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Nonlinear radiation pressure dynamics in an optomechanical crystal

Krause, Alex G. and Hill, Jeff T. and Ludwig, Max and Safavi-Naeini, Amir H. and Chan, Jasper and Marquardt, Florian and Painter, Oskar (2015) Nonlinear radiation pressure dynamics in an optomechanical crystal. Physical Review Letters, 115 (23). Art. No. 233601. ISSN 0031-9007. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.233601. https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150824-090018657

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Abstract

Utilizing a silicon nanobeam optomechanical crystal, we investigate the attractor diagram arising from the radiation pressure interaction between a localized optical cavity at λ_c = 1542  nm and a mechanical resonance at ω_m/2π = 3.72  GHz. At a temperature of T_b ≈ 10  K, highly nonlinear driving of mechanical motion is observed via continuous wave optical pumping. Introduction of a time-dependent (modulated) optical pump is used to steer the system towards an otherwise inaccessible dynamically stable attractor in which mechanical self-oscillation occurs for an optical pump red detuned from the cavity resonance. An analytical model incorporating thermo-optic effects due to optical absorption heating is developed and found to accurately predict the measured device behavior.


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AuthorORCID
Safavi-Naeini, Amir H.0000-0001-6176-1274
Marquardt, Florian0000-0003-4566-1753
Painter, Oskar0000-0002-1581-9209
Additional Information:© 2015 American Physical Society. (Received 22 April 2015; published 2 December 2015) This work was supported by the DARPA ORCHID and MESO programs, the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, an NSF Physics Frontiers Center with support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, the AFOSR through the “Wiring Quantum Networks with Mechanical Transducers” MURI program, and the Kavli Nanoscience Institute at Caltech. F.M. acknowledges an ERC Starting Grant OPTOMECH, ITN cQOM.
Group:Kavli Nanoscience Institute, Institute for Quantum Information and Matter
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Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)UNSPECIFIED
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Gordon and Betty Moore FoundationUNSPECIFIED
Air Force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR)UNSPECIFIED
Kavli Nanoscience InstituteUNSPECIFIED
European Research Council (ERC)UNSPECIFIED
Issue or Number:23
Classification Code:PACS numbers: 42.50.Wk, 42.50.Pq
DOI:10.1103/PhysRevLett.115.233601
Record Number:CaltechAUTHORS:20150824-090018657
Persistent URL:https://resolver.caltech.edu/CaltechAUTHORS:20150824-090018657
Official Citation:Nonlinear Radiation Pressure Dynamics in an Optomechanical Crystal Alex G. Krause, Jeff T. Hill, Max Ludwig, Amir H. Safavi-Naeini, Jasper Chan, Florian Marquardt, and Oskar Painter Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 233601
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Deposited On:24 Aug 2015 16:21
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