Optomechanical photon shuttling between photonic cavities

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 913-919

  Li, Huan ^a   Li, Mo ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COOLING SYSTEMS; PHOTONS;

CAVITY OPTOMECHANICS; MECHANICAL MOTIONS; NON-LOCAL EFFECT; OSCILLATION CYCLES; PHOTONIC CAVITIES; PHOTONIC CRYSTAL NANOCAVITIES; RESONANCE FREQUENCIES; SELF-OSCILLATIONS;

PHOTONIC DEVICES;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; ELECTRON BEAM; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAGNETOMETRY; MECHANICAL TORSION; OPTICS; OPTOMECHANICAL PHOTON; OSCILLATION; PHONON; PHOTON; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TIME;

EID: 84909586468     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.200     Document Type: Article

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