title: Nonlinear Radiation Pressure Dynamics in an Optomechanical Crystal.
abstract: Utilizing a silicon nanobeam optomechanical crystal, we investigate the attractor diagram arising from the radiation pressure interaction between a localized optical cavity at λ_{c}=1542  nm and a mechanical resonance at ω_{m}/2π=3.72  GHz. At a temperature of T_{b}≈10  K, highly nonlinear driving of mechanical motion is observed via continuous wave optical pumping. Introduction of a time-dependent (modulated) optical pump is used to steer the system towards an otherwise inaccessible dynamically stable attractor in which mechanical self-oscillation occurs for an optical pump red detuned from the cavity resonance. An analytical model incorporating thermo-optic effects due to optical absorption heating is developed and found to accurately predict the measured device behavior.
authors.affiliation: Kavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson, Sr., Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.|Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
authors.forename: Alex G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Krause
authors.affiliation: Kavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson, Sr., Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.|Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.|Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Jeff T
authors.initials: JT
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.affiliation: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Max
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ludwig
authors.affiliation: Kavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson, Sr., Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.|Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.|Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, USA.
authors.forename: Amir H
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Safavi-Naeini
authors.affiliation: Kavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson, Sr., Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.|Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
authors.forename: Jasper
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.affiliation: Institute for Theoretical Physics, Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 91058 Erlangen, Germany.|Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Günther-Scharowsky-Straße 1/Bau 24, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Marquardt
authors.affiliation: Kavli Nanoscience Institute and Thomas J. Watson, Sr., Laboratory of Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.|Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125, USA.
authors.forename: Oskar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Painter