• 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