• DocumentCode
    3648704
  • Title

    Dynamics of a tethered silicon photonic crystal membrane due to optical gradient, photothermal and Casimir forces

  • Author

    Pui-Chuen Hui;David Woolf;Eiji Iwase;Irfan Bulu;Alejandro Rodriguez;Mughees Khan;Parag Deotare;Steven G. Johnson;Federico Capasso;Marko Lončar

  • Author_Institution
    School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA
  • fYear
    2012
  • fDate
    5/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We experimentally studied the effects of optical gradient and photothermal forces on the optomechanics of tethered silicon membranes. Novel engineering of support arms facilitates tunable optomechanical coupling and probing of Casimir interactions.
  • Keywords
    "Force","Optical surface waves","Silicon","Optical coupling","Biomembranes","Optical interferometry","Dynamics"
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2012 Conference on
  • ISSN
    2160-8989
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4673-1839-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6327162
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=3648704