Laser Cooling of a Microcantilever Using a Medium Finesse Optical Cavity

B. Zwickl; A. Jayich; J. G. E. Harris; J. G. E. Harris

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies
OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2007),
paper QThC2

Laser Cooling of a Microcantilever Using a Medium Finesse Optical Cavity

B. Zwickl, A. Jayich, and J. G. E. Harris

Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference 2007

Baltimore, Maryland United States
6–11 May 2007
ISBN: 1557528349

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Laser Cooling of Mechanical Systems and Molecules (QThC)

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B. Zwickl, A. Jayich, and J. G. E. Harris, "Laser Cooling of a Microcantilever Using a Medium Finesse Optical Cavity," in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics/Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference and Photonic Applications Systems Technologies, OSA Technical Digest (CD) (Optica Publishing Group, 2007), paper QThC2.

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Abstract

A 75 mm optical cavity was formed using a microcantilever for one mirror. A finesse of 55 was achieved, not limited by diffraction around the cantilever. The microcantilever was passively laser cooled from 300 K to 50 K.

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