Radiation-Pressure Effects upon a Micro-Mirror in a High-Finesse Optical Cavity

Author

Cohadon, P.-F. ; Arcizet, O. ; Molinelli, C. ; Briant, T. ; Pinard, M. ; Heidmann, A.

Author_Institution

Univ. Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

We have experimentally demonstrated for the first time a direct effect of intracavity radiation pressure upon the dynamics of the micro-resonator in a detuned high-finesse optical cavity: depending on the sign of the detuning, we have obtained both cooling and heating, with an effective temperature ranging from 10 to 2000 K. We have also observed a related radiation-pressure induced instability of the resonator.

Keywords

microcavities; micromechanical resonators; micromirrors; optical tuning; radiation pressure; stability; detuning signs; high-finesse optical cavity; intracavity radiation pressure effects; micromirror; microresonator dynamics; radiation-pressure effects; radiation-pressure induced instability; temperature 10 K to 2000 K; Cooling; Monitoring; Optical interferometry; Optical mixing; Optical noise; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Resonance; Temperature distribution; Temperature sensors;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386697

Filename

4386697