Title :
Photonic crystal dumbbell cavity for low-power optomechanical actuation
Author :
Pernice, Wolfram ; Bagheri, Mahmood ; Li, Mo ; Fong, Kingyan ; Tang, Hong
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
Abstract :
Photonic crystal slot cavities are designed with Q up to 2×106. Strong field confinement allows for significant gradient optical force actuation. Measured devices show high extinction ratio and mechanical resonance at low optical driving power.
Keywords :
optical waveguides; photonic crystals; field confinement; gradient optical force actuation; low-power opto mechanical actuation; mechanical resonance; photonic crystal dumbbell cavity; photonic crystal slot cavities; Cavity resonators; Optical crosstalk; Optical device fabrication; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical variables measurement; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
