Cavity optomechanics on a microfluidic resonator with water and viscous liquids

Kyu Hyun Kim; Gaurav Bahl; Wonsuk Lee; Jing Liu; Matthew Tomes; Xudong Fan; Tal Carmon

doi:10.1038/lsa.2013.66

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Cavity optomechanics on a microfluidic resonator with water and viscous liquids

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- Cavity optomechanics on a microfluidic resonator with water and viscous liquids
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 2, Issue 3-4, (2013)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
  2.Mechanical Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 60801, USA
  3.Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
  4.Mechanical Engineering, Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
- Author bio：
  
  Dr T Carmon, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Michigan, 1301 Beal Ave. Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA E-mail: tcarmon@tx.technion.ac.il
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- DOI：10.1038/lsa.2013.66
  CLC：
- Published：2013-12，
  
  Published Online：08 November 2013，
  
  Received：22 January 2013，
  
  Revised：22 May 2013，
  
  Accepted：10 July 2013
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Kim, K. H. et al. Cavity optomechanics on a microfluidic resonator with water and viscous liquids. Light: Science & Applications, 2, e110 (2013).
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Kim, K. H. et al. Cavity optomechanics on a microfluidic resonator with water and viscous liquids. Light: Science & Applications, 2, e110 (2013). DOI： 10.1038/lsa.2013.66.

摘要

Abstract

Currently

optical or mechanical resonances are commonly used in microfluidic research. However

optomechanical oscillations by light pressure were not shown with liquids. This is because replacing the surrounding air with water inherently increases the acoustical impedance and hence

the associated acoustical radiation losses. Here

we bridge between microfluidics and optomechanics by fabricating a hollow-bubble resonator with liquid inside and optically exciting vibrations with 100 MHz rates using only mW optical-input power. This constitutes the first time that any microfluidic system is optomechanically actuated. We further prove the feasibility of microfluidic optomechanics on liquids by demonstrating vibrations on organic fluids with viscous dissipation higher than blood viscosity while measuring density changes in the liquid via the vibration frequency shift. Our device will enable using cavity optomechanics for studying non-solid phases of matter

while light is easily coupled from the outer dry side of the capillary and fluid is provided using a standard syringe pump.

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Keywords

nonlinear opticsoptical materials and devicesoptomechanics

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