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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Autores: Navarro-Urrios, D., Gomis-Bresco, Jordi, Alzina, F., Capuj, N. E., García, P. D., Colombano, M. F., Chavez-Angel, E., Sotomayor-Torres, C. M.
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/101978
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/101978
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:Optomechanics
optomechanical cavities
Optomecànica
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Física
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Resumo: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.