Ultrahigh-Q mechanical oscillators through optical trapping

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Chang, D E ^a,b   Ni, K K ^a,c   Painter, O ^a,d   Kimble, H J ^a,c  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ICFO INSTITUT DE CIENCIES FOTONIQUES   (Spain)

^c CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOHERENCE RATES; MACROSCOPIC SCALE; MATERIAL PROPERTY; MECHANICAL FREQUENCY; MECHANICAL OSCILLATORS; MECHANICAL QUALITY FACTORS; MECHANICAL STRUCTURES; MICROMECHANICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL FORCE; OPTICALTRAPPING; QUANTUM BEHAVIORS; QUANTUM GROUND STATE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SINGLE MODE; ULTRAHIGH-Q;

PHYSICS; RESEARCH;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84860146233     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/4/045002     Document Type: Article

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