Trapping of a microsphere pendulum resonator in an optical potential

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dc.contributor.authorWard, Jonathan M.
dc.contributor.authorWu, Yuqiang
dc.contributor.authorMinogin, Vladimir G.
dc.contributor.authorNic Chormaic, Síle
dc.contributor.funderIrish Research Council for Science Engineering and Technologyen
dc.contributor.funderScience Foundation Irelanden
dc.date.accessioned2011-06-14T11:33:16Z
dc.date.available2011-06-14T11:33:16Z
dc.date.copyright2009
dc.date.issued2009-05-19
dc.date.updated2010-10-12T10:02:11Z
dc.description.abstractWe propose a method to spatially confine or corral the movements of a micropendulum via the optical forces produced by two simultaneously excited optical modes of a photonic molecule comprising two microspherical cavities. We discuss how the cavity-enhanced optical force generated in the photonic molecule can create an optomechanical potential of about 10 eV deep and 30 pm wide, which can be used to trap the pendulum at any given equilibrium position by a simple choice of laser frequencies. This result presents opportunities for very precise all-optical self-alignment of microsystems.en
dc.description.sponsorshipIRCSET(Embark Initiative); Science Foundation Ireland(06/W.1/I866); Science Foundation Ireland(07/RFP/PHYF518)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationWARD, J. M., WU, Y., MINOGIN, V. G. & NIC CHORMAIC, S. 2009. Trapping of a microsphere pendulum resonator in an optical potential. Physical Review A, 79 (5), 053839.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevA.79.053839
dc.identifier.issn1050-2947
dc.identifier.issued5en
dc.identifier.journaltitlePhysical Review Aen
dc.identifier.startpage053839en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/331
dc.identifier.volume79en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Societyen
dc.relation.urihttp://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevA.79.053839
dc.rights© 2009 The American Physical Society. WARD, J. M., WU, Y., MINOGIN, V. G. & NIC CHORMAIC, S. Physical Review A, 79, 053839.en
dc.subjectRadiation pressure on atoms and moleculesen
dc.subjectLight mechanical effects on atoms and moleculesen
dc.subjectLight pressureen
dc.subjectMechanical effects of lighten
dc.subjectAmplifiers, laseren
dc.subjectArrays, laseren
dc.subjectCavity resonators, laseren
dc.subject.lcshLasers--Resonatorsen
dc.titleTrapping of a microsphere pendulum resonator in an optical potentialen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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