Cavity magnonics deals with the interaction of magnons—elementary excitations in
magnetic materials—and confined electromagnetic fields. We introduce the basic physics …

Optomechanical systems explore and exploit the coupling between light and the mechanical
motion of macroscopic matter. A nonlinear coupling offers rich new physics, in both quantum …

We present the design, fabrication, and characterization of a planar silicon photonic crystal
cavity in which large position-squared optomechanical coupling is realized. The device …

The nonlinear component of the optomechanical interaction between light and mechanical
vibration promises many exciting classical and quantum mechanical applications, but is …

Squeezing light in an optomechanical system involves reducing quantum noise in one of the
light's quadratures through the interaction between optical and mechanical modes …

Cavity optomechanical (COM) sensors, enhanced by quantum squeezing or entanglement,
have become powerful tools for measuring ultra-weak forces with high precision and …

We describe measurements of the motional sidebands produced by a mechanical oscillator
(with effective mass 43 ng and resonant frequency 705 kHz) that is placed in an optical …

We propose how to generate a tripartite light-vibration entanglement by controlling an
optical dark mode (ODM), which is induced by the coupling of two optical modes to a …

Optomagnonics and optomechanics have various applications, ranging from tunable light
sources to optical manipulation for quantum information science. We propose a hybrid …

Radiation-pressure-induced optomechanical coupling permits exquisite control of micro-and
mesoscopic mechanical oscillators. This ability to manipulate and even damp mechanical …