A new class of hybrid systems that couple optical, electrical and mechanical degrees of
freedom in nanoscale devices is under development in laboratories worldwide. These nano …

Radio-frequency communication systems have long used bulk-and surface-acoustic-wave
devices supporting ultrasonic mechanical waves to manipulate and sense signals. These …

Optomechanical cavities have been studied for applications ranging from sensing to
quantum information science. Here, we develop a platform for nanoscale cavity …

Low-frequency vibration modes of biological particles, such as proteins, viruses and
bacteria, involve coherent collective vibrations at frequencies in the terahertz and gigahertz …

The interaction between light and mesoscopic mechanical degrees of freedom has been
investigated under various perspectives, from spectroscopy in condensed matter, optical …

Nano-and micromechanical resonators are the subject of research that aims to develop
ultrasensitive mass sensors for spectrometry, chemical analysis and biomedical diagnosis …

Strong confinement, in all dimensions, and high mechanical frequencies are highly
desirable for quantum optomechanical applications. We show that GaAs/AlAs micropillar …

Collective phenomena emerging from nonlinear interactions between multiple oscillators,
such as synchronization and frequency locking, find applications in a wide variety of fields …

Chip-based cavity optomechanical systems are being considered for applications in
sensing, metrology, and quantum information science. Critical to their development is an …

We study the optomechanical behaviour of a driven Fabry–Pérot cavity containing two
vibrating dielectric membranes. We characterize the cavity mode frequency shift as a …