Observation and characterization of an optical spring

Benjamin S. Sheard; Malcolm B. Gray; Conor M. Mow-Lowry; David E. McClelland; Stanley E. Whitcomb

doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.69.051801

Observation and characterization of an optical spring

Benjamin S. Sheard^*, Malcolm B. Gray, Conor M. Mow-Lowry, David E. McClelland, Stanley E. Whitcomb

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The presence of an optical spring in a detuned Fabry-Perot cavity, was experimentally reported. The system possessed a mechanical spring to counter the force of the optical spring and a servosystem to hold the cavity on the resonance. The central element for observing the optical spring effect was a small mirror mounted on a niobium cantilever flexure. The results show that the presence of the optical spring is the direct result of radiation pressure near the mechanical resonance.

Original language	English
Article number	051801
Pages (from-to)	051801-1-051801-4
Journal	Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics
Volume	69
Issue number	5 A
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.69.051801
Publication status	Published - May 2004

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