title: Optomechanical transductions in single and coupled wheel resonators.
abstract: In this report, the optomechanical transductions in both single and two side-coupled wheel resonators are investigated. In the single resonator, the optomechanical transduction sensitivity is determined by the optical and mechanical quality factors of the resonator. In the coupled resonators, the optomechanical transduction is related to the energy distribution in the two resonators, which is strongly dependent on the input detuning. Compared to a single resonator, the coupled resonators can still provide very sensitive optomechanical transduction even if the optical and mechanical quality factors of one resonator are degraded.
authors.affiliation: The Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Center for Optical Material Science and Engineering Technologies, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA. chuang@clemson.edu
authors.forename: Chenguang
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Jiahua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: Ruoyu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu