Demonstration of an ultracold micro-optomechanical oscillator in a cryogenic cavity

Nature Physics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 485-488

  Gröblacher, Simon ^a,b   Hertzberg, Jared B ^c,d   Vanner, Michael R ^a,b   Cole, Garrett D ^a,e   Gigan, Sylvain ^f   Schwab, K C ^c,g   Aspelmeyer, Markus ^a  

^a ERICH SCHMID INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Cornell University   (United States)

^d Bldg 142   (United States)

^e VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^f PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^g California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION COOLING; CRYOGENICS; LASER COOLING; RESONATORS;

COOLING PERFORMANCE; CRYOGENIC ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENT TEMPERATURE; MECHANICAL DEVICE; MECHANICAL RESONATORS; NANOMECHANICAL DEVICE; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RESIDUAL ABSORPTION;

OPTOMECHANICS;

EID: 67650970104     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys1301     Document Type: Article

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