Cavity Optomechanics: Nano- and Micromechanical Resonators Interacting with Light

✍ Scribed by Markus Aspelmeyer, Tobias J. Kippenberg, Florian Marquardt (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 2014
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 358
• Series: Quantum Science and Technology
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

During the last few years cavity-optomechanics has emerged as a new field of research. This highly interdisciplinary field studies the interaction between micro and nano mechanical systems and light. Possible applications range from novel high-bandwidth mechanical sensing devices through the generation of squeezed optical or mechanical states to even tests of quantum theory itself. This is one of the first books in this relatively young field. It is aimed at scientists, engineers and students who want to obtain a concise introduction to the state of the art in the field of cavity optomechanics. It is valuable to researchers in nano science, quantum optics, quantum information, gravitational wave detection and other cutting edge fields. Possible applications include biological sensing, frequency comb applications, silicon photonics etc. The technical content will be accessible to those who have familiarity with basic undergraduate physics.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Introduction....Pages 1-4
Basic Theory of Cavity Optomechanics....Pages 5-23
Nonclassical States of Light and Mechanics....Pages 25-56
Suspended Mirrors: From Test Masses to Micromechanics....Pages 57-81
Mechanical Resonators in the Middle of an Optical Cavity....Pages 83-119
Cavity Optomechanics with Whispering-Gallery-Mode Microresonators....Pages 121-148
Gallium Arsenide Disks as Optomechanical Resonators....Pages 149-156
Brillouin Optomechanics....Pages 157-168
Integrated Optomechanical Circuits and Nonlinear Dynamics....Pages 169-194
Optomechanical Crystal Devices....Pages 195-231
Introduction to Microwave Cavity Optomechanics....Pages 233-252
Microwave-Frequency Mechanical Resonators Operated in the Quantum Limit....Pages 253-281
Cavity Optomechanics with Cold Atoms....Pages 283-325
Hybrid Mechanical Systems....Pages 327-351
Back Matter....Pages 353-357

✦ Subjects

Optics and Electrodynamics; Nanotechnology; Semiconductors; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering; Nanotechnology and Microengineering