DocumentCode
547083
Title
Optical bonding and antibonding forces in asymmetric geometries for Casimir force detection
Author
Woolf, David ; Hui, Pui-Chuen ; Iwase, Eiji ; Rodriguez, Alexajandro ; McCauley, Alexander ; Lovchinsky, Igor ; Kahn, Mughees ; Johnson, Steven ; Loncar, Marko ; Capasso, Federico
Author_Institution
Sch. of Eng. & Appl. Sci., Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
1-6 May 2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
2
Abstract
The optical bonding (attractive) and antibonding (repulsive) forces between a suspended, holey Silicon membrane and a Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) substrate are shown to offer a sensitive new method for plane-plane geometry Casimir force detection.
Keywords
Casimir effect; elemental semiconductors; integrated optics; nanophotonics; silicon; Si; asymmetric geometries; attractive forces; optical antibonding forces; optical bonding; plane-plane geometry Casimir force detection; repulsive forces; silicon-on-insulator substrate; suspended holey silicon membrane; Bonding; Force; Optical device fabrication; Optical interferometry; Optical sensors; Optical surface waves; Optical waveguides;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-1223-4
Type
conf
Filename
5951639
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