• DocumentCode
    1779342
  • Title

    Moving boundary and photoelastic contributions to optomechanical coupling in GaAs microcavities

  • Author

    Balram, Krishna C. ; Davanco, Marcelo ; Srinivasan, Kartik

  • Author_Institution
    Center for Nanoscale Sci. & Technol., Nat. Inst. of Stand. & Technol., Gaithersburg, MD, USA
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    12-16 Oct. 2014
  • Firstpage
    338
  • Lastpage
    339
  • Abstract
    We present simulations and measurements examining moving boundary and photoelastic contributions to the optomechanical coupling rate in GaAs microdisks, and discuss nanobeam optomechanical crystal geometries with the potential for enhanced coupling rates.
  • Keywords
    III-V semiconductors; gallium arsenide; micro-optics; microcavities; photoelasticity; GaAs; microcavities; microdisks; moving boundary contributions; nanobeam optomechanical crystal geometries; optomechanical coupling; photoelastic contributions; Couplings; Crystals; Gallium arsenide; Optical coupling; Optical device fabrication; Optical resonators; Optical waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Photonics Conference (IPC), 2014 IEEE
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/IPCon.2014.6995382
  • Filename
    6995382