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Free-access optomechanical liquid probes using a twin-microbottle resonator.

Motoki Asano¹, Hiroshi Yamaguchi¹, Hajime Okamoto¹

¹NTT Basic Research Laboratories, NTT Corporation, 3-1 Morinosato Wakamiya, Atsugi-shi, Kanagawa 243-0198, Japan.

Science Advances

|November 2, 2022

Summary

This study introduces a novel probe-based optomechanical sensor for liquid analysis. The twin-microbottle resonator allows for in situ metrology in arbitrary media, advancing biological and rheological applications.

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Area of Science:

Cavity optomechanics
Nanoscale sensing technology
Fluid dynamics

Background:

Cavity optomechanics offers high-performance sensor technology applicable to liquid samples.
Existing methods using fluidic channels or droplets lack active sample access due to fixed designs.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop an alternate probe-based optomechanical sensor architecture for active, free access to liquid samples.
To enable in situ metrology in arbitrary media for biological and rheological applications.

Main Methods:

Utilized a probe with a twin-microbottle resonator, immersing one bottle in liquid for detection and keeping the other in air for readout.
Employed high optical Q (~10^7) for the readout bottle to maintain detection performance.
Implemented detection of thermomechanical motion and optomechanical drive with frequency tracking via a phase-locked loop.

Main Results:

Demonstrated a probe-based optomechanical sensor enabling detection in liquid samples.
Achieved excellent detection performance through the high-Q readout resonator.
Successfully tracked thermomechanical motion and optomechanical drive with frequency tracking.

Conclusions:

The developed technique provides active, free access to liquid samples for sensing.
This approach enables in situ metrology in arbitrary media.
Potential applications include ultrasensitive biochips and rheometers.