Title :
Radiation Pressure Cooling of a Micromechanical Oscillator Using Dynamical Backaction
Author :
Schliesser, A. ; Nooshi, N. ; Haye, P. Del ; Vahala, K. ; Kippenberg, T.J.
Author_Institution :
Max-Planck-Inst. fur Quantenoptik, Garching
Abstract :
In this paper, the authors report on the first the experimental observation of this phenomenon using very high-finesse toroidal silica microresonators (Schliesser, 2006). These structures possess whispering gallery type optical modes (with photon lifetimes up to 500 ns) while simultaneously exhibiting micromechanical resonances in the radio-frequency domain. We study the interaction of the intracavity light with the ~60 MHz radial breathing mode of the cavity.
Keywords :
cooling; micromechanical resonators; radiation pressure; whispering gallery modes; dynamical backaction; intracavity light; micromechanical oscillator; micromechanical resonances; radiation pressure cooling; toroidal silica microresonators; whispering gallery optical modes; Cooling; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Micromechanical devices; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Temperature;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386699
