# An optomechanical heat engine with feedback-controlled in-loop light

@article{Abari2019AnOH,
title={An optomechanical heat engine with feedback-controlled in-loop light},
author={Najmeh Etehadi Abari and Giulia Vittoria De Angelis and Stefano Zippilli and David Vitali},
journal={New Journal of Physics},
year={2019}
}
• Published 1 May 2019
• Physics
• New Journal of Physics
The dissipative properties of an optical cavity can be effectively controlled by placing it in a feedback loop where the light at the cavity output is detected and the corresponding signal is used to modulate the amplitude of a laser field which drives the cavity itself. Here we show that this effect can be exploited to improve the performance of an optomechanical heat engine which makes use of polariton excitations as working fluid. In particular we demonstrate that, by employing a positive…
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