DocumentCode
499967
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
fYear
2009
fDate
2-4 June 2009
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
Filename
5225345
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