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Controlling photonic structures using optical forces

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  • Gustavo S. Wiederhecker

    (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA)

  • Long Chen

    (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA)

  • Alexander Gondarenko

    (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA)

  • Michal Lipson

    (School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA)

Abstract

A light punch The use of optical forces to manipulate small particles, including living cells, is an established technique. Until now though, it has proved difficult to manipulate the optical response of photonic structures in a controllable manner; this is because such large forces are required to induce appreciable changes in the geometry of the structure. Now a team from Cornell University has fabricated a resonant photonic silicon nitride structure in which the optical response can be efficiently statically controlled using relatively weak attractive and repulsive optical forces. A static mechanical deformation of up to 12 nanometres in the structure's geometry can be induced with just one milliwatt of optical power, raising the prospect of micro-optomechanical systems with novel and distinct functionalities.

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  • Gustavo S. Wiederhecker & Long Chen & Alexander Gondarenko & Michal Lipson, 2009. "Controlling photonic structures using optical forces," Nature, Nature, vol. 462(7273), pages 633-636, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:462:y:2009:i:7273:d:10.1038_nature08584
    DOI: 10.1038/nature08584
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    1. Dingding Ren & Chao Dong & Sadhvikas J. Addamane & David Burghoff, 2022. "High-quality microresonators in the longwave infrared based on native germanium," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.

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