2010/02/28 by André Xuereb, Tim Freegarde, Peter Horak +3
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Photonic and Optical Devices #physics.atom-ph #physics.optics
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.105.013602
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 013602 (2010) · 4 pages, 4 figures
openalex publication_date 2010/06/29 · arxiv created 2010/07/01 · arxiv updated 2010/07/02 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
The fields in multiple-pass interferometers, such as the Fabry-Pérot cavity, exhibit great sensitivity not only to the presence but also to the motion of any scattering object within the optical path. We consider the general case of an interferometer comprising an arbitrary configuration of generic beam splitters and calculate the velocity-dependent radiation field and the light force exerted on a moving scatterer. We find that a simple configuration, in which the scatterer interacts with an optical resonator from which it is spatially separated, can enhance the optomechanical friction by several orders of magnitude.