• DocumentCode
    1771365
  • Title

    Coherent regenerative optomechanical oscillation of a silica microsphere in an aqueous environment

  • Author

    Wenyan Yu ; Wei Jiang ; Qiang Lin ; Tao Lu

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We observed optomechanical oscillations at 384-kHz by immersing a silica microsphere in an aqueous environment. Despite of high dissipation, the device displays a laser threshold power of 0.98-mW and a mechanical Q of 1,648.
  • Keywords
    Q-factor; micro-optomechanical devices; silicon compounds; aqueous environment; coherent regenerative optomechanical oscillation; frequency 384 kHz; high dissipation; laser threshold power; mechanical Q; power 0.98 mW; silica microsphere; Cavity resonators; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Oscillators;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989396
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1771365