Micrograph of an on-chip optomechanical resonator with one of its calculated mechanical eigenmodes in the foreground. The mechanical mode and the optical mode are coupled via the centrifugal radiation pressure applied by the light circulating inside this photonic device.
From the article:
Modal Spectroscopy of Optoexcited Vibrations of a Micron-Scale On-Chip Resonator at Greater than 1 GHz FrequencyTal Carmon and Kerry J. Vahala
Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 123901 (2007)
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