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The convergence of cavity optomechanics and Brillouin scattering

Mikołaj K. Schmidt*, Christopher G. Baker, Raphaël Van Laer

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Abstract

Cavity optomechanics and Brillouin scattering have historically developed as separate fields of study, focused on distinct optoacoustic interaction effects, and realized in different physical platforms. These gaps are now closing rapidly, as researchers embrace the fundamental similarities between the two fields. Both fields study the three-wave mixing between electromagnetic and acoustic waves. Here, we review this convergence by showing how optoacoustic platforms increasingly blur the traditional distinctions between cavity optomechanics and Brillouin scattering. We discuss how the theoretical formalisms used by the two communities can be directly mapped between each other in both waveguides and cavities.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationBrillouin scattering. Part 1
EditorsBenjamin J. Eggleton, Michael J. Steel, Christopher G. Poulton
Place of PublicationCambridge, MA
PublisherAcademic Press
Chapter3
Pages93-131
Number of pages39
ISBN (Electronic)9780323989299
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameSemiconductors and Semimetals
Volume109
ISSN (Print)0080-8784

Keywords

  • Brillouin scattering
  • Optoacoustics
  • Optomechanical feedback

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