Cavity optomechanics with 2D photonic crystal membrane reflectors

Navin B. Lingaraju; Yichen Shuai; John Lawall

doi:10.1117/12.2211820

15 March 2016 Cavity optomechanics with 2D photonic crystal membrane reflectors

Navin B. Lingaraju, Yichen Shuai, John Lawall

Proceedings Volume 9757, High Contrast Metastructures V; 97570T (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211820
Event: SPIE OPTO, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Membranes made from silicon nitride have significantly higher mechanical Q-factors under tensile stress than those made of other dielectric materials. This makes them ideal candidates for membrane reflectors that provide high finesse in Fabry-Perot cavities or membrane-in-the-middle optomechanical systems. Building on our previous work with one-dimensional gratings on suspended membranes, we patterned two-dimensional photonic crystal gratings on monolithic, suspended membranes made from silicon nitride. These high-Q membranes exhibited high reflectivity, upwards of 99%, over several nanometers in the telecom band. To probe their optical response in a cavity environment, we used these membrane reflectors as the moving mirror in a Fabry-Perot cavity. We were able to realize cavities with a finesse of over 4,500.

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Navin B. Lingaraju, Yichen Shuai, and John Lawall "Cavity optomechanics with 2D photonic crystal membrane reflectors", Proc. SPIE 9757, High Contrast Metastructures V, 97570T (15 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2211820

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