We review the emerging field of optomechanics, where the radiation pressure of light circulating inside an optical cavity is employed to cool, manipulate and read out micro- and nanomechanical oscillators. These systems display a rich classical nonlinear dynamics and can be used for sensitive detection. Once they are successfully cooled into the quantum ground state, they promise fundamental tests of quantum mechanics in a new regime.
@article{arxiv.0905.0566,
title = {Optomechanics (a brief review)},
author = {Florian Marquardt and S. M. Girvin},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.0566},
year = {2009}
}
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6 pages, 3 figures, review, to appear in APS Physics