Optical Forces in Silicon Nanophotonics and Optomechanical Systems: Science and Applications

Silicon optomechanical devices. (a) Nonlinear deformation of a ring resonator with a suspended arc with pull-back instability, reprinted with permission from ref. [42]. (b) Optomechanical crystal: geometry, optical resonance, mechanical mode, and SEM image, reprinted with permission from ref. [74]. (c) Torsional frequency mixing and sensing in optomechanical resonators, reprinted with permission from ref. [75].