title: Optomechanical coupling in photonic crystal supported nanomechanical waveguides.
abstract: We report improved optomechanical properties of a nano-mechanical beam resonator embedded in an optical race-track resonator. Precise control of the mechanical resonator is achieved by clamping the beam between two low-loss photonic crystal waveguide couplers. The low insertion loss and the rigid mechanical support provided by the couplers yield both good mechanical and optical Q-factors for improved signal quality.
authors: Department of Electrical Engineering, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511, USA.
authors: W H P
authors: WH
authors: Pernice
authors: Mo
authors: M
authors: Li
authors: Hong X
authors: HX
authors: Tang
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D055095:Optics and Photonics; D017785:Photons; D012825:Silicon; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
chemical_list: D012825:Silicon