Nature Communications (Apr 2017)

Nonlinear dynamics and chaos in an optomechanical beam

  • Daniel Navarro-Urrios,
  • Néstor E. Capuj,
  • Martín F. Colombano,
  • P. David García,
  • Marianna Sledzinska,
  • Francesc Alzina,
  • Amadeu Griol,
  • Alejandro Martínez,
  • Clivia M. Sotomayor-Torres

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14965
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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In optomechanics, optical nonlinearities are usually regarded as detrimental and efforts are made to minimize their effects. Here, the authors study the complex dynamics, including chaos, arising from the coupling of such optical nonlinearities with the mechanical modes of a silicon nanobeam cavity.