Observation and characterization of an optical spring

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Benjamin Sheard · Australian National University

Malcolm B. Gray · Australian National University

C. M. Mow‐Lowry · Australian National University

D. E. McClelland · Australian National University

Stanley Whitcomb · California Institute of Technology

Abstract

Recent theoretical developments have highlighted the potential importance of ``optical springs'' in interferometers for gravitational wave detection as a means for beating the standard quantum limit. We have observed an optical spring effect experimentally in a detuned Fabry-Perot resonator in which one mirror is mounted on a flexure so that it has a significant response to radiation pressure. The main effect of the optical spring, an observed shift in the mechanical resonance frequency of the moveable mirror, agrees well with a simple model.

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Geophysics and Sensor Technology Mechanical and Optical Resonators Cold Atom Physics and Bose-Einstein Condensates

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Published in: Physical Review A

Volume 69, Issue 5

DOI: 10.1103/physreva.69.051801

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