Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group

Picosecond optomechanical oscillations in metal-polymer microcavities

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

We experimentally study mechanical vibrations in planar Fabry–Perot microcavities made of metallic mirrors and a polymer spacer, using broadband pump-probe spectroscopy. These acoustic waves oscillate at a picosecond time-scale and result in spectral oscillations of the cavity transmission spectrum. We find that the oscillations are initiated at the metal mirrors and that their temporal dynamics match the elastic modes of the polymer layer, indicating that mechanical momentum is transferred within the structure. Such structures combine the strong optical absorption of metals with the elasticity and the processability of polymers, which open the road to a new class of optomechanical devices.

© 2017 Optical Society of America

Full Article  |  PDF Article
More Like This
Direct stabilization of optomechanical oscillators

Ke Huang and Mani Hossein-Zadeh
Opt. Lett. 42(10) 1946-1949 (2017)

Suppression of optomechanical parametric oscillation in a toroid microcavity assisted by a Kerr comb

Ryo Suzuki, Takumi Kato, Tomoya Kobatake, and Takasumi Tanabe
Opt. Express 25(23) 28806-28816 (2017)

Optomechanical characterization of silicon nitride membrane arrays

Bhagya Nair, Andreas Naesby, and Aurélien Dantan
Opt. Lett. 42(7) 1341-1344 (2017)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Figures (5)

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Figure files are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved