• DocumentCode
    689326
  • Title

    Optomechanical torsional sensing in photonic crystal split-beam nanocavities

  • Author

    Wu, Min ; Hryciw, Aaron C. ; Freeman, Mark R. ; Davis, John P. ; Barclay, Paul E.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Quantum Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Photonic crystal split-beam nanocavities are proposed and fabricated for optomechanical detection of torsional motion. Large optomechanical transduction around 20 GHz/nm allows for predicted torsional sensitivities down to 10-20 N·m√Hz.
  • Keywords
    nanofabrication; nanophotonics; nanosensors; optical fabrication; optical sensors; photonic crystals; optomechanical torsional motion detection; optomechanical torsional motion sensing; optomechanical transduction; photonic crystal split-beam nanocavity fabrication; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Optical device fabrication; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Photonic crystals; Sensitivity;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833709