The coupling of optical and mechanical degrees of freedom is the underlying principle of
many techniques to measure mechanical displacement, from macroscale gravitational wave …

In contrast to a conventional symmetric Lorentzian resonance, Fano resonance is
predominantly used to describe asymmetric-shaped resonances, which arise from the …

The dynamic back-action caused by electromagnetic forces (radiation pressure) in optical,,,,,
and microwave cavities is of growing interest. Back-action cooling, for example, is being …

Glass microsphere resonators that support optical resonances known as whispering‐gallery
modes are unique tools for studying and exploiting optical effects under extremely well …

The force exerted by photons is of fundamental importance in light–matter interactions. For
example, in free space, optical tweezers have been widely used to manipulate atoms and …

Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) is traditionally viewed as a process whose strength is
dictated by intrinsic material nonlinearities with little dependence on waveguide geometry …

Optical forces are widely used to manipulate microparticles such as living cells, DNA and
bacteria. The forces used in these'optical tweezers' originate from the strongly varying …

We extend the response theory of optical forces to general electromagnetic systems which
can be treated as multi-port systems with multiple mechanical degrees of freedom. We …

The use of optical forces to manipulate small objects is well known. Applications include the
manipulation of living cells by optical tweezers and optical cooling in atomic physics. The …

The interaction between light and mesoscopic mechanical degrees of freedom has been
investigated under various perspectives, from spectroscopy in condensed matter, optical …