An all-optical trap for a gram-scale mirror

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dc.contributor.authorCorbitt, T.
dc.contributor.authorChen, Y.
dc.contributor.authorInnerhofer, E.
dc.contributor.authorMuller-Ebhardt, H.
dc.contributor.authorOttaway, D.
dc.contributor.authorRehbein, H.
dc.contributor.authorSigg, D.
dc.contributor.authorWhitcomb, S.
dc.contributor.authorWipf, C.
dc.contributor.authorMavalvala, N.
dc.date.issued2007
dc.description.abstractWe report on a stable optical trap suitable for a macroscopic mirror, wherein the dynamics of the mirror are fully dominated by radiation pressure. The technique employs two frequency-offset laser fields to simultaneously create a stiff optical restoring force and a viscous optical damping force. We show how these forces may be used to optically trap a free mass without introducing thermal noise, and we demonstrate the technique experimentally with a 1 g mirror. The observed optical spring has an inferred Young's modulus of 1.2 TPa, 20% stiffer than diamond. The trap is intrinsically cold and reaches an effective temperature of 0.8 K, limited by technical noise in our apparatus.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityThomas Corbitt, Yanbei Chen, Edith Innerhofer, Helge Müller-Ebhardt, David Ottaway, Henning Rehbein, Daniel Sigg, Stanley Whitcomb, Christopher Wipf, and Nergis Mavalvala
dc.identifier.citationPhysical Review Letters, 2007; 98(15):150802-1-150802-4
dc.identifier.doi10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.150802
dc.identifier.issn0031-9007
dc.identifier.issn1079-7114
dc.identifier.orcidOttaway, D. [0000-0001-6794-1591]
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/48383
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAmerican Physical Soc
dc.rights©2007 American Physical Society
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.98.150802
dc.titleAn all-optical trap for a gram-scale mirror
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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