Title :
Cooling and amplifying micro-mechanical motion with light
Author_Institution :
California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
Summary form only given. In this paper, we review recent demonstrations of both mechanical amplification and cooling by radiation pressure forces in micron-scale toroidal resonators and also in silicon cantilever-based resonators. These devices contain high-Q optical modes in coexistence with high-Q mechanical modes.
Keywords :
cantilevers; elemental semiconductors; laser cooling; micro-optomechanical devices; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; optical resonators; radiation pressure; silicon; Si; cavity opto-mechanics field; cooling aspects; high-Q mechanical modes; high-Q optical modes; micromechanical motion amplification; micron-scale toroidal resonators; radiation pressure forces; silicon cantilever-based resonators; Atom optics; Cooling; History; Optical devices; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Physics; Silicon; Stimulated emission; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMs and Nanophotonics, 2008 IEEE/LEOS Internationall Conference on
Conference_Location :
Freiburg
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1917-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1918-0
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2008.4607818
