• DocumentCode
    733660
  • Title

    Strong mechanical nonlinearity of optomechanically driven suspended photonic crystal membrane

  • Author

    Pui-Chuen Hui ; Rodriguez, Alejandro ; Woolf, David ; Iwase, Eiji ; Khan, Mughees ; Capasso, Federico ; Loncar, Marko

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
  • fYear
    2015
  • fDate
    10-15 May 2015
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrated the nonlinear mechanics of an optomechnaically driven silicon membrane suspended 100nm over a nearby substrate. The estimated optical force-induced Duffing nonlinearity is 1028Hz2/m2, significantly larger than that afforded by the nonlinear Casimir potential.
  • Keywords
    Casimir effect; membranes; nonlinear optics; photonic crystals; silicon; Casimir potential; Si; mechanical nonlinearity; nonlinear mechanics; optical force-induced Duffing nonlinearity; optomechanically driven suspended photonic crystal membrane; optomechnaically driven silicon membrane; substrate; Frequency modulation; Nonlinear optics; Optical bistability; Optical modulation; Optical pumping; Optical sensors; Resonant frequency;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2015 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    7184101
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=733660