Publications by Albert Schliesser

Cavity Quantum Optomechanics: Coupling Light And Micromechanical Oscillators

Tobias Kippenberg, Stefan Alexander Weis, Albert Schliesser

Cavity optomechanics(1) is a new research field that has seen spectacular advances in recent years. Optomechanics combines advances in nano-and electromechanical systems with radiation pressure enabled control. The radiation pressure backaction enables to ...

Ieee2014

Optical detection of radio waves through a nanomechanical transducer

Luis Guillermo Villanueva Torrijo, Albert Schliesser

Nature Publishing Group2014

Determination of effective mechanical properties of a double-layer beam by means of a nano-electromechanical transducer

Tobias Kippenberg, Xiaoqing Zhou, Albert Schliesser

We investigate the mechanical properties of a doubly clamped, double-layer nanobeam embedded into an electromechanical system. The nanobeam consists of a highly pre-stressed silicon nitride and a superconducting niobium layer. By measuring the mechanical d ...

Amer Inst Physics2014

Mid-infrared optical frequency combs at 2.5 mu m based on crystalline microresonators

Tobias Kippenberg, Albert Schliesser, Tobias Herr

The mid-infrared spectral range (lambda similar to 2-20 mu m) is of particular importance as many molecules exhibit strong vibrational fingerprints in this region. Optical frequency combs-broadband optical sources consisting of equally spaced and mutually ...

Nature Publishing Group2013

Evanescent straight tapered-fiber coupling of ultra-high Q optomechanical micro-resonators in a low-vibration helium-4 exchange-gas cryostat

Tobias Kippenberg, Albert Schliesser

We developed an apparatus to couple a 50-mu m diameter whispering-gallery silica microtoroidal resonator in a helium-4 cryostat using a straight optical tapered-fiber at 1550 nm wavelength. On a top-loading probe specifically adapted for increased mechanic ...

Amer Inst Physics2013

Phase noise measurement of external cavity diode lasers and implications for optomechanical sideband cooling of GHz mechanical modes

Tobias Kippenberg, Albert Schliesser

Cavity-optomechanical cooling via radiation pressure dynamical backaction enables ground-state cooling of mechanical oscillators, provided the laser exhibits sufficiently low phase noise. In this paper, we investigate and measure the excess phase noise of ...

Institute of Physics (IoP) and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft2013

Quantum-Coherent Coupling of a Mechanical Oscillator to an Optical Cavity Mode

Tobias Kippenberg, Stefan Alexander Weis, Albert Schliesser

We demonstrate an optomechanical microresonator in which optical and mechanical degrees of freedom exchange energy at a rate exceeding the relevant decoherence rates in the system, enabling quantum control of a mechanical oscillator with light. ...

Ieee2012

Dynamical photothermal response of optical whispering-gallery silica microresonators in helium-4 cryogenic environments

Tobias Kippenberg, Xiaoqing Zhou, Albert Schliesser

We present optical measurements of the photothermal response of a whispering-gallery silica microresonator in a helium-4 exchange gas cryostat. Using transient-mode numerical simulations, we discuss the various heat propagation mechanisms. (C) 2011 Optical ...

Ieee2012

Electromechanically induced absorption in a circuit nano-electromechanical system

Tobias Kippenberg, Xiaoqing Zhou, Albert Schliesser

A detailed analysis of electromechanically induced absorption (EMIA) in a circuit nano-electromechanical hybrid system consisting of a superconducting microwave resonator coupled to a nanomechanical beam is presented. By performing two-tone spectroscopy ex ...

Institute of Physics (IoP) and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft2012

Dual-mode temperature compensation technique for laser stabilization to a crystalline whispering gallery mode resonator

Tobias Kippenberg, Albert Schliesser

Frequency stabilization of a diode laser locked to a whispering gallery mode (WGM) reference resonator made of a MgF2 single crystal is demonstrated. The strong thermal dependence of the difference frequency between two orthogonally polarized TE an TM mode ...

Optical Society of America2012