Optical self cooling of a deformable Fabry-Perot cavity in the classical limit
Abstract
We investigated the optomechanical properties of a Fabry-Perot cavity with a mirror mounted on a spring. Such a structure allows the cavity length to change elastically under the effect of light-induced forces. This optomechanical coupling is exploited to control the amplitude of the mechanical fluctuation of the mirror, a situation referred to as optical self cooling or passive optical cooling. We present a model developed in the classical limit and discuss data obtained in the particular case in which photothermal forces are dominant.
- Publication:
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Physical Review B
- Pub Date:
- July 2008
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.035309
- arXiv:
- arXiv:0707.4153
- Bibcode:
- 2008PhRvB..78c5309M
- Keywords:
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- 05.40.Jc;
- 07.10.Cm;
- 42.65.Sf;
- 07.57.Kp;
- Brownian motion;
- Micromechanical devices and systems;
- Dynamics of nonlinear optical systems;
- optical instabilities optical chaos and complexity and optical spatio-temporal dynamics;
- Bolometers;
- infrared submillimeter wave microwave and radiowave receivers and detectors;
- Condensed Matter - Other Condensed Matter
- E-Print:
- 26 pages, 7 figures