Abstract
We show that evanescent fields of microresonators can be employed for cavity-enhanced high-sensitivity monitoring of nanomechanical motion. This novel scheme opens the path to observing backaction effects using optical gradient forces in the resolved-sideband regime.
© 2009 Optical Society of America
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