Title :
Torsional cavity optomechanical nano-seesaw system
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
Abstract :
A novel torsional cavity optomechanical system consisting of a nano-seesaw with one photonic crystal cavity on each side has been demonstrated, which exhibits extremely high mechanical sensitivity and can potentially reveal new optomechanical phenomena.
Keywords :
nanophotonics; photonic crystals; mechanical sensitivity; photonic crystal cavity; torsional cavity optomechanical nanoseesaw system; Cavity resonators; Optical coupling; Optical imaging; Optical pumping; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides; Photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
