Title :
High quality optical cavity with a tiny mirror on an AFM cantilever
Author :
Kleckner, Dustin ; Bouwmeester, Dirk
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a high quality optical cavity with a 30 micron mirror on a micromechanical resonator. An optical finesse of 2100 is measured via cavity ring-down. High mechanical quality of the resonator is also observed.
Keywords :
atomic force microscopy; laser cavity resonators; laser mirrors; micromechanical resonators; micromirrors; AFM cantilever; cavity ring down; high quality optical cavity; micromechanical resonator; tiny mirror; Mirrors; (220.4880) Optomechanics; (270.0270) Quantum optics;
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
DOI :
10.1109/CLEO.2006.4629182
