Nested trampoline resonators for optomechanics

Pepper, B.; Luna, F.; Perock, B.; Buters, F. M.; Eerkens, H. J.; Welker, G.; Heeck, K.; Man, S. de; Bouwmeester, D.

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Title: Nested trampoline resonators for optomechanics

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Two major challenges in the development of optomechanical devices are achieving a low mechanical and optical loss rate and vibration isolation from the environment. We address both issues by fabricating trampoline resonators made from low pressure chemical vapor deposition Si{sub 3}N{sub 4} with a distributed Bragg reflector mirror. We design a nested double resonator structure with 80 dB of mechanical isolation from the mounting surface at the inner resonator frequency, and we demonstrate up to 45 dB of isolation at lower frequencies in agreement with the design. We reliably fabricate devices with mechanical quality factors of around 400 000 at room temperature. In addition, these devices were used to form optical cavities with finesse up to 181 000 ± 1000. These promising parameters will enable experiments in the quantum regime with macroscopic mechanical resonators.

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Pepper, B.; Luna, F.; Perock, B. ^[1]; Buters, F. M.; Eerkens, H. J.; Welker, G.; Heeck, K.; Man, S. de ^[2]; Bouwmeester, D. ^[1]

Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106 (United States)
Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Universiteit Leiden, 2333 CA Leiden (Netherlands)

Publication Date:: Mon Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2016

OSTI Identifier:: 22489331

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Journal Name:: Applied Physics Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Volume: 108; Journal Issue: 3; Other Information: (c) 2016 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); Journal ID: ISSN 0003-6951

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; DESIGN; MIRRORS; QUALITY FACTOR; RESONATORS; SILICON NITRIDES; SURFACES; TEMPERATURE RANGE 0273-0400 K

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                    Weaver, M. J., E-mail: mweaver@physics.ucsb.edu, Pepper, B., Luna, F., Perock, B., Buters, F. M., Eerkens, H. J., Welker, G., Heeck, K., Man, S. de, Bouwmeester, D., and Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Universiteit Leiden, 2333 CA Leiden. Nested trampoline resonators for optomechanics.  United States: N. p., 2016. 
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                    Weaver, M. J., E-mail: mweaver@physics.ucsb.edu, Pepper, B., Luna, F., Perock, B., Buters, F. M., Eerkens, H. J., Welker, G., Heeck, K., Man, S. de, Bouwmeester, D., & Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Universiteit Leiden, 2333 CA Leiden. Nested trampoline resonators for optomechanics.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4939828

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                    Weaver, M. J., E-mail: mweaver@physics.ucsb.edu, Pepper, B., Luna, F., Perock, B., Buters, F. M., Eerkens, H. J., Welker, G., Heeck, K., Man, S. de, Bouwmeester, D., and Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Universiteit Leiden, 2333 CA Leiden. 2016.  
        "Nested trampoline resonators for optomechanics".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4939828.

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@article{osti_22489331,

  title        = {Nested trampoline resonators for optomechanics},

  author       = {Weaver, M. J., E-mail: mweaver@physics.ucsb.edu and Pepper, B. and Luna, F. and Perock, B. and Buters, F. M. and Eerkens, H. J. and Welker, G. and Heeck, K. and Man, S. de and Bouwmeester, D. and Huygens-Kamerlingh Onnes Laboratorium, Universiteit Leiden, 2333 CA Leiden},

  abstractNote = {Two major challenges in the development of optomechanical devices are achieving a low mechanical and optical loss rate and vibration isolation from the environment. We address both issues by fabricating trampoline resonators made from low pressure chemical vapor deposition Si{sub 3}N{sub 4} with a distributed Bragg reflector mirror. We design a nested double resonator structure with 80 dB of mechanical isolation from the mounting surface at the inner resonator frequency, and we demonstrate up to 45 dB of isolation at lower frequencies in agreement with the design. We reliably fabricate devices with mechanical quality factors of around 400 000 at room temperature. In addition, these devices were used to form optical cavities with finesse up to 181 000 ± 1000. These promising parameters will enable experiments in the quantum regime with macroscopic mechanical resonators.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.4939828},

  url          = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/22489331},
  journal      = {Applied Physics Letters},

  issn         = {0003-6951},

  number       = 3,

  volume       = 108,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Mon Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2016},

  month        = {Mon Jan 18 00:00:00 EST 2016}

}

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