Optical coupling to nanoscale optomechanical cavities for near quantum-limited motion transduction

Optics Express

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 11227-11236

  Cohen, Justin D ^a,b   Meenehan, Seán M ^a,b   Painter, Oskar ^a,b  

^a California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHONONS; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL FIBERS;

COLLECTION EFFICIENCY; DISPLACEMENT FLUCTUATIONS; HOMODYNE MEASUREMENTS; MEASUREMENT NOISE; MECHANICAL RESONANCE; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTOMECHANICAL CAVITIES; STANDARD QUANTUM LIMITS;

LENSES;

ARTICLE; EQUIPMENT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FIBER OPTICS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; MOTION; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSDUCER; DEVICE FAILURE ANALYSIS; DEVICES;

EQUIPMENT DESIGN; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC TECHNOLOGY; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MOTION; REFRACTOMETRY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; TRANSDUCERS;

EID: 84878567905     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.21.011227     Document Type: Article

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