Two-slab all-optical spring
Optics Letters, Vol. 32, Issue 6, pp. 692-694 (2007)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OL.32.000692
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Abstract
It is demonstrated that a waveguide consisting of two dielectric slabs may become an all-optical spring when guiding a superposition of two transverse evanescent modes. Both slabs are transversally trapped in stable equilibrium due to the optical forces developed. A condition for stable equilibrium on the wavenumbers of the two modes is expressed analytically. The spring constant characterizing the system is shown to have a maximal value as a function of the equilibrium distance between the slabs and their width.
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OCIS Codes
(130.2790) Integrated optics : Guided waves
(140.7010) Lasers and laser optics : Laser trapping
(200.4880) Optics in computing : Optomechanics
(260.2110) Physical optics : Electromagnetic optics
ToC Category:
Physical Optics
History
Original Manuscript: October 23, 2006
Revised Manuscript: December 17, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: December 22, 2006
Published: February 15, 2007
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Citation
Amit Mizrahi and Levi Schächter, "Two-slab all-optical spring," Opt. Lett. 32, 692-694 (2007)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/ol/abstract.cfm?URI=ol-32-6-692
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