Radiation Pressure Cooling of a Micromechanical Oscillator Using Dynamical Backaction

Author

Schliesser, A. ; Nooshi, N. ; Haye, P. Del ; Vahala, K. ; Kippenberg, T.J.

Author_Institution

Max-Planck-Inst. fur Quantenoptik, Garching

fYear

2007

fDate

17-22 June 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this paper, the authors report on the first the experimental observation of this phenomenon using very high-finesse toroidal silica microresonators (Schliesser, 2006). These structures possess whispering gallery type optical modes (with photon lifetimes up to 500 ns) while simultaneously exhibiting micromechanical resonances in the radio-frequency domain. We study the interaction of the intracavity light with the ~60 MHz radial breathing mode of the cavity.

Keywords

cooling; micromechanical resonators; radiation pressure; whispering gallery modes; dynamical backaction; intracavity light; micromechanical oscillator; micromechanical resonances; radiation pressure cooling; toroidal silica microresonators; whispering gallery optical modes; Cooling; Laser excitation; Laser modes; Micromechanical devices; Optical pumping; Oscillators; Pump lasers; Resonance; Resonant frequency; Temperature;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2007 and the International Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEOE-IQEC 2007. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-0931-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-IQEC.2007.4386699

Filename

4386699