Title :
Fluid coupled optomechanical oscillators
Author_Institution :
Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate an optomechanical resonator operating in transparency window of water with optical Q beyond 1.5 million, which allows the detection of mechanical motion at 15am/rtHz resolution with attogram mass sensitivity in liquid environment.
Keywords :
optical resonators; attogram mass sensitivity; fluid coupled optomechanical oscillators; liquid environment; mechanical motion detection; optical Q; optomechanical resonator; transparency window; Liquids; Optical coupling; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Oscillators; Sensitivity;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA