Title :
Wavelength-sized optomechanical disk resonator embedded in a sunflower circular photonic crystal
Author :
Sun, Xiankai ; Zhang, Xufeng ; Tang, Hong X.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Yale Univ., New Haven, CT, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a micron-sized ultrahigh-Q (Qo=740,000) disk cavity by embedding it in a sunflower-type circular photonic crystal. The disk´s fundamental mechanical radial-contour mode is optically transduced at 2.19 GHz with a displacement sensitivity of 6.4 am/Hz1/2.
Keywords :
Q-factor; micro-optomechanical devices; optical resonators; optical sensors; photonic crystals; transducers; displacement sensitivity; frequency 2.19 GHz; radial-contour mode; sunflower circular photonic crystal; ultrahigh-Q disk cavity; wavelength-sized optomechanical disk resonator; Optical attenuators; Optical device fabrication; Optical imaging; Optical reflection; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Photonic crystals;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-1839-6
