Self-sustained coherent phonon generation in optomechanical cavities

Optical forces can set tiny objects in states of mechanical self-sustained oscillation, spontaneously generating periodic signals by extracting power from steady sources. Miniaturized self-sustained coherent phonon sources are interesting for applications such as mass-force sensing, intra-chip metro...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores: Navarro Urios, D., Gomis Bresco, Jordi|||0000-0002-6066-7064, Alzina, F.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/102425
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/102425
https://dx.doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/18/9/094006
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Photons
phonon lasing
radiation pressure
optomechanical cavities
Fotons
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física::Física de partícules::Fotons
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Sumario:Optical forces can set tiny objects in states of mechanical self-sustained oscillation, spontaneously generating periodic signals by extracting power from steady sources. Miniaturized self-sustained coherent phonon sources are interesting for applications such as mass-force sensing, intra-chip metrology and intra-chip time-keeping among others. In this paper, we review several mechanisms and techniques that can drive a mechanical mode into the lasing regime by exploiting the radiation pressure force in optomechanical cavities, namely stimulated emission, dynamical back-action, forward stimulated Brillouin scattering and self-pulsing.