title: A chip-scale integrated cavity-electro-optomechanics platform.
abstract: We present an integrated optomechanical and electromechanical nanocavity, in which a common mechanical degree of freedom is coupled to an ultrahigh-Q photonic crystal defect cavity and an electrical circuit. The system allows for wide-range, fast electrical tuning of the optical nanocavity resonances, and for electrical control of optical radiation pressure back-action effects such as mechanical amplification (phonon lasing), cooling, and stiffening. These sort of integrated devices offer a new means to efficiently interconvert weak microwave and optical signals, and are expected to pave the way for a new class of micro-sensors utilizing optomechanical back-action for thermal noise reduction and low-noise optical read-out.
authors.affiliation: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Winger
authors.forename: T D
authors.initials: TD
authors.lastname: Blasius
authors.forename: T P
authors.initials: TP
authors.lastname: Mayer Alegre
authors.forename: A H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Safavi-Naeini
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Meenehan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cohen
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stobbe
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Painter
mesh_terms: D004867:Equipment Design; D019544:Equipment Failure Analysis; D055617:Micro-Electrical-Mechanical Systems / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055096:Optical Devices; D018511:Systems Integration; D014159:Transducers