Controlling photonic structures using optical forces
Optics
2009-12-04 v2
Abstract
The downscaling of optical systems to the micro and nano-scale results in very compliant systems with nanogram-scale masses, which renders them susceptible to optical forces. Here we show a specially designed resonant structure for enabling efficient static control of the optical response with relatively weak repulsive and attractive optical forces. Using attractive gradient optical forces we demonstrate a static mechanical deformation of up to 20 nanometers in the resonator structure. This deformation is enough to shift the optical resonances by roughly 80 optical linewidths.
Cite
@article{arxiv.0904.0794,
title = {Controlling photonic structures using optical forces},
author = {Gustavo S. Wiederhecker and Long Chen and Alexander Gondarenko and Michal Lipson},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0904.0794},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Body: 7 pages, 3 figures; Appendix: 14, 5 figures