Title :
Optical micromechanical amplification and damping in a waveguide microcavity
Author :
Pruessner, Marcel W. ; Stievater, Todd H. ; Rabinovich, William S.
Author_Institution :
Naval Res. Lab. (NRL), Washington, DC, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate resonant amplification and damping in an integrated micromechanical resonator coupled to a waveguide Fabry-Perot microcavity. By varying the laser power and wavelength, the effective mechanical Q-factor (Q0 = 2.5 × 104) is varied from 9.8 × 103 to 4.9 × 105.
Keywords :
Fabry-Perot resonators; Q-factor; integrated optics; micro-optomechanical devices; microcavities; micromechanical resonators; optical waveguides; Fabry-Perot microcavity; integrated micromechanical resonator; mechanical Q-factor; optical micromechanical amplification; resonant damping; waveguide microcavity; Damping; Fabry-Perot; Microcavities; Micromechanical devices; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides; Power lasers; Resonance; Stimulated emission; Waveguide lasers;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO) and Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference (QELS), 2010 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-890-2
