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Houxun H. Miao, Kartik A. Srinivasan, Matthew T. Rakher, Marcelo I. Davanco, Vladimir A. Aksyuk
Abstract
We report a novel type of fully integrated optomechanical sensor and demonstrate high sensitivity mechanical displacement measurements on chip. We sense the motion of micro and nano-mechanical devices by near field coupling them to high quality factor optical microdisk resonators. In a first geometry, we sense the position of a dielectric ring moved by a micromechanical actuator. Tunable optomechanical coupling of up to g_OM/2π = 4.8 GHz/nm results in the photodetector-limited displacement sensitivity of 4.3x10^-15 m/√Hz with optical excitation power below 20 uW. In a second geometry, we sense the thermal motion of a nanoscale cantilever probe. Transduction of the cantilevers MHz frequency vibration is achieved with a displacement sensitivity of 4.4x10-16 m/√Hz and a mechanical quality factor of 6000 is measured in vacuum.
Miao, H.
, Srinivasan, K.
, Rakher, M.
, Davanco, M.
and Aksyuk, V.
(2011),
CAVITY OPTOMECHANICAL SENSORS, Transducers 2011, Beijing, -1, [online], https://tsapps.nist.gov/publication/get_pdf.cfm?pub_id=908272
(Accessed October 3, 2025)