An all-optical chip-based method has been used to actuate and detect the motion of silicon nanocantilevers. Multiplexed read-out has also been demonstrated. This miniaturization simultaneously brings ...

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You can’t feel it, but light can exert forces. And one has now been used to drive a tiny mechanical resonator, in a proof of principle that opens the door to a new way of powering nanoscale machinery.