Radiation-pressure cooling and optomechanical instability of a micromirror

Nature

Volumn 444, Issue 7115, 2006, Pages 71-74

  Arcizet, O ^a   Cohadon, P F ^a   Briant, T ^a   Pinard, M ^a   Heidmann, A ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE KASTLER BROSSEL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DAMPING; GROUND STATE; INTERFEROMETERS; MIRRORS; RADIATION EFFECTS;

LASER FREQUENCY; MICROMECHANICAL RESONATOR; NONLINEAR COUPLING; QUANTUM GROUND STATE;

OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS;

COOLING; GRAVITY WAVE; INSTABILITY; INTERFEROMETRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; COOLING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT;

EID: 33750602437     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature05244     Document Type: Article

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