Advent of torsional optomechanics from Beth’s legacy

Jaehyuck Jang; Jungho Mun; Junsuk Rho

doi:10.1117/1.AP.5.4.040501

Advanced Photonics, Volume. 5, Issue 4, 040501(2023)

Advent of torsional optomechanics from Beth’s legacy

Jaehyuck Jang¹, Jungho Mun², and Junsuk Rho^1,2,3、*

Author Affiliations

¹Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Department of Chemical Engineering, Pohang, Republic of Korea

²Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH), Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang, Republic of Korea

³POSCO-POSTECH-RIST Convergence Research Center for Flat Optics and Metaphotonics, Pohang, Republic of Korea

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Published Online: Jul. 20, 2023

The Author Email: Rho Junsuk (jsrho@postech.ac.kr)

DOI:10.1117/1.AP.5.4.040501

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