Nano-opto-electro-mechanical (NOEM) oscillator with controllable non-linear dynamics

Author

Dong, Binhong ; Huang, J.G. ; Cai, H. ; Kropelnicki, Piotr ; Randles, A.B. ; Gu, Yuan Dong ; Liu, A.Q.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2014

fDate

26-30 Jan. 2014

Firstpage

1261

Lastpage

1264

Abstract

In this paper, a nano-opto-electro-mechanical (NOEM) oscillator with controllable non-linear dynamics is demonstrated. An optical gradient force driven cantilever shows high non-linearity due to non-linear behavior of the optical force. The non-linear dynamics of the oscillator which utilizes opto-mechanical interaction is well studied and controlled by varying the optical signal, including the power and wavelength. The resonance frequency of the oscillator can be tuned by up to 50 KHz by changing the detuning condition of the opto-mechanical system. It has potential applications such as optical navigation sensors, actuators and optical switches.

Keywords

cantilevers; integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; nanoelectromechanical devices; nanophotonics; nonlinear optics; optical control; optical tuning; oscillators; NOEM; actuators; controllable nonlinear dynamics; detuning condition; nano-optoelectromechanical oscillator; optical gradient force driven cantilever; optical navigation sensors; optical signal variation; optical switches; optomechanical interaction; resonance frequency; Force; Nonlinear optics; Optical pumping; Optical ring resonators; Optical variables control; Optical waveguides; Oscillators;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2014 IEEE 27th International Conference on

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MEMSYS.2014.6765878

Filename

6765878