Collectively-enhanced optomechanical coupling in periodic arrays of scatterers
Abstract
We investigate the optomechanical properties of a periodic array of identical scatterers placed inside an optical cavity and extend the results of [A. Xuereb, C. Genes, and A. Dantan, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 223601 (2012)]. We show that operating at the points where the array is transmissive results in linear optomechanical coupling strengths between the cavity field and collective motional modes of the array that may be several orders of magnitude larger than is possible with an equivalent reflective ensemble. We describe and interpret these effects in detail and investigate the nature of the scaling laws of the coupling strengths for the different transmissive points in various regimes.
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@article{arxiv.1304.4574,
title = {Collectively-enhanced optomechanical coupling in periodic arrays of scatterers},
author = {André Xuereb and Claudiu Genes and Aurélien Dantan},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1304.4574},
year = {2013}
}
Comments
14 pages, 14 figures, comments welcome. This is an expanded version of arXiv:1202.6210 with added interpretation and analysis