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A mirror is coated on the plane side of a small mechanical resonator ("cavity"). A laser delivers light to the front of the mirror and, through a feedback mechnism, to the cavity, where changes in the thermal motion of the mirror can be monitored and partially counteracted.
reported by: Cohadon et al. in Physical Review Letters.