Cavity optomechanical sensing

Cavity optomechanical systems enable interactions between light and mechanical resonators, providing a platform both for fundamental physics of macroscopic quantum systems and for practical applications of precision sensing. The resonant enhancement of both mechanical and optical response in the cavity optomechanical systems has enabled precision sensing of multiple physical quantities, including displacements, masses, forces, accelerations, magnetic fields, and ultrasounds. In this article, we review the progress of precision sensing applications using cavity optomechanical systems. The review is organized in the following way: first we will introduce the physical principles of optomechanical sensing, including a discussion of the noises and sensitivity of the systems, and then review the progress in displacement sensing, mass sensing, force sensing, atomic force microscope (AFM) and magnetic resonance force microscope (MRFM), accelerometry, magnetometry, and ultrasound sensing, and introduce the progress of using quantum techniques especially squeezed light to enhance the performance of the optomechanical sensors. Finally, we give a summary and outlook.

Моделирование взаимодействия зонда магнитно-резонансного силового микроскопа с ферромагнитным образцом

We report the calculating algorithm and micromagnetic simulation of the resonance response of a magnetic resonance force microscope (MRFM) probe sensor. The simulation of the sample magnetization forced oscillations enables calculating the alternating component of the probe-sample force interaction and to draw the MRFM spectrum in the form of the dependence of cantilever oscillation amplitude on an external magnetic field. In addition, the simulation of the time dependences for all components of the magnetization allows the analysis of spatial distributions for spin-wave resonances in the samples. For the test object in the form of rectangular permalloy microstrips a good agreement between model and experimental MRFM spectra was observed.

Correction: Dynamic nuclear polarization in a magnetic resonance force microscope experiment

Correction for ‘Dynamic nuclear polarization in a magnetic resonance force microscope experiment’ by Corinne E. Isaac et al., Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2016, 18, 8806–8819.

Dynamic nuclear polarization in a magnetic resonance force microscope experiment

Microwave-assisted dynamic nuclear polarization in a magnetic field gradient using magnetic resonance force microscopy.