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CLEO: 2014

DOI: 10.1364/cleo_qels.2014.fth1k.6

Nature Research, Nature Nanotechnology, 11(9), p. 920-926, 2014

DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2014.189

2014 International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics

DOI: 10.1109/omn.2014.6924599

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Bidimensional nano-optomechanics and topological backaction in a non-conservative radiation force field

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Abstract

Optomechanics, which explores the fundamental coupling between light and mechanical motion, has made important advances in both exploring and manipulating macroscopic mechanical oscillators down to the quantum level. However, dynamical effects related to the vectorial nature of the optomechanical interaction remain to be investigated. Here we study a nanowire with sub-wavelength dimensions strongly coupled to a tightly focused beam of light, enabling ultrasensitive readout of the nanoresonators dynamics. We experimentally determine the vectorial structure of the optomechanical interaction and demonstrate that bidimensional dynamical backaction governs the nanowire dynamics. Moreover, the non-conservative topology of the optomechanical interaction is responsible for a novel canonical signature of strong coupling between the nanoresonator mechanical modes, leading to a topological instability. These results have a universal character and illustrate the increased sensitivity of nanomechanical devices towards topologically varying interactions, opening fundamental perspectives in nanomechanics, optomechanics, ultrasensitive scanning probe force microscopy and nano-optics.