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View SchemaStable, mode-matched, medium-finesse optical cavity incorporating a microcantilever mirror
| Authors | J. G. E. Harris, B. M. Zwickl, A. M. Jayich |
|---|---|
| Categories | |
| ArXiv ID | physics/0605141 |
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0605141 |
Abstract
A stable optical resonator has been built using a 30 micrometer-wide, metal-coated microcantilever as one mirror. The second mirror was a 12.7 mm-diameter concave dielectric mirror. By positioning the two mirrors 75 mm apart in a near-hemispherical configuration, a Fabry-Perot cavity with a finesse equal to 55 was achieved. The finesse was limited by the optical loss in the cantilever's metal coating; diffraction losses from the small mirror were negligible. The cavity achieved passive laser cooling of the cantilever's Brownian motion.
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