7 papers
Resonance-enhanced integrated acousto-optic beam steering
Yue Yu, Qixuan Lin, Shucheng Fang +8
Optical beam steering is a key technology for free-space optical communication, sensing, and imaging. Mechanical beam steering systems suffer from limited scanning speed and bulky…
Magnet-Free Nonreciprocal frequency conversion using Sequential Temporal modulation: Theory and Simulations
Arya G. Pour, Jun Ji, Linbo Shao
Nonreciprocal conversion is essential for protecting sources and enabling unidirectional signal routing in photonic, phononic, electronics, and quantum systems, yet conventional im…
Microwave-acoustic-based isolated gate driver for power electronics
Liyang Jin, Zichen Xi, Joseph G. Thomas +6
Electrical isolation is critical to ensure safety and minimize electromagnetic interference (EMI), yet existing methods struggle to simultaneously transmit power and signals throug…
On-chip cavity electro-acoustics using lithium niobate phononic crystal resonators
Jun Ji, Joseph G. Thomas, Zichen Xi +7
Mechanical systems are pivotal in quantum technologies because of their long coherent time and versatile coupling to qubit systems. So far, the coherent and dynamic control of giga…
Injection locking of GHz-frequency surface acoustic wave phononic crystal oscillator
Zichen Xi, Hsuan-Hao Lu, Jun Ji +4
Low-noise gigahertz (GHz) frequencies sources are essential for applications in signal processing, sensing, and telecommunications. Surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonator-based osci…
Room-temperature mid-infrared detection using metasurface-absorber-integrated phononic crystal oscillator
Zichen Xi, Zengyu Cen, Dongyao Wang +9
Mid-infrared (MIR) detectors find extensive applications in chemical sensing, spectroscopy, communications, biomedical diagnosis and space explorations. Alternative to semiconducto…