Abstract
A fully on-fiber optomechanical cavity is fabricated by patterning a suspended metallic mirror on the tip of an optical fiber. Optically induced self-excited oscillations of the suspended mirror are experimentally demonstrated. We discuss the feasibility of employing on-fiber optomechanical cavities for sensing applications. A theoretical analysis evaluates the sensitivity of the proposed sensor, which is assumed to operate in the region of self-excited oscillations, and the results are compared with the experimental data. Moreover, the sensitivity that is obtained in the region of self-excited oscillations is theoretically compared with the sensitivity that is achievable when forced oscillations are driven by applying an oscillatory external force.
| Original language | English |
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| State | Published - 27 Oct 2012 |
Keywords
- physics.ins-det
- physics.optics
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