Dissipative and Dispersive Optomechanics in a Nanocavity Torque Sensor

2014/03/31 by Marcelo Wu, Aaron C. Hryciw, Chris Healey +7 · 2 citations
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Acceleration #Advanced MEMS and NEMS Technologies #Classical mechanics #Dissipative system #Electronic engineering #Engineering #Magnetic field #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Optics #Optoelectronics #Optomechanics #Photonic and Optical Devices #Physics #Quantum mechanics #Resonator #Sensitivity (control systems) #Torque #cond-mat.mes-hall #physics.optics #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevx.4.021052

published as Phys. Rev. X 4 , 021052 (2014) · 11 pages, 6 figures

openalex publication_date 2014/06/19 · arxiv created 2014/09/05 · arxiv updated 2014/09/09 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Sensors in optical cavities can be used for measuring acceleration, fields, and particles. New research reveals a record sensitivity for detecting small amounts of torque within optical cavities, useful for detecting magnetic fields.

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