Classical Analysis of Cavity Optomechanics

We present a classical analysis of a mechanical oscillator subject to the radiation pressure force due to light circulating inside a driven optical cavity. Our analysis is related to the problem of cooling an optomechanical setup to degrees near the ground state of mechanical motion according to quantum theory. Achieving this could provide an insight into quantum phenomena occurring in macro-scale setups. Dynamical backaction based on optical radiation pressure could be employed to reduce thermally excited fluctuations. We review the motion equations system and its steady state solution. We also show numerical simulation results, demonstrating different motion modes of such optomechanical setup.