Radiation pressure driven vibrational modes in ultra-high-Q silica microspheres

Author

Ma, R. ; Dabirian, A. ; Del´Haye, P. ; Schliesser, A. ; Kippenberg, T.J.

Author_Institution

Max-Planck-Inst. of Quantum Opt., Garching

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

This work demonstrates silica microspheres that possess ultra-high-Q optical whispering gallery modes, and simultaneously exhibit mechanical modes in the radio frequency range that can be excited by radiation pressure force. In contrast to previous studies that deal with vibrational modes of nanospheres using Raman or Brillouin scattering from ensembles, this work reports the parametric oscillation instability in single microspheres in a large diameter range (35-110 mum).

Keywords

Q-factor; optical parametric oscillators; quantum optics; radiation pressure; silicon compounds; vibrational modes; whispering gallery modes; SiO₂; mechanical modes; optical whispering gallery modes; parametric oscillation instability; radiation pressure; silica microspheres; size 35 mum to 110 mum; ultrahigh-Q microspheres; vibrational modes; Frequency; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Optical pumping; Optical scattering; Optical surface waves; Resonance; Silicon compounds; Vibrations; Whispering gallery modes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386972

Filename

4386972