Parametric optomechanical excitations have recently been experimentally demonstrated in microfluidic optomechanical resonators by means of optical radiation pressure and stimulated Brillouin scattering. This paper describes the fabrication of these microfluidic resonators along with methodologies for generating and verifying optomechanical oscillations.
Han, K., Kim, K. H., Kim, J., Lee, W., Liu, J., Fan, X., Carmon, T., Bahl, G. Fabrication and Testing of Microfluidic Optomechanical Oscillators. J. Vis. Exp. (87), e51497, doi:10.3791/51497 (2014).