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Suspended Mirrors: From Test Masses to Micromechanics

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Cavity Optomechanics

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Suspended mirrors are the most prominent model systems for optomechanical devices. During the last 10 years, microfabricated mirrors have dramatically increased the capability to exploit radiation-pressure effects on such structures. This chapter summarizes the current state-of-the-art in the performance of suspended (micro-)mirrors for cavity optomechanics experiments in terms of their optical and mechanical quality, and highlights some of the milestones experiments performed with suspended mirrors.

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  3. Faculty of Physics, Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Markus Aspelmeyer

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Cohadon, PF., Schnabel, R., Aspelmeyer, M. (2014). Suspended Mirrors: From Test Masses to Micromechanics. In: Aspelmeyer, M., Kippenberg, T., Marquardt, F. (eds) Cavity Optomechanics. Quantum Science and Technology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55312-7_4

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