%0 Journal Article %1 Ge2013Gaintunable %A Ge, Li %A Faez, Sanli %A Marquardt, Florian %A Türeci, Hakan E. %D 2013 %I American Physical Society %J Physical Review A %K gain-medium, theory optomechanics %P 053839+ %R 10.1103/physreva.87.053839 %T Gain-tunable optomechanical cooling in a laser cavity %U http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreva.87.053839 %V 87 %X We study the optical cooling of the cavity mirror in an active laser cavity. We find that the optical damping rate is vanishingly small for an incoherently pumped laser above threshold. In the presence of an additional external coherent drive however, the optical damping rate can be enhanced substantially with respect to that of a passive cavity. We show that the strength of the incoherent pump provides the means to tune the optical damping rate and the steady state phonon number. The system is found to undergo a transition from the weak optomechanical coupling regime to the strong optomechanical coupling regime as the strength of the incoherent pump is varied.

@article{Ge2013Gaintunable, abstract = {{We study the optical cooling of the cavity mirror in an active laser cavity. We find that the optical damping rate is vanishingly small for an incoherently pumped laser above threshold. In the presence of an additional external coherent drive however, the optical damping rate can be enhanced substantially with respect to that of a passive cavity. We show that the strength of the incoherent pump provides the means to tune the optical damping rate and the steady state phonon number. The system is found to undergo a transition from the weak optomechanical coupling regime to the strong optomechanical coupling regime as the strength of the incoherent pump is varied.}}, added-at = {2013-09-09T23:59:35.000+0200}, author = {Ge, Li and Faez, Sanli and Marquardt, Florian and T\"{u}reci, Hakan E.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2a0f5dca446a82aefc103e52796b053fe/jacksankey}, citeulike-article-id = {12515203}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreva.87.053839}, doi = {10.1103/physreva.87.053839}, interhash = {54ea4020df0c147510eb8d1e6bc7a315}, intrahash = {a0f5dca446a82aefc103e52796b053fe}, journal = {Physical Review A}, keywords = {gain-medium, theory optomechanics}, month = may, pages = {053839+}, posted-at = {2013-07-18 23:26:06}, priority = {2}, publisher = {American Physical Society}, timestamp = {2013-09-10T00:17:08.000+0200}, title = {{Gain-tunable optomechanical cooling in a laser cavity}}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/physreva.87.053839}, volume = 87, year = 2013 }