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We analyze the nonlinear dynamics of a high-finesse optical cavity in which one mirror is mounted on a flexible mechanical element. We find that this system is governed by an array of dynamical attractors, which arise from phase-locking…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-08-31 Florian Marquardt , J. G. E. Harris , S. M. Girvin

High-reflectivity fused silica mirrors are at the epicentre of current advanced gravitational wave detectors. In these detectors, the mirrors interact with high power laser beams. As a result of finite absorption in the high reflectivity…

We present the first exact simulation method for multidimensional reflected Brownian motion (RBM). Exact simulation in this setting is challenging because of the presence of correlated local-time-like terms in the definition of RBM. We…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-08-31 Jose Blanchet , Karthyek R. A. Murthy

The influence of the relativistic motion of the reference frame on the light reflection law is investigated. The method is based on applying the relativistic aberration affect for three light signals: incident, normal and reflected rays.…

General Physics · Physics 2008-12-02 V. M. Red'kov , Bernhard Rothenstein , George J. Spix

Levitated optomechanics, a rapidly expanding field that employs light to monitor and manipulate the mechanical motion of levitated objects, is increasingly relevant across physics, engineering, and other fields. This technique, which…

Optics · Physics 2024-07-18 Yuanbin Jin , Kunhong Shen , Peng Ju , Tongcang Li

Optical cavities provide high sensitivity to dispersion since their resonance frequencies depend on the index of refraction. We present a direct, broadband, and accurate measurement of the modes of a high finesse cavity using an optical…

Cavity optomechanical systems can be used for sensitive detection of mechanical motion and to control mechanical resonators, down to the quantum level. The strength with which optical and mechanical degrees of freedom interact is defined by…

Optics · Physics 2015-11-12 Rick Leijssen , Ewold Verhagen

We have developed a new technique for photothermal displacement spectroscopy that is potentially orders of magnitude more sensitive than conventional methods. We use a single Fabry-Perot resonator to enhance both the intensity of the pump…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-11-10 Eric D. Black , Ivan S. Grudinin , Shanti R. Rao , Kenneth G. Libbrecht

We describe the measurement of the secular motion of a levitated nanoparticle in a Paul trap with a CMOS camera. This simple method enables us to reach signal-to-noise ratios as good as 10$^{6}$ with a displacement sensitivity better than…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2019-10-10 N. P. Bullier , A. Pontin , P. F. Barker

Brownian thermal noise is a limiting factor for the sensitivity of many high precision metrology applications, among other gravitational-wave detectors. The origin of Brownian noise can be traced down to internal friction in the amorphous…

We perform a quantum theoretical calculation of the noise power spectrum for a phase measurement of the light output from a coherently driven optical cavity with a freely moving rear mirror. We examine how the noise resulting from the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-10-31 K. Jacobs , I. Tittonen , H. M. Wiseman , S. Schiller

This work presents the development of the production process of a Fabry Perot type laser resonator. It describes the acquired knowledge in the field of production of very precise optical standards, cavities, and lenses. In addition, it…

Instrumentation and Detectors · Physics 2022-02-16 Jiri Benes , Frantisek Prochaska , Zdenek Rail , David Tomka , Lenka Pradova , Ondrej Cip

We present an experimental study of the spectra produced by optical/radio-frequency double resonance in which resonant linearly polarized laser light is used in the optical pumping and detection processes. We show that the experimental…

Fractional Brownian motion, a stochastic process with long-time correlations between its increments, is a prototypical model for anomalous diffusion. We analyze fractional Brownian motion in the presence of a reflecting wall by means of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-02-21 Alexander H. O. Wada , Thomas Vojta

A new kind of mechanism of lasing is investigated experimentally. It is quite different from the traditional laser with cavity and the random laser with random scattering. In this mechanism, the intensity-dependent refractive index effect…

Optics · Physics 2013-06-28 Jinwei Shi , Shujing Chen , Wenjun Fan , Xiangyu Kong , Dahe Liu , Lily Zu

We consider birefringent (i.e., polarization changing) scattering of x-ray photons at the superposition of two optical laser beams of ultra-high intensity and study the resonant contributions of axions or axion-like particles, which could…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2023-10-18 Stefan Evans , Ralf Schützhold

Optomechanical coupling between a mechanical oscillator and light trapped in a cavity increases when the coupling takes place in a reduced volume. Here we demonstrate a GaAs semiconductor optomechanical disk system where both optical and…

We investigate the effects of the relativistic movement of an optical medium on the conditions of constructive and destructive interference, reflection and transmission pattern, and performance of spectroscopes. First, we consider the case…

Optics · Physics 2016-09-28 Supantho Rakshit

Using an optical probe along with single photon detection we have performed effective phonon counting measurements of the acoustic emission and absorption processes in a nanomechanical resonator. Applying these measurements in a Hanbury…

The excitation of microresonators using focused intensity modulated light, known as photothermal excitation, is gaining significant attention due to its capacity to accurately excite microresonators without distortions, even in liquid…