Description
Cavity nano-optomechanics:
Cavity optomechanics deals with the parametric coupling of a mechanical degree of freedom with an optical cavity. It equally appears in macroscopic systems like gravitational wave detectors such as LIGO, but also in nanostructured resonators, and can be implemented in a multitude of physical systems. A key aspect of the field is the optomechanical cooling of a mechanical vibration via light-induced backaction. Potential applications range from the development of sensors for mass or acceleration or microwave-to-optical conversion to fundamental questions of quantum mechanics such as the entanglement of macroscopic objects of the influence of gravitation. This lecture will give an overview over this rapidly growing field, and cover state of the art experiments with nanoscale optomechanical systems.
