Title :
Optomechanical coupling in a two-dimensional photonic crystal defect cavity
Author :
Gavartin, E. ; Braive, R. ; Sagnes, I. ; Arcizet, O. ; Beveratos, A. ; Kippenberg, T.J. ; Robert-Philip, I.
Author_Institution :
Ecole Poly Tech. Federate de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland
Abstract :
We experimentally investigate the optomechanical properties of a conventional two-dimensional suspended photonic crystal defect cavity. Particularly, we measure localized mechanical modes in the GHz regime exhibiting high values of the optomechanical vacuum coupling rate exceeding 250 kHz.
Keywords :
optical couplers; photonic crystals; localized mechanical modes; optomechanical vacuum coupling rate; two-dimensional photonic crystal defect cavity; Cavity resonators; Couplings; Frequency measurement; Optical coupling; Optical imaging; Photonic crystals; Resonant frequency;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4