Photonic MEMS vibrating at X-band rates (11 GHz)

Author

Tomes, Matthew ; Carmon, Tal

Author_Institution

Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA

fYear

2010

Firstpage

157

Lastpage

158

Abstract

We report on an opto-mechanical resonator with vibration excited by compressive radiation pressure via Stimulated Brillouin Scattering [SBS]. We experimentally excite an 11 GHz mechanical whispering gallery mode [WGM] from an optical WGM. The mechanical vibration is detected via the red Doppler shifted light it scatters. We numerically solve the stress-strain equation to calculate the circumferentially circulating mechanical WGM and reveal mechanical WGMs with a variety of transverse shapes. The rate of vibration can be high irrespective of the fabrication tolerances as the driving forces are applied on an optical wavelength scale.

Keywords

Doppler shift; micro-optomechanical devices; optical fabrication; optical resonators; radiation pressure; stimulated Brillouin scattering; stress-strain relations; vibrations; whispering gallery modes; X-band rates; compressive radiation pressure; fabrication tolerances; frequency 11 GHz; mechanical vibration; mechanical whispering gallery mode; optical wavelength scale; optomechanical resonator; photonic MEMS vibration; red Doppler shifted light; stimulated Brillouin scattering; stress-strain equation; transverse shapes; Nonlinear optics; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical scattering; Vibrations;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OPT MEMS), 2010 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sapporo

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-8926-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-8925-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OMEMS.2010.5672137

Filename

5672137