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.