TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-sustained coherent phonon generation in optomechanical cavities
AU - Navarro-Urrios, D.
AU - Gomis-Bresco, J.
AU - Alzina, F.
AU - Capuj, N. E.
AU - García, P. D.
AU - Colombano, M. F.
AU - Chavez-Angel, E.
AU - Sotomayor-Torres, C. M.
PY - 2016/9/1
Y1 - 2016/9/1
N2 - © 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd. 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.
AB - © 2016 IOP Publishing Ltd. 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.
KW - optomechanical cavities
KW - phonon lasing
KW - radiation pressure
UR - https://ddd.uab.cat/record/212928
U2 - https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/18/9/094006
DO - https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8978/18/9/094006
M3 - Article
VL - 18
JO - Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)
JF - Journal of Optics (United Kingdom)
SN - 2040-8978
IS - 9
M1 - 094006
ER -