Optical and mechanical design of a "zipper" photonic crystal optomechanical cavity

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 3802-3817

  Chan, Jasper ^a   Eichenfleld, Matt ^a   Camacho, Ryan ^a   Painter, Oskar ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COUPLINGS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTICAL DESIGN; Q FACTOR MEASUREMENT; SILICON NITRIDE;

COUPLING FACTOR; DOUBLY CLAMPED BEAM; MODE FREQUENCIES; OPTICAL AND MECHANICAL DESIGNS; OPTICAL ENERGY; OPTICAL LOCALIZATION; OPTOMECHANICAL CAVITIES; THIN FILM SILICON;

PHOTONIC CRYSTALS;

EID: 61649114748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.003802     Document Type: Article

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