Dynamical multistability in high-finesse micromechanical optical cavities

Details Dynamical multistability in high-finesse micromechanical optical cavities Dynamical multistability in high-finesse micromechanical optical cavities

2005-02-23

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0502561v1

Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 103901 (2006)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

5 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevLett.96.103901

We analyze the nonlinear dynamics of a high-finesse optical cavity in which one mirror is mounted on a flexible mechanical element. We find that this system is governed by an array of dynamical attractors, which arise from phase-locking between the mechanical oscillations of the mirror and the ringing of the light intensity in the cavity. We describe an analytical approximation to map out the diagram of attractors in parameter space, derive the slow amplitude dynamics of the system, including thermally activated hopping between different attractors, and suggest a scheme for exploiting the dynamical multistability in the measurement of small displacements.

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