• DocumentCode
    520191
  • 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
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    16-21 May 2010
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • 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
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5499757
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=520191