Megahertz monocrystalline optomechanical resonators with minimal dissipation
- Author(s)
- Garrett D. Cole, Ignacio Wilson-Rae, Michael Vanner, Simon Gröblacher, Johannes Pohl, Martin Zorn, Markus Weyers, Achim Peters, Markus Aspelmeyer
- Abstract
We present detailed experimental and theoretical results for novel micro-optomechanical resonators, representing a significant improvement in the performance of such structures. These devices exhibit eigenfrequencies (f(r)) approaching 4 MHz, reflectivities exceeding 99.98% at 1064 nm, and mechanical quality factors (Q) of 0.8x10(5) (measured at 20 K and 2.5x10(-7) millibar pressure); yielding a Q.(fr) product of 3.1x10(11) Hz, while enabling a finesse of approximately 20,000 when used as an end mirror in an impedance-matched Fabry-Perot optical cavity. These results represent a breakthrough in the development of optomechanical devices applicable to the emerging field of quantum optomechanics.
- Organisation(s)
- Quantum Science
- External organisation(s)
- Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften (ÖAW), Technische Universität München, Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Pages
- 847-850
- No. of pages
- 4
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1109/MEMSYS.2010.5442339
- Publication date
- 2010
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103026 Quantum optics
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/9bb9d9ea-7db3-41c0-a85e-7e366af63fde