• DocumentCode
    3016541
  • Title

    Opto-Mechanical Modal Spectroscopy: Opto-Excited Vibrations of a Micron-Scale On-Chip Resonator

  • Author

    Carmon, Tal ; Vahala, Kerry J.

  • Author_Institution
    Caltech, Pasadena
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    6-11 May 2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Radiation pressure is used to excite vibrational modes of an optical micro-cavity at GHz rates. Many spectral lines associated with high-order vibrational modes are measured. Perturbation of the cavity geometry is observed to induce splitting of the spectral lines. copy 2007 Optical Society of America OCIS codes: (230.1040) Acousto-optical devices: (300.6330) Spectroscopy, inelastic scattering including Raman.
  • Keywords
    micro-optics; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; optical resonators; radiation pressure; spectroscopy; vibrations; cavity geometry perturbation; high-order vibrational modes; micron-scale on-chip resonator; optical micro-cavity; opto-excited vibrations; opto-mechanical modal spectroscopy; radiation pressure; spectral lines splitting; Frequency; Mechanical variables measurement; Optical bistability; Optical feedback; Optical noise; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Quantum mechanics; Spectroscopy; Vibrations;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007. CLEO 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-55752-834-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CLEO.2007.4453243
  • Filename
    4453243