412 research outputs found
Finite element simulation of a perturbed axial-symmetric whispering-gallery mode and its use for intensity enhancement with a nanoparticle coupled to a microtoroid
We present an optical mode solver for a whispering gallery resonator coupled
to an adjacent arbitrary shaped nano-particle that breaks the axial symmetry of
the resonator. Such a hybrid resonator-nanoparticle is similar to what was
recently used for bio-detection and for field enhancement. We demonstrate our
solver by parametrically studying a toroid-nanoplasmonic device and get the
optimal nano-plasmonic size for maximal enhancement. We investigate cases near
a plasmonic resonance as well as far from a plasmonic resonance. Unlike common
plasmons that typically benefit from working near their resonance, here working
far from plasmonic resonance provides comparable performance. This is because
the plasmonic resonance enhancement is accompanied by cavity quality
degradation through plasmonic absorption.Comment: Supplementary COMSOL script, see
http://www.quantumchaos.de/Media/comsol2013/Supplement_Script_for_Fig.3_Comsol_4.3a.mp
Static Envelope Patterns in Composite Resonances Generated by Level Crossing in Optical Toroidal Microcavities
We study level crossing in the optical whispering-gallery (WG) modes by using toroidal microcavities. Experimentally, we image the stationary envelope patterns of the composite optical modes that arise when WG modes of different wavelengths coincide in frequency. Numerically, we calculate crossings of levels that correspond with the observed degenerate modes, where our method takes into account the not perfectly transverse nature of their field polarizations. In addition, we analyze anticrossing with a large avoidance gap between modes of the same azimuthal number
Observation of Spontaneous Brillouin Cooling
While radiation-pressure cooling is well known, the Brillouin scattering of
light from sound is considered an acousto-optical amplification-only process.
It was suggested that cooling could be possible in multi-resonance Brillouin
systems when phonons experience lower damping than light. However, this regime
was not accessible in traditional Brillouin systems since backscattering
enforces high acoustical frequencies associated with high mechanical damping.
Recently, forward Brillouin scattering in microcavities has allowed access to
low-frequency acoustical modes where mechanical dissipation is lower than
optical dissipation, in accordance with the requirements for cooling. Here we
experimentally demonstrate cooling via such a forward Brillouin process in a
microresonator. We show two regimes of operation for the Brillouin process:
acoustical amplification as is traditional, but also for the first time, a
Brillouin cooling regime. Cooling is mediated by an optical pump, and scattered
light, that beat and electrostrictively attenuate the Brownian motion of the
mechanical mode.Comment: Supplementary material include
Determination of the vacuum optomechanical coupling rate using frequency noise calibration
The strength of optomechanical interactions in a cavity optomechanical system
can be quantified by a vacuum coupling rate \vcr analogous to cavity quantum
electrodynamics. This single figure of merit removes the ambiguity in the
frequently quoted coupling parameter defining the frequency shift for a given
mechanical displacement, and the effective mass of the mechanical mode. Here we
demonstrate and verify a straightforward experimental technique to derive the
vacuum optomechanical coupling rate. It only requires applying a known
frequency modulation of the employed electromagnetic probe field and knowledge
of the mechanical oscillator's occupation. The method is experimentally
verified for a micromechanical mode in a toroidal whispering-gallery-resonator
and a nanomechanical oscillator coupled to a toroidal cavity via its near
field.Comment: 11 pages, 2 figure
Rotating optical soliton clusters
We introduce the concept of soliton clusters -- multi-soliton bound states in
a homogeneous bulk optical medium, and reveal a key physical mechanism for
their stabilization associated with a staircase-like phase distribution that
induces a net angular momentum and leads to cluster rotation. The ringlike
soliton clusters provide a nontrivial generalization of the concepts of
two-soliton spiraling, optical vortex solitons, and necklace-type optical
beams.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Reconfigurable chaos in electro-optomechanical system with negative Duffing resonators
Generating various laser sources is important in the communication systems. We propose an approach that uses a mechanical resonator coupled with the optical fibre system to produce periodic and chaotic optical signals. The resonator is structured in such a way that the nonlinear oscillation occurs conveniently. The mechanical apparatus in the configuration is the well known resonating system featured by the negative stiffness. The mechanical resonance is converted to reflected optical signal with the same dynamic properties as the mechanical oscillation, subsequently interacting with the optical signal within the optical fibre. The optical radiative force on the mechanical structure is also considered in the analysis. The coupled electro-optomechanical system has been analysed, and results show that the mechanical resonator has the capability to control the dynamics of the optical signal precisely. The system will have potential applications in tunable laser sources
Laser-Evoked Vertex Potentials Predict Defensive Motor Actions
The vertex potential is the largest response that can be recorded in the electroencephalogram of an awake, healthy human. It is elicited by sudden and intense stimuli, and is composed by a negative-positive deflection. The stimulus properties that determine the vertex potential amplitude have been well characterized. Nonetheless, its functional significance remains elusive. The dominant interpretation is that it reflects neural activities related to the detection of salient stimuli. However, given that threatening stimuli elicit both vertex potentials and defensive movements, we hypothesized that the vertex potential is related to the execution of defensive actions. Here, we directly compared the salience and motoric interpretations by investigating the relationship between the amplitude of laser-evoked potentials (LEPs) and the response time of movements with different defensive values. First, we show that a larger LEP negative wave (N2 wave) predicts faster motor response times. Second, this prediction is significantly stronger when the motor response is defensive in nature. Third, the relation between the N2 wave and motor response time depends not only on the kinematic form of the movement, but also on whether that kinematic form serves as a functional defense of the body. Therefore, the N2 wave of the LEP encodes key defensive reactions to threats
Cavity optomechanics on a microfluidic resonator with water and viscous liquids
Currently, optical- or mechanical-resonances are commonly used in
microfluidic research. However, optomechanical oscillations by light pressure
were not shown with liquids. This is because replacing the surrounding air with
water inherently increases the acoustical impedance and hence the associated
acoustical radiation-losses. Here, we bridge between microfluidics and
optomechanics by fabricating hollow bubble resonators with liquid inside and
optically exciting 100-MHz vibrations with only mW optical-input power. This
constitutes the first time that any microfluidic system is optomechanically
actuated. We further prove the feasibility of microfluidic optomechanics on
liquids by demonstrating vibrations on organic fluids with viscous-dissipation
higher than blood viscosity while measuring density changes in the liquid via
the vibration frequency shift. Our device will enable using cavity
optomechanics for studying non-solid phases of matter
Quantum internet using code division multiple access
A crucial open problem in large-scale quantum networks is how to efficiently
transmit quantum data among many pairs of users via a common data-transmission
medium. We propose a solution by developing a quantum code division multiple
access (q-CDMA) approach in which quantum information is chaotically encoded to
spread its spectral content, and then decoded via chaos synchronization to
separate different sender-receiver pairs. In comparison to other existing
approaches, such as frequency division multiple access (FDMA), the proposed
q-CDMA can greatly increase the information rates per channel used, especially
for very noisy quantum channels.Comment: 29 pages, 6 figure
Thermo-optic locking of a semiconductor laser to a microcavity resonance
We experimentally demonstrate thermo-optic locking of a semiconductor laser
to an integrated toroidal optical microresonator. The lock is maintained for
time periods exceeding twelve hours, without requiring any electronic control
systems. Fast control is achieved by optical feedback induced by scattering
centers within the microresonator, with thermal locking due to optical heating
maintaining constructive interference between the cavity and the laser.
Furthermore, the optical feedback acts to narrow the laser linewidth, with
ultra high quality microtoroid resonances offering the potential for ultralow
linewidth on-chip lasers.Comment: 6 pages, 6 figure
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