• DocumentCode
    2886147
  • Title

    Oscillation linewidth and brownian noise in a radiation-pressure-driven opto-mechanical oscillator

  • Author

    Hossein-Zadeh, Mani ; Rokhsari, Hossein ; Vahala, Kerry J.

  • Author_Institution
    T.J. Watson Lab. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    21-26 May 2006
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    For the first time we have studied the linewidth of mechanical oscillations in a radiation-pressure-driven microtoroid opto-mechanical oscillator and we demonstrate that Brownian noise is the dominant noise mechanism in this oscillator.
  • Keywords
    Brownian motion; optical resonators; oscillations; Brownian noise; mechanical oscillations; opto mechanical oscillator; oscillation linewidth; radiation pressure driven; Frequency measurement; Mechanical variables measurement; Optical modulation; Optical noise; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Oscillators; Radio frequency; Resonance; Temperature; (230.1150) All-optical devices; (230.4910) Oscillators; (230.5750) Resonators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2006 and 2006 Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2006. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Long Beach, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-55752-813-1
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629126
  • Filename
    4629126