Cavity Optomechanics
- Author(s)
- Markus Aspelmeyer, Tobias J. Kippenberg, Florian Marquardt
- Abstract
The field of cavity optomechanics is reviewed. This field explores the interaction between electromagnetic radiation and nanomechanical or micromechanical motion. This review covers the basics of optical cavities and mechanical resonators, their mutual optomechanical interaction mediated by the radiation-pressure force, the large variety of experimental systems which exhibit this interaction, optical measurements of mechanical motion, dynamical backaction amplification and cooling, nonlinear dynamics, multimode optomechanics, and proposals for future cavity-quantum-optomechanics experiments. In addition, the perspectives for fundamental quantum physics and for possible applications of optomechanical devices are described.
- Organisation(s)
- Quantum Optics, Quantum Nanophysics and Quantum Information
- External organisation(s)
- École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), Max-Planck-Institut für die Physik des Lichts
- Journal
- Reviews of Modern Physics
- Volume
- 86
- Pages
- 1391-1452
- No. of pages
- 62
- ISSN
- 0034-6861
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.86.1391
- Publication date
- 12-2014
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103025 Quantum mechanics, 103026 Quantum optics
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Physics and Astronomy
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/c285a4ee-a592-453e-b579-c141c22c14ee