Monolithic integration of a nanomechanical resonator to an optical microdisk cavity

Optics Express

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 4272-4279

  Basarir, Onur ^a,b   Bramhavar, Suraj ^a   Ekinci, Kamil L ^a  

^a Boston University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED CIRCUITS;

BEAM RESONATORS; IN-PLANE; INPUT POWER; INTENSITY MODULATIONS; MICRODISK CAVITIES; MONOLITHIC INTEGRATION; NANOMECHANICAL RESONATORS; OPTICAL FIELD; OUT-OF-PLANE; PLANAR SYMMETRY;

RESONATORS;

EID: 84857311369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.20.004272     Document Type: Article

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