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Abstract Optical whispering-gallery-mode microresonators with ultrahigh quality factors and small mode volumes have played an important role in modern physics. They have been demonstrated as a diverse platform for a wide range of applications in photonics, such as nonlinear optics, optomechanics, quantum optics, and information processing. Thermal behaviors induced by power build-up in the resonators or environmental perturbations are ubiquitous in high-quality-factor whispering-gallery-mode resonators and have played an important role in their operation for various applications. In this review, we discuss the mechanisms of laser-field-induced thermal nonlinear effects, including thermal bistability and thermal oscillation. With the help of the thermal bistability effect, optothermal spectroscopy and optical nonreciprocity have been demonstrated. By tuning the temperature of the environment, the resonant mode frequency will shift, which can also be used for thermal sensing/tuning applications. The thermal locking technique and thermal imaging mechanisms are discussed briefly. Finally, we review some techniques employed to achieve thermal stability in a high-quality-factor resonator system.
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Control of quality factor of atomic force microscopy cantilever by cavity optomechanical effect
Abstract The effective quality factor of the cantilever plays a fundamental role in dynamic mode atomic force microscopy. Here we present a technique to modify the quality factor of an atomic force microscopy cantilever within a Fabry–Perot optical interferometer. The experimental setup uses two separate laser sources to detect and excite the oscillation of the cantilever. While the intensity modulation of the excitation laser drives the oscillation of the cantilever, the average intensity can be used to modify the quality factor via optomechanical force without changing the fiber-cantilever cavity length. The technique enables users to optimize the quality factor for different types of measurements without influencing the deflection measurement sensitivity. An unexpected frequency shift was observed and modelled as temperature dependence of the cantilever’s Young’s modulus, which was validated using finite element simulation. The model was used to compensate for the thermal frequency shift. The simulation provided relations between optical power, temperature, and frequency shift.
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- PAR ID:
- 10509575
- Publisher / Repository:
- 10.35848/1347-4065/ad39f6
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Japanese Journal of Applied Physics
- Volume:
- 63
- Issue:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 0021-4922
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 04SP84
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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