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The nanosphere phonon laser

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A phonon laser made from a levitated silica nanosphere held in a controllable optical trap offers a useful tool for studying phonon–photon interactions.

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Fig. 1: Schematic of a phonon laser based on a levitated optomechanical system.

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Huang, R., Jing, H. The nanosphere phonon laser. Nat. Photonics 13, 372–373 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-019-0443-1

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