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20092026
most citedQuantum-coherent coupling of a mechanical oscillator to an optical cavity mode

898 citations · 3.3k across the 46 of their papers we have counts for

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47 papers

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Chiral thermal fluctuations and enhanced refrigeration in a nonreciprocal nanomechanical system

Jesse J. Slim, Javier del Pino, Sander A. Mann +1

Understanding how the breaking of reciprocity influences thermal flows and microscopic thermodynamic processes such as refrigeration and energy conversion is of broad current inter…

cond-mat.mes-hall2026

Strong nanomechanical Duffing nonlinearity and interactions induced through cavity optomechanics

Jesse J. Slim, Ewold Verhagen

Nonlinearity is a key resource in both classical and quantum signal processing. Nonlinear nanomechanical elements have found applications ranging from sensing to computing, while n…

physics.optics2025

Controlling photothermal forces and backaction in nano-optomechanical resonators through strain engineering

Menno H. Jansen, Cauê M. Kersul, Ewold Verhagen

In micro- and nanoscale optomechanical systems, radiation pressure interactions are often complemented or impeded by photothermal forces arising from thermal strain induced by opti…

quant-ph2025★ 1 cited

Deterministic Mechanical Wigner Negativity via Nonlinear Cavity Quantum Optomechanics in the Unresolved-Sideband Regime

Jack Clarke, Pascal Neveu, Ewold Verhagen +1

Non-Gaussian quantum states of mechanical motion exhibiting Wigner negativity offer promising capabilities for quantum technologies and tests of fundamental physics. Within the fie…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Programmable Synthetic Magnetism and Chiral Edge States in Nano-Optomechanical Quantum Hall Networks

Jesse J. Slim, Javier del Pino, Ewold Verhagen

Artificial magnetic fields break time-reversal symmetry in engineered materials--also known as metamaterials, enabling robust, topological transport of neutral excitations, much li…

physics.optics2024★ 25 cited

Nanocavities for Molecular Optomechanics: their fundamental description and applications

Philippe Roelli, Huatian Hu, Ewold Verhagen +2

Vibrational Raman scattering -- a process where light exchanges energy with a molecular vibration through inelastic scattering -- is most fundamentally described in a quantum frame…

physics.optics2024

Strain coupling of a single exciton to a nano-optomechanical resonator

Matteo Lodde, René P. J. van Veldhoven, Ewold Verhagen +1

We demonstrate coupling of a semiconductor quantum dot (QD) to an optomechanical cavity, mediated by the strain of a nano-mechanical mode. The device comprises an optomechanical ph…

quant-ph2023★ 1 cited

A single-phonon directional coupler

Amirparsa Zivari, Niccolò Fiaschi, Lorenzo Scarpelli +4

Integrated photonics has revolutionized fields such as telecommunications, quantum optics, and metrology by enabling compact, scalable circuits through highly confined optical mode…

quant-ph2023★ 59 cited

Optomechanical realization of the bosonic Kitaev-Majorana chain

Jesse J. Slim, Clara C. Wanjura, Matteo Brunelli +3

The fermionic Kitaev chain is a canonical model featuring topological Majorana zero modes. We report the experimental realization of its bosonic analogue in a nano-optomechanical n…

physics.optics2023★ 28 cited

Hybrid cavity-antenna architecture for strong and tunable sideband-selective molecular Raman scattering enhancement

Ilan Shlesinger, Jente Vandersmissen, Eitan Oksenberg +2

Plasmon resonances at the surface of plasmonic antennas allow for extremely strong enhancement of Raman scattering. Intrinsic to plasmonics, however, is that extreme field confinem…

physics.optics2023

Observation of Landau levels and topological edge states in photonic crystals through pseudomagnetic fields induced by synthetic strain

René Barczyk, L. Kuipers, Ewold Verhagen

The control over light propagation and localization in photonic crystals offers wide applications from sensing and on-chip routing to lasing and quantum light-matter interfaces. Wh…

physics.optics2022

Quadrature-averaged homodyne detection for cavity parameter estimation

Giada R. La Gala, Arvind S. Kumar, Rick Leijssen +2

Balanced homodyne interferometry is a well-known detection technique that allows for sensitive characterization of light fields. Conventionally a homodyne interferometer is operate…

quant-ph2022★ 43 cited

Enhanced nonlinear optomechanics in a coupled-mode photonic crystal device

Roel Burgwal, Ewold Verhagen

The nonlinear component of the optomechanical interaction between light and mechanical vibration promises many exciting classical and quantum mechanical applications, but is genera…

quant-ph2022★ 17 cited

Cavity quantum optomechanical nonlinearities and position measurement beyond the breakdown of the linearized approximation

Jack Clarke, Pascal Neveu, Kiran E. Khosla +2

Several optomechanics experiments are now entering the highly sought nonlinear regime where optomechanical interactions are large even for low light levels. Within this regime, new…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 34 cited

Quadrature nonreciprocity: unidirectional bosonic transmission without breaking time-reversal symmetry

Clara C. Wanjura, Jesse J. Slim, Javier del Pino +3

Nonreciprocity means that the transmission of a signal depends on its direction of propagation. Despite vastly different platforms and underlying working principles, the realisatio…

quant-ph2022★ 37 cited

On-chip distribution of quantum information using traveling phonons

Amirparsa Zivari, Niccolò Fiaschi, Roel Burgwal +3

Distributing quantum entanglement on a chip is a crucial step towards realizing scalable quantum processors. Using traveling phonons - quantized guided mechanical wavepackets - as…

physics.app-ph2022★ 9 cited

Nanomechanical Design Strategy for Single-Mode Optomechanical Measurement

Giada La Gala, John P. Mathew, Pascal Neveu +1

The motion of a mechanical resonator is intrinsically decomposed over a collection of normal modes of vibration. When the resonator is used as a sensor, its multimode nature often…

physics.optics2022★ 2 cited

Interplay of leakage radiation and protection in topological photonic crystal cavities

René Barczyk, Nikhil Parappurath, Sonakshi Arora +3

The introduction of topological concepts to the design of photonic crystal cavities holds great promise for applications in integrated photonics due to the prospect of topological…

cond-mat.mes-hall2022★ 15 cited

Breakdown of spin-to-helicity locking at the nanoscale in topological photonic crystal edge states

Sonakshi Arora, Thomas Bauer, Nikhil Parappurath +3

We measure the local near-field spin in topological edge state waveguides that emulate the quantum spin Hall effect. We reveal a highly structured spin density distribution that is…

cond-mat.mes-hall2021★ 122 cited

Non-Hermitian chiral phononics through optomechanically-induced squeezing

Javier del Pino, Jesse J. Slim, Ewold Verhagen

Imposing chirality on a physical system engenders unconventional energy flow and responses, such as the Aharonov-Bohm effect and the topological quantum Hall phase for electrons in…

physics.optics2021★ 146 cited

Continuous-Wave Frequency Upconversion with a Molecular Optomechanical Nanocavity

Wen Chen, Philippe Roelli, Huatian Hu +8

Frequency upconversion is a cornerstone of electromagnetic signal processing, analysis and detection. It is used to transfer energy and information from one frequency domain to ano…

physics.optics2021★ 2 cited

Integrated molecular optomechanics with hybrid dielectric-metallic resonators

Ilan Shlesinger, Kévin G. Cognée, Ewold Verhagen +1

Molecular optomechanics stems from the description of Raman scattering in the presence of an optical resonator using a cavity optomechanics formalism. We extend the molecular optom…

physics.app-ph2021★ 4 cited

Calibration-based overlay sensing with minimal-footprint targets

Tom A. W. Wolterink, Robin D. Buijs, Giampiero Gerini +2

Overlay measurements are a critical part of modern semiconductor fabrication, but overlay targets have not scaled down in the way devices have. In this work, we produce overlay tar…

physics.optics2021★ 1 cited

Floquet phonon lasing in multimode optomechanical systems

Laura Mercadé, Karl Pelka, Roel Burgwal +3

Dynamical radiation pressure effects in cavity optomechanical systems give rise to self-sustained oscillations or `phonon lasing' behavior, producing stable oscillators up to GHz f…