A new class of hybrid systems that couple optical and mechanical nanoscale devices is
under development. According to their interaction concepts, two groups of opto-mechanical …

Coupled nanomechanical resonators have recently attracted great attention for both
practical applications and fundamental studies owing to their sensitive sympathetic …

The coupling between optical and mechanical degrees of freedom has been of broad
interest for a long time. However, it is only until recently, with the rapid development of …

We study photon blockade and antibunching in the cavity of an optomechanical system in
which the mechanical resonator is coupled to a two-level system (TLS). In particular, we …

By virtue of their low mass and stiffness, atomically thin mechanical resonators are attractive
candidates for use in optomechanics. Here, we demonstrate photothermal back-action in a …

Dissipative and dispersive optomechanical couplings are experimentally observed in a
photonic crystal split-beam nanocavity optimized for detecting nanoscale sources of torque …

Single-crystal diamond optomechanical devices have the potential to enable fundamental
studies and technologies coupling mechanical vibrations to both light and electronic …

Coupling between mechanical and optical degrees of freedom is strongly enhanced by
using subwavelength optical mode profiles. We realize an optomechanical system based on …

We develop a piezoelectrically actuated, one-dimensional acoustic and photonic crystal
nanocavity fabricated from aluminum nitride (AlN). Through simultaneous band structure …

In the past decade, there has been tremendous progress in using subwavelength-scale
nanostructures with elaborately designed periodic and disordered photonic materials for …