Title :
Opto-Mechanical Chaotic Behaviour of Micron-Scaled On-Chip Resonators
Author :
Carmon, Tal ; Cross, Michael C. ; Vahala, Kerry J.
Author_Institution :
Caltech, Pasadena, CA
Abstract :
Opto-mechanical vibration of an on-chip oscillator is experimentally excited by radiation-pressure nonlinearity to a regime where oscillation is chaotic. Period-doubling and broad power spectra are measured in spherical and toroidal-resonators
Keywords :
micro-optomechanical devices; micromechanical resonators; optical chaos; radiation pressure; vibrations; chaotic oscillation; micron scaled on-chip resonators; on-chip oscillator; opto-mechanical chaotic behaviour; opto-mechanical vibration; period-doubling; power spectra; radiation-pressure nonlinearity; spherical-resonators; toroidal-resonators; Chaos; Equations; Optical bistability; Optical coupling; Optical feedback; Optical pumping; Optical resonators; Optical surface waves; Oscillators; Vibrations;
Conference_Titel :
Optical MEMS and Their Applications Conference, 2006. IEEE/LEOS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Big Sky, MT
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9562-X
DOI :
10.1109/OMEMS.2006.1708262
