The downscaling of optical systems to the micro and nano-scale results invery compliant systems with nanogram-scale masses, which renders themsusceptible to optical forces. Here we show a specially designed resonantstructure for enabling efficient static control of the optical response withrelatively weak repulsive and attractive optical forces. Using attractivegradient optical forces we demonstrate a static mechanical deformation of up to20 nanometers in the resonator structure. This deformation is enough to shiftthe optical resonances by roughly 80 optical linewidths.
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