DocumentCode
2260583
Title
Thermo-optical effects on the transduction of mechanical motion of a microspherical pendulum
Author
Ward, Jonathan ; Wu, Yuqiang ; Chormaic, Síle Nic
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
We investigate the thermo-optical effects on the transduction of the mechanical motion of a micro spherical pendulum evanescently coupled to a tapered optical fiber. Pendulum motion of 1-2 nm is determined by forced gap and frequency modulation.
Keywords
frequency modulation; micro-optomechanical devices; optical fibre couplers; optical modulation; pendulums; thermo-optical effects; evanescent coupling; forced gap; frequency modulation; mechanical motion; microspherical pendulum; optical transduction; tapered optical fiber; thermo-optical effects; Fiber lasers; Laser noise; Optical distortion; Optical fibers; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5951479
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