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Photons that pivot and shuttle

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Self-oscillation and shuttling of photons between distinct cavities in a photonic see-saw provide unexpected opportunities in nano-optomechanics.

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Figure 1: Illustration of rotational motion of the photon see-saw system.

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  1. Heedeuk Shin and Peter T. Rakich are in the Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, 15 Prospect Street, New Haven, Connecticut 06511, USA,

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Shin, H., Rakich, P. Photons that pivot and shuttle. Nature Nanotech 9, 878–880 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2014.259

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