Optical cavity cooling of mechanical modes of a semiconductor nanomembrane

Nature Physics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 168-172

  Usami, K ^a   Naesby, A ^a   Bagci, T ^a   Melholt Nielsen, B ^a   Liu, J ^a,b   Stobbe, S ^a   Lodahl, P ^a   Polzik, E S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

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EID: 84862777188     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys2196     Document Type: Article

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