• DocumentCode
    1662498
  • 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
  • fYear
    2012
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • 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
    6325986