Enhanced photothermal cooling of nanowires

2017/07/07 by Giovanni Guccione, Mahdi Hosseini, Ali Mirzaei +4
Engineering · Physics and Astronomy · #Bolometer #Excitation #Materials science #Mechanical and Optical Resonators #Nanotechnology #Nanowire #Nanowire Synthesis and Applications #Optics #Optoelectronics #Photonic and Optical Devices #Photothermal effect #Photothermal therapy #Physics #Plasmon #Quantum mechanics #Radiation #Radiation pressure #Surface plasmon #physics.optics #quant-ph

paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/2058-9565/aa7645

published in Quantum Science and Technology 2(3), 034005 (IOP Publishing) · 28 pages, 11 figures

arxiv created 2017/07/07 · openalex publication_date 2017/07/07 · arxiv updated 2017/07/10 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/05

Abstract

Abstract We investigate the optomechanical interaction between light and metallic nanowires through the action of bolometric forces. We show that the response time of the photothermal forces induced on the nanowire is fast and the strength of the interaction can overcome the radiation pressure force. Furthermore, we suggest the photothermal forces can be enhanced by surface plasmon excitation to cool the sub-megahertz vibrational modes of the nanowires close to its quantum limit.

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