Abstract
We present the optical and mechanical properties of toroidal optomechanical resonators thermalized to Helium-3 (600 mK) temperatures. Dramatic improvements of mechanical quality factors are reported and evidence for direct phonon absorption is presented.
© 2010 Optical Society of America
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