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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2013 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
