Radiation-Pressure-Driven Micro-Mechanical Cavity and Emergence of Chaos

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Abstract

In the presence of an optical field between its mirrors a high finesse micro-mechanical cavity acts as an oscillator driven by radition pressure force. We study the effect of radiation pressure force in two mirror cavity and three mirror cavity geometries. We explain the conditions which lead to a chaotic evolution of the micro mechanical oscillator.

Authors

  • Farhan Saif

    Department of Physics, University of Arizona

  • Pierre Meystre

    Department of Physics, University of Arizona