DocumentCode
1667745
Title
Synchronization of coupled optomechanical oscillators
Author
Zhang, Mian ; Wiederhecker, Gustavo S. ; Manipatruni, Sasikanth ; Barnard, Arthur ; McEuen, Paul L. ; Lipson, Michal
Author_Institution
Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY, USA
fYear
2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We demonstrate experimentally the synchronization of two micromechanical oscillators actuated by the optical radiation field. The mutual coupling is purely optical and fully tunable. Upon synchronization, the phase noise drops in agreement with the prediction.
Keywords
micro-optomechanical devices; microactuators; optical couplers; oscillators; phase noise; synchronisation; actuator; coupled optomechanical oscillators; micromechanical oscillators; mutual coupling; optical radiation field; phase noise; synchronization; Nonlinear optics; Optical coupling; Optical signal processing; Optical surface waves; Oscillators; Resonant frequency; Synchronization;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-1839-6
Type
conf
Filename
6326193
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