Effects of the Casimir force on the properties of a hybrid optomechanical system*

Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 11574092, 61775062, 61378012, 91121023, and 60978009), the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No. 2013CB921804), and the Innovation Project of Graduate School of South China Normal University (Grant No. 2017LKXM090).

Wang Yi-Ping, Zhang Zhu-Cheng, Yu Ya-Fei, Zhang Zhi-Ming
       

(a) Plot of the group delay τ as a function of the detuning δ/ωm for the mirror–sphere separation d = 2 nm, 2.5 nm, and 3 nm, and (b) plot of the group delay τ as a function of the mirror–sphere separation d for the case of δ = ωm. Other parameters are the same as in Fig. 2.