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Nanofiber based displacement sensor

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We report on the realization of a displacement sensor based on an optical nanofiber. A single gold nano-sphere is deposited on top of a nanofiber and the system is placed within a standing wave which serves as a position ruler. Scattered light collected within the guided mode of the fiber gives a direct measurement of the nanofiber displacement. We calibrated our device and found a sensitivity up to 1.2 nm/\(\sqrt{\text {Hz}}\). As an example of application, a mechanical model based on the Mie scattering theory is then used to evaluate the optically induced force on the nanofiber by an external laser and its displacement. With our sensing system, we demonstrate that an external force of 1 pN applied at the nanofiber waist can be detected.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Arno Rauschenbeutel for designing an early prototype of this device and for fruitful discussions on the sensitivity measurements. This research is supported by the Emergences Ville de Paris Nano2 project, the Caiyuanpei Programme, and the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under grant agreement no. 828972. C.D. is supported by a CSC scholarship.

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  1. Laboratoire Kastler Brossel, Collège de France, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, ENS-PSL Research University, Paris, France

    Chengjie Ding, Maxime Joos, Constanze Bach, Tom Bienaimé, Elisabeth Giacobino, Alberto Bramati & Quentin Glorieux

  2. State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai, 200062, China

    Chengjie Ding & E Wu

  3. Vienna Center for Quantum Science and Technology (VCQ), Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna, Boltzmanngasse 5, 1090, Vienna, Austria

    Constanze Bach

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Ding, C., Joos, M., Bach, C. et al. Nanofiber based displacement sensor. Appl. Phys. B 126, 103 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00340-020-07452-1

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