Wideband wavelength conversion using cavity optomechanics
Thursday, August 22, 2013 - 08:00
in Physics & Chemistry
A team of researchers at the NIST Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology (CNST), the University of Maryland, and the California Institute of Technology have demonstrated optical wavelength conversion using interactions between radiation pressure and mechanical vibrations in a nanoscale cavity optomechanical system. Along with recent demonstrations by other groups, this work shows that radiation pressure forces may be useful in a variety of signal transduction applications. In particular, wavelength conversion interfaces based on cavity optomechanics can operate over ranges and in material systems in which traditional frequency conversion techniques cannot be applied.