Cavity Optomechanics Nano- and Micromechanical Resonators Interacting with Light /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Aspelmeyer, Markus (Editor), Kippenberg, Tobias J. (Editor), Marquardt, Florian (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Quantum Science and Technology
• Subjects: Physics.; Optics.; Electrodynamics.; Semiconductors.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Nanotechnology.; Microwaves.; Optical engineering.; Optics and Electrodynamics.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Nanotechnology and Microengineering.

During the last few years cavity-optomechanics has emerged as a new field of research. This highly interdisciplinary field studies the interaction between micro- and nanomechanical systems and light. Possible applications range from novel high-bandwidth mechanical sensing devices through the generat...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Basic Theory of Cavity Optomechanical Systems
• Interaction between micro- and nanomechanical systems and light
• Generation of squeezed optical or mechanical states
• Applications
• Novel high-bandwidth mechanical sensing devices
• Quantum information
• Quantum optics
• Gravitational wave detectors
• Biological sensing
• Frequency comb
• Silicon photonics
• Novel high-bandwidth mechanical sensing devices.