The field of cavity optomechanics is reviewed. This field explores the interaction between
electromagnetic radiation and nanomechanical or micromechanical motion. This review …

Parametric coupling of optical and mechanical degrees of freedom forms the basis of many
ultra-sensitive measurements of both force and mechanical displacement. An optical cavity …

Gravitational wave detectors have been under development since the pioneering work of
Weber in the 1960s. The long and painstaking research effort has yielded enormous …

Ultralight scalars are an interesting dark matter candidate that may produce a mechanical
signal by modulating the Bohr radius. Recently it has been proposed to search for this signal …

Cylindrical re-entrant cavities are unique three-dimensional structures that resonate with
their electric and magnetic fields in separate parts of the cavity. To further understand these …

For many years, whispering gallery modes in silica microspheres, created by melting an
optical fiber using intense mid-infrared laser radiation or a hydrogen torch, have been …

We present first results from a number of experiments conducted on a 0.53-kg cylindrical
dumbbell-shaped sapphire crystal. Here we report on an optomechanical experiment …

The measurements of thin-film mechanical properties are generally influenced by the elastic
and plastic responses of substrates and consequently may be inaccurate. Thus in this study …

The coupling between acoustic vibrations in a lithium niobate bulk acoustic wave resonator
and microwave photons of a re-entrant microwave cavity was investigated at a temperature …

Recent research into cryogenic (4 K) and ultra-cryogenic (down to 15 mK) parametric
transducers for resonant-mass detectors is presented. Current technology is capable of …