Articles

Design strategies for controlling damping in micromechanical and nanomechanical resonators

Damping is a critical design parameter for miniaturized mechanical resonators used in microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), optomechanical systems, and atomic force micro...

Authors: Surabhi Joshi, Sherman Hung and Srikar Vengallatore

On-chip cavity optomechanical coupling

On-chip cavity optomechanics, in which strong co-localization of light and mechanical motion is engineered, relies on efficient coupling of light both into and out of the on-chip optical resonator. Here we det...

Authors: Bradley D Hauer, Paul H Kim, Callum Doolin, Allison JR MacDonald, Hugh Ramp and John P Davis

Direct IR excitation in a fast ion beam: application to NO^- photodetachment cross sections

Optical access to a travelling ion packet is required in many ion beam experiments that study ion-photon interactions.

Authors: Rico Otto, Amelia W Ray, Jennifer S Daluz and Robert E Continetti

Method for validating radiobiological samples using a linear accelerator

There is an immediate need for rapid triage of the population in case of a large scale exposure to ionizing radiation. Knowing the dose absorbed by the body will allow clinicians to administer medical treatmen...

Authors: Muriel Brengues, David Liu, Ronald Korn and Frederic Zenhausern

EPJ Techniques and Instrumention

Authors: Stephen Buckman, Peter Grütter and Martin Hegner