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Probing optical transitions

Nature Photonics volume 6, pages 721–722 (2012)Cite this article

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Instead of using light to study mechanical motion, scientists have now demonstrated the use of mechanics to probe light, using an excitonic optomechanics coupling that paves the way to the implementation of cavity-free optomechanics.

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Figure 1: Exerting a force on a mechanical resonator using excitons.

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  1. Gary A. Steele and Herre S. J. van der Zant are at the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, Delft University of Technology, Lorentzweg 1, 2628 CJ Delft, The Netherlands,

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Steele, G., van der Zant, H. Probing optical transitions. Nature Photon 6, 721–722 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2012.270

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