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20162026
most citedEfficient bidirectional piezo-optomechanical transduction between microwave and optical frequency

277 citations · 951 across the 28 of their papers we have counts for

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29 papers

quant-ph2026

A two-dimensional piezo-optomechanical transducer

Tian Xie, Nelson Ooi, Linus Woodard +7

Optical quantum networks provide a natural route for connecting distant superconducting quantum processors, enabling distributed quantum computation, sensing, and communication. Pi…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Ising Dirac fermions across a topological phase transition

Aoqian Zhang, Yaqi Ma, Yifei Jin +14

Dirac fermions have attracted significant interest due to their relativistic dispersions and close connections to topological physics, yet they are generally expected to be gapped…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Perturbative sensing of nanoscale materials with millimeter-wave photonic crystals

Kevin K. S. Multani, Zhurun Ji, Wentao Jiang +7

We introduce millimeter-wave silicon photonic crystal cavities as a versatile platform for the perturbative sensing of nanoscale materials. This dielectric-based platform is compat…

cond-mat.str-el2025

Interplay of ferromagnetism, nematicity and Fermi surface nesting in kagome flat band

Yuman He, Wentao Jiang, Siqi Wu +4

Recent experiment on Fe-doped CoSn has uncovered a series of correlated phases upon hole doping of the kagome flat bands. Among the phases observed, a nematic phase with a six- to…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Integrated phononic waveguide on thin-film lithium niobate on diamond

Sultan Malik, Felix M. Mayor, Wentao Jiang +6

We demonstrate wavelength-scale phononic waveguides formed by transfer-printed thin-film lithium niobate (LN) on bulk diamond (LNOD), a material stack that combines the strong piez…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Correlated Dephasing in a Piezoelectrically Transduced Silicon Phononic Waveguide

Oliver A. Hitchcock, Felix M. Mayor, Wentao Jiang +3

Nanomechanical waveguides offer a multitude of applications in quantum and classical technologies. Here, we design, fabricate, and characterize a compact silicon single-mode phonon…

quant-ph2024

Proposal for Superconducting Quantum Networks Using Multi-Octave Transduction to Lower Frequencies

Takuma Makihara, Wentao Jiang, Amir H. Safavi-Naeini

We propose networking superconducting quantum circuits by transducing their excitations (typically 4-8 GHz) to 100-500 MHz photons for transmission via cryogenic coaxial cables. Co…

quant-ph2024

Quantum limits of superconducting-photonic links and their extension to mm-waves

Kevin K. S. Multani, Wentao Jiang, Emilio A. Nanni +1

Photonic addressing of superconducting circuits has been proposed to overcome wiring complexity and heat load challenges, but superconducting-photonic links suffer from an efficien…

quant-ph2024★ 11 cited

A two-dimensional optomechanical crystal for quantum transduction

Felix M. Mayor, Sultan Malik, André G. Primo +4

Integrated optomechanical systems are one of the leading platforms for manipulating, sensing, and distributing quantum information. The temperature increase due to residual optical…

quant-ph2023

Flexible Integration of Gigahertz Nanomechanical Resonators with a Superconducting Microwave Resonator using a Bonded Flip-Chip Method

Sultan Malik, Wentao Jiang, Felix M. Mayor +2

We demonstrate strong coupling of gigahertz-frequency nanomechanical resonators to a frequency-tunable superconducting microwave resonator via a galvanically bonded flip-chip metho…

quant-ph2023★ 2 cited

Strong dispersive coupling between a mechanical resonator and a fluxonium superconducting qubit

Nathan R. A. Lee, Yudan Guo, Agnetta Y. Cleland +10

We demonstrate strong dispersive coupling between a fluxonium superconducting qubit and a 690 megahertz mechanical oscillator, extending the reach of circuit quantum acousto-dynami…

quant-ph2022★ 4 cited

Optically heralded microwave photons

Wentao Jiang, Felix M. Mayor, Sultan Malik +5

A quantum network that distributes and processes entanglement would enable powerful new computers and sensors. Optical photons with a frequency of a few hundred terahertz are perha…

physics.optics2022

Platform-agnostic waveguide integration of high-speed photodetectors with evaporated tellurium thin films

Geun Ho Ahn, Alexander D. White, Hyungjin Kim +8

Many attractive photonics platforms still lack integrated photodetectors due to inherent material incompatibilities and lack of process scalability, preventing their widespread dep…

physics.optics2022★ 33 cited

High-bandwidth CMOS-voltage-level electro-optic modulation of 780 nm light in thin-film lithium niobate

Oguz Tolga Celik, Christopher J. Sarabalis, Felix M. Mayor +7

Integrated photonics operating at visible-near-infrared (VNIR) wavelengths offer scalable platforms for advancing optical systems for addressing atomic clocks, sensors, and quantum…

quant-ph2021★ 28 cited

Room-temperature Mechanical Resonator with a Single Added or Subtracted Phonon

Rishi N. Patel, Timothy P. McKenna, Zhaoyou Wang +5

A room-temperature mechanical oscillator undergoes thermal Brownian motion with an amplitude much larger than the amplitude associated with a single phonon of excitation. This moti…

quant-ph2021★ 6 cited

Roadmap on Integrated Quantum Photonics

Galan Moody, Volker J. Sorger, Daniel J. Blumenthal +52

Integrated photonics is at the heart of many classical technologies, from optical communications to biosensors, LIDAR, and data center fiber interconnects. There is strong evidence…

physics.optics2020

Acousto-optic modulation of a wavelength-scale waveguide

Christopher J. Sarabalis, Raphaël Van Laer, Rishi N. Patel +4

We demonstrate a collinear acousto-optic modulator in a suspended film of lithium niobate employing a high-confinement, wavelength-scale waveguide. By strongly confining the optica…

physics.app-ph2020★ 43 cited

Loss channels affecting lithium niobate phononic crystal resonators at cryogenic temperature

E. Alex Wollack, Agnetta Y. Cleland, Patricio Arrangoiz-Arriola +6

We investigate the performance of microwave-frequency phononic crystal resonators fabricated on thin-film lithium niobate for integration with superconducting quantum circuits. For…

physics.app-ph2020★ 86 cited

Gigahertz phononic integrated circuits on thin-film lithium niobate on sapphire

Felix M. Mayor, Wentao Jiang, Christopher J. Sarabalis +3

Acoustic devices play an important role in classical information processing. The slower speed and lower losses of mechanical waves enable compact and efficient elements for delayin…

quant-ph2020★ 3 cited

Cryogenic microwave-to-optical conversion using a triply-resonant lithium niobate on sapphire transducer

Timothy P. McKenna, Jeremy D. Witmer, Rishi N. Patel +6

Quantum networks are likely to have a profound impact on the way we compute and communicate in the future. In order to wire together superconducting quantum processors over kilomet…

cond-mat.mes-hall2020★ 4 cited

Observation of trapped fractional charge and topological states at disclination defects in higher-order topological insulators

Christopher W. Peterson, Tianhe Li, Wentao Jiang +2

Topological crystalline insulators (TCIs) can exhibit unique, quantized electric phenomena such as fractional electric polarization and boundary-localized fractional charge. This q…

physics.app-ph2019

Nanobenders: efficient piezoelectric actuators for widely tunable nanophotonics at CMOS-level voltages

Wentao Jiang, Felix M. Mayor, Rishi N. Patel +3

Tuning and reconfiguring nanophotonic components is needed to realize systems incorporating many components. The electrostatic force can deform a structure and tune its optical res…

quant-ph2019★ 277 cited

Efficient bidirectional piezo-optomechanical transduction between microwave and optical frequency

Wentao Jiang, Christopher J. Sarabalis, Yanni D. Dahmani +5

Efficient interconversion of both classical and quantum information between microwave and optical frequency is an important engineering challenge. The optomechanical approach with…

physics.app-ph2019★ 54 cited

Piezoelectric transduction of a wavelength-scale mechanical waveguide

Yanni D. Dahmani, Christopher J. Sarabalis, Wentao Jiang +2

We present a piezoelectric transducer in thin-film lithium niobate that converts a 1.7 GHz microwave signal to a mechanical wave in a single mode of a 1 micron-wide waveguide. We m…