Cavity optomechanics and cooling nanomechanical oscillators using microresonator enhanced evanescent near-field coupling

Comptes Rendus Physique

Volumn 12, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 800-816

  Anetsberger, G ^a   Weig, E M ^b   Kotthaus, J P ^b   Kippenberg, T J ^a,c  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cavity optomechanics; Dynamical backaction; Microresonator; Nanomechanical oscillator; Precision measurement; Radiation pressure cooling and amplication

Indexed keywords

EID: 82955203754     PISSN: 16310705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crhy.2011.10.012     Document Type: Short Survey

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