Self-cooling of a micromirror by radiation pressure

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7115, 2006, Pages 67-70

  Gigan, S ^a,b   Bohm H R ^a,b   Paternostro, M ^b,f   Blaser, F ^b   Langer, G ^c   Hertzberg, J B ^d,e   Schwab, K C ^d,g   Bauerle D ^c,h   Aspelmeyer, M ^a,b   Zeilinger, A ^a,b  

^a INSTITUT FÜR EXPERIMENTALPHYSIK   (Austria)

^b ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^d LABORATORY FOR PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^f QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^g Department of Population Medicine and Diagnostic Sciences   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; MIRRORS; OSCILLATIONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RADIATION EFFECTS;

ENTROPY FLOW; MECHANICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL CAVITY; THERMAL VIBRATION;

RESONATORS;

COOLING; GRAVITY WAVE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; VIBRATION;

ARTICLE; COOLING; OSCILLATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION; REFLECTOMETRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE;

EID: 33750584661     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05273     Document Type: Article

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