Proposal for an Optomechanical Traveling Wave Phonon-Photon Translator
arXiv:1009.3529 · doi:10.1088/1367-2630/13/1/013017
Abstract
In this article we describe a general optomechanical system for converting photons to phonons in an efficient, and reversible manner. We analyze classically and quantum mechanically the conversion process and proceed to a more concrete description of a phonon-photon translator formed from coupled photonic and phononic crystal planar circuits. Applications of the phonon-photon translator to RF-microwave photonics and circuit QED, including proposals utilizing this system for optical wavelength conversion, long-lived quantum memory and state transfer from optical to superconducting qubits are considered.
32 pages, 11 figures
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