
Keywords :
micro-optics; optical correlation; optical couplers; optical parametric amplifiers; phonons; silicon compounds; SiO2; cavity optomechanics; classically correlated phonon pair generation; common optical mode; mechanical modes; optical couple; optomechanical parametric amplification; silica microsphere; state-transfer process; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical pulses; Phonons; Probes;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
