• DocumentCode
    2178125
  • Title

    The new high-Q physics: photonic clocks and back-action cooling on a chip

  • Author

    Vahala, Kerry

  • Author_Institution
    California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena
  • fYear
    2007
  • fDate
    17-22 June 2007
  • Firstpage
    8
  • Lastpage
    9
  • Abstract
    Recent demonstrations in cantilevers and microtoroids of radiation-pressure-cooling from room temperature to 10degK will be reviewed. These techniques can potentially achieve ground-state cooling of a macro-scale oscillator.
  • Keywords
    atomic clocks; laser cooling; micro-optics; quantum optics; radiation pressure; back-action cooling; cantilevers; ground-state cooling; microtoroids; photonic clocks; radiation pressure; Biomedical optical imaging; Clocks; Cooling; Geometrical optics; Microcavities; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Physics; Quantum mechanics; Silicon compounds;
  • 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.2007.4387075
  • Filename
    4387075