Dynamical scattering models in optomechanics: going beyond the ‘coupled cavities’ model
Recently we calculated the radiation field and the optical forces acting on a moving object inside a general one-dimensional configuration of immobile optical elements (Xuereb et al 2010 Phys. Rev. Lett. 105 013602). In this paper, we analyse the forces acting on a semi-transparent mirror in the ‘me...
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| description | Recently we calculated the radiation field and the optical forces acting on a moving object inside a general one-dimensional configuration of immobile optical elements (Xuereb et al 2010 Phys. Rev. Lett. 105 013602). In this paper, we analyse the forces acting on a semi-transparent mirror in the ‘membrane-in-the-middle’ configuration and compare the results obtained from solving the scattering model to those from the coupled cavities model that is often used in cavity optomechanical systems. We highlight the departure of this model from the more exact scattering theory when the intensity reflectivity of the moving element drops below about 50%. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a2a478b4498c4814888367bf06ec6e372023-08-08T11:03:35ZengIOP PublishingNew Journal of Physics1367-26302012-01-0114909502710.1088/1367-2630/14/9/095027Dynamical scattering models in optomechanics: going beyond the ‘coupled cavities’ modelAndré Xuereb0Peter Domokos1Centre for Theoretical Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast , Belfast BT7 1NN, UKInstitute for Solid State Physics and Optics , Wigner Research Centre for Physics, H-1525 Budapest PO Box 49, HungaryRecently we calculated the radiation field and the optical forces acting on a moving object inside a general one-dimensional configuration of immobile optical elements (Xuereb et al 2010 Phys. Rev. Lett. 105 013602). In this paper, we analyse the forces acting on a semi-transparent mirror in the ‘membrane-in-the-middle’ configuration and compare the results obtained from solving the scattering model to those from the coupled cavities model that is often used in cavity optomechanical systems. We highlight the departure of this model from the more exact scattering theory when the intensity reflectivity of the moving element drops below about 50%.https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/14/9/095027 |
| spellingShingle | André Xuereb Peter Domokos Dynamical scattering models in optomechanics: going beyond the ‘coupled cavities’ model New Journal of Physics |
| title | Dynamical scattering models in optomechanics: going beyond the ‘coupled cavities’ model |
| title_full | Dynamical scattering models in optomechanics: going beyond the ‘coupled cavities’ model |
| title_fullStr | Dynamical scattering models in optomechanics: going beyond the ‘coupled cavities’ model |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dynamical scattering models in optomechanics: going beyond the ‘coupled cavities’ model |
| title_short | Dynamical scattering models in optomechanics: going beyond the ‘coupled cavities’ model |
| title_sort | dynamical scattering models in optomechanics going beyond the coupled cavities model |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/14/9/095027 |
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