Title :
Optical bonding and antibonding forces in asymmetric geometries for Casimir force detection
Author :
Woolf, David ; Hui, Pui-Chuen ; Iwase, Eiji ; Rodriguez, Alexajandro ; McCauley, Alexander ; Lovchinsky, Igor ; Kahn, Mughees ; Johnson, Steven ; Loncar, Marko ; Capasso, Federico
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
The optical bonding (attractive) and antibonding (repulsive) forces between a suspended, holey Silicon membrane and a Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) substrate are shown to offer a sensitive new method for plane-plane geometry Casimir force detection.
Keywords :
Casimir effect; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; nanophotonics; silicon; Si; asymmetric geometries; attractive forces; optical antibonding forces; optical bonding; plane-plane geometry Casimir force detection; repulsive forces; silicon-on-insulator substrate; suspended holey silicon membrane; Bonding; Force; Optical device fabrication; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
