Optomechanical trampoline resonators

Optics Express

Volumn 19, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 19708-19716

  Kleckner, Dustin ^a,b   Pepper, Brian ^a   Jeffrey, Evan ^c   Sonin, Petro ^c   Thon, Susanna M ^a,d   Bouwmeester, Dirk ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; QUANTUM THEORY; SILICON NITRIDE; SILICON OXIDES; TANTALUM OXIDES;

COUPLING EFFICIENCY; DIELECTRIC MIRRORS; FORCE DETECTION; LOW FREQUENCY; MECHANICAL QUALITY FACTORS; MICRO RESONATORS; OPTICAL COOLING; OPTOMECHANICAL; OPTOMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; QUANTUM DYNAMICS;

RESONATORS;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; INSTRUMENTATION; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; OPTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; OPTICS; PHOTON; REFRACTOMETRY; TRANSDUCER;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL DEVICES; OPTICS AND PHOTONICS; PHOTONS; REFRACTOMETRY; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 80053252440     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.19.019708     Document Type: Article

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