• DocumentCode
    2264098
  • Title

    Photonic crystal dumbbell cavity for low-power optomechanical actuation

  • Author

    Pernice, Wolfram ; Bagheri, Mahmood ; Li, Mo ; Fong, Kingyan ; Tang, Hong

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. Eng., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
  • fYear
    2011
  • fDate
    1-6 May 2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    Photonic crystal slot cavities are designed with Q up to 2×106. Strong field confinement allows for significant gradient optical force actuation. Measured devices show high extinction ratio and mechanical resonance at low optical driving power.
  • Keywords
    optical waveguides; photonic crystals; field confinement; gradient optical force actuation; low-power opto mechanical actuation; mechanical resonance; photonic crystal dumbbell cavity; photonic crystal slot cavities; Cavity resonators; Optical crosstalk; Optical device fabrication; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Optical variables measurement; Optical waveguides;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Baltimore, MD
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-1223-4
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5951641