Physicists skirt thermal vibration, transfer optical signal via mechanical oscillator

Thursday, November 15, 2012 - 14:02 in Physics & Chemistry

Using tiny radiation pressure forces—generated each time light is reflected off a surface—University of Oregon physicists converted an optical field, or signal, from one color to another. Aided by a "dark mode," the conversion occurs through the coupling between light and a mechanical oscillator, without interruption by thermal mechanical vibrations.

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