• DocumentCode
    1667869
  • Title

    Photonic crystal paddle nanocavities for optomechanical torsion sensing

  • Author

    Wu, Marcelo ; Hryciw, Aaron C. ; Khanaliloo, Behzad ; Freeman, Mark R. ; Davis, John P. ; Barclay, Paul E.

  • Author_Institution
    Inst. for Quantum Inf. Sci., Univ. of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Photonic crystal nanocavities with suspended central elements suitable for optomechanical detection of torsional forces are designed and fabricated. This “floating” low mass nanocavity may be mechanically coupled to nanomagnetic structures.
  • Keywords
    nanophotonics; optical design techniques; optical fabrication; photonic crystals; low mass nanocavity; nanomagnetic structures; optomechanical torsion sensing; photonic crystal paddle nanocavities; torsional forces optomechanical detection; Cavity resonators; Magnetometers; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Photonic crystals;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6326198