Observation and characterization of an optical spring

Date

2004

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Sheard, B
Gray, Malcolm
Mow-Lowry, C
McClelland, David
Whitcomb, Stanley Ernest

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American Physical Society

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The presence of an optical spring in a detuned Fabry-Perot cavity, was experimentally reported. The system possessed a mechanical spring to counter the force of the optical spring and a servosystem to hold the cavity on the resonance. The central element

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Keywords: Actuators; Attenuation; Laser beams; Light polarization; Mirrors; Optical beam splitters; Oscillators (electronic); Photodetectors; Photons; Pumping (laser); Quantum theory; Resonance; Thermal expansion; Fabry Perot cavity; Harmonic oscillators; Optical d

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Physical Review A: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics

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