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View SchemaAnalysis of radiation-pressure induced mechanical oscillation of an optical microcavity
| Authors | T. J. Kippenberg, H. Rokhsari, T. Carmon, A. Scherer, K. J. Vahala |
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| ArXiv ID | physics/0506178 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0506178 |
| DOI | 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.033901 |
Abstract
The theoretical work of V.B. Braginsky predicted that radiation pressure can couple the mechanical, mirror-eigenmodes of a Fabry-Perot resonator to it's optical modes, leading to a parametric oscillation instability. This regime is characterized by regenerative mechanical oscillation of the mechanical mirror eigenmodes. We have recently observed the excitation of mechanical modes in an ultra-high-Q optical microcavity. Here, we present a detailed experimental analysis of this effect and demonstrate that radiation pressure is the excitation mechanism of the observed mechanical oscillations.
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