Optomechanical coupling in photonic crystal supported nanomechanical waveguides

We report improved optomechanical properties of a nanomechanical beam resonator embedded in an optical race-track resonator. Precise control of the mechanical resonator is achieved by clamping the beam between two low-loss photonic crystal waveguide couplers. The low insertion loss and the rigid mechanical support provided by the couplers yield both good mechanical and optical Q-factors for improved signal quality.