Photothermal self-oscillation and laser cooling of graphene optomechanical systems

Robert A. Barton; Isaac R. Storch; Vivekananda P. Adiga; Reyu Sakakibara; Benjamin R. Cipriany; B. Ilic; Si Ping Wang; Peijie Ong; Paul L. McEuen; Jeevak M. Parpia; Harold G. Craighead

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Photothermal self-oscillation and laser cooling of graphene optomechanical systems

Robert A. Barton, Isaac R. Storch, Vivekananda P. Adiga, Reyu Sakakibara, Benjamin R. Cipriany, B. Ilic, Si Ping Wang, Peijie Ong, Paul L. McEuen, Jeevak M. Parpia, Harold G. Craighead

Houston Methodist

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By virtue of their low mass and stiffness, atomically thin mechanical resonators are attractive candidates for use in optomechanics. Here, we demonstrate photothermal back-action in a graphene mechanical resonator comprising one end of a Fabry-Perot cavity. As a demonstration of the utility of this effect, we show that a continuous wave laser can be used to cool a graphene vibrational mode or to power a graphene-based tunable frequency oscillator. Owing to graphene's high thermal conductivity and optical absorption, photothermal optomechanics is efficient in graphene and could ultimately enable laser cooling to the quantum ground state or applications such as photonic signal processing.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	4681-4686
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	12
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl302036x
State	Published - Sep 12 2012

Keywords

Graphene
laser cooling
nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS)
optomechanics
photothermal force
self-oscillation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Condensed Matter Physics
Bioengineering
General Chemistry
General Materials Science
Mechanical Engineering

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