• DocumentCode
    689324
  • Title

    Chip-scale cavity-optomechanical accelerometer

  • Author

    Blasius, Tim ; Krause, Anna ; Painter, Oskar J.

  • Author_Institution
    Labs. of Appl. Phys., California Inst. of Technol., Pasadena, CA, USA
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    9-14 June 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • Abstract
    We demonstrate an optomechanical accelerometer using a v-groove fiber coupled photonic-crystal nanocavity integrated with a high-Q nanotethered test mass. The nanocavity frequency can be tuned to that of an input laser by on-chip capacitive actuators.
  • Keywords
    accelerometers; fibre optic sensors; integrated optics; laser tuning; nanophotonics; optical fibre couplers; photonic crystals; chip-scale cavity-optomechanical accelerometer; high-Q nanotethered test mass; input laser; nanocavity frequency; on-chip capacitive actuators; v-groove fiber coupled photonic-crystal nanocavity; Acceleration; Accelerometers; Cavity resonators; Noise; Optical sensors; Optical waveguides; Tuning;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6833707