Press releases (in the group of Doctor Tobias J. Kippenberg, Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics Germany):

Cavity Optomechanics with Nanomechanical Oscillators
(11th October 2009)

• "Near-field cavity optomechanics with nanomechanical oscillators", Nature Physics [Publication]
• "Optomechanics: Light reading", Nature Nanotechnology: Research Highlight
• "Quantenlimitierte Messmethode für Nanosensoren",
MPQ Press Release (German)
MPG Press Release (German)
LMU Press Release (German)
• "Quantum-limited Measurement Method for Nanosensors",
MPQ Press Release (English)
MPG Press Release (English)
LMU Press Release (English)

Very Low Phonon Number Cooling and Position Measurement
(7th June 2009)

• "Resolved-sideband cooling and position measurement of a micromechanical oscillator close to the Heisenberg uncertainty limit ", Nature Physics [Publication]
• "Optomechanics: Photons refrigerating phonons", Nature Physics: News and Views
• "Die Quantenwelt in Reichweite", MPQ Press Release (German)
• "Approaching the Quantum World", MPQ Press Release (English)

Ultra-low Dissipation Spoke-Supported Microresonators
(28th September 2008)

• "Ultralow-Dissipation Optomechanical Resonators on a Chip", Nature Photonics [Publication]
• "Mit Speichenrädern auf dem Weg zur Quantenwelt", MPQ Press Release (German)
• "On the road to quantum world with spoke wheels", MPQ Press Release (English)
• "Approaching the quantum world with nanospokes", SPIE Newsroom

Resolved Sideband Cooling
(13th April 2008)

• "Resolved-sideband cooling of a micromechanical oscillator", Nature Physics [Publication]
• "Lichtgekühlte Mikro-Chips", MPQ Press Release (German)
• "Laser light cools microchip", MPQ Press Release (English)
• "Kaltes Licht im Glasring", Max Planck Society Press Release (German)
• "Laser light cools silica resonator", Optics.org press release

Monolithic Frequency Comb
(19th December 2007)

• "Optical frequency comb generation from a monolithic microresonator", Nature [Publication]
• "Nobelpreis-Technik auf einem Chip", MPQ Press Release (German)
• "Nobel Prize Technique on a Chip", MPQ Press Release (English)
• "New generation of combs", Nature Niews&Views
• "Glass microtoroids generate combs", Laser Focus World

Radiation Pressure Cooling
(15th December 2006)

• "Radiation Pressure Cooling of a Micromechanical Oscillator Using Dynamical Backaction", Physical Review Letters [Publication]
• "Cooling Rays of Light", Science Magazine
• "Licht als Kühlmittel", Physik Journal
• "Laser cooling of a micromechanical oscillator", Laser & Photonics Reviews

Press releases (in the group of Professor Kerry J. Vahala, California Institute of Technology USA):

Observation of radiation pressure induced oscillations of an optical microcavity
(10th July 2005)

• "Nonlinear Optics News and Views Clock", Science Magazine
• "Caltech Scientist Create tiny Photon Clock", Physics.org
• "Scientist Create tiny Photon Clock", OEMagazine

Ultra-high-Q toroid microcavities on a Chip
(10th February 2003)

• "Boosting Photon Storage", J.M. Gerard, Nature Materials
• "Microtoroids Store Light Energy on a Silicon Chip", Physics Link
• Caltech Press Release [link]
• "Wafer Processing Yields High-Q Microcavities", Photonics Spectra

Ultra-low threshold Raman Laser using a spherical microcavity
(7th February 2002)

• "Raman Laser Displays 62-µW Threshold ", Photonics Spectra
• Caltech 336 [link]
• "Nonlinear Laser with Ultralow Threshhold", American Insitute of Physics
• "Raman source cuts lasing threshold", Optics.org