Title :
Sideband opto-mechanical cooling of a silica microresonator in a cryogenic environment
Author :
Wang, Hailin ; Park, Young-Shin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Oregon, Eugene, OR, USA
Abstract :
Sideband opto-mechanical cooling of vibrational modes in a silica microresonator is demonstrated in a cryogenic environment. Average phonon occupation numbers as low as 25 are obtained for mechanical modes with frequencies near 100 MHz.
Keywords :
laser cooling; micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; phonons; silicon compounds; cryogenic environment; phonon occupation numbers; sideband opto-mechanical cooling; silica microresonator; vibrational modes; Cooling; Cryogenics; Frequency; Microcavities; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Phonons; Resonance; Silicon compounds; Temperature; (140.3948) Microcavity devices; (270.5580) Quantum electrodynamics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009 and 2009 Conference on Quantum electronics and Laser Science Conference. CLEO/QELS 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-869-8
