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20192026
most citedEfficient bidirectional piezo-optomechanical transduction between microwave and optical frequency

277 citations · 718 across the 18 of their papers we have counts for

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20 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…

physics.app-ph2025

Robotic chip-scale nanofabrication for superior consistency

Felix M. Mayor, Wenyan Guan, Erik Szakiel +2

Unlike the rigid, high-volume automation found in industry, academic research requires process flexibility that has historically relied on variable manual operations. This hinders…

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…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025

Intrinsic Phononic Dressed States in a Nanomechanical System

M. Yuksel, M. P. Maksymowych, O. A. Hitchcock +5

Nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) provide a platform for probing the quantum nature of mechanical motion in mesoscopic systems. This nature manifests most profoundly when the de…

cond-mat.mes-hall2025★ 1 cited

Frequency Fluctuations in Nanomechanical Resonators due to Quantum Defects

M. P. Maksymowych, M. Yuksel, O. A. Hitchcock +5

Nanomechanical resonators promise diverse applications ranging from mass spectrometry to quantum information processing, requiring long phonon lifetimes and frequency stability. Al…

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★ 1 cited

Single-Mode Squeezed Light Generation and Tomography with an Integrated Optical Parametric Oscillator

Taewon Park, Hubert S. Stokowski, Vahid Ansari +9

Quantum optical technologies promise advances in sensing, computing, and communication. A key resource is squeezed light, where quantum noise is redistributed between optical quadr…

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★ 122 cited

Integrated Passive Nonlinear Optical Isolators

Alexander D. White, Geun Ho Ahn, Kasper Van Gasse +4

Fiber and bulk-optical isolators are widely used to stabilize laser cavities by preventing unwanted feedback. However, their integrated counterparts have been slow to be adopted. W…

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…

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★ 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…

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…

physics.optics2019★ 127 cited

Lithium Niobate Piezo-optomechanical Crystals

Wentao Jiang, Rishi N. Patel, Felix M. Mayor +6

Demonstrating a device that efficiently connects light, motion, and microwaves is an outstanding challenge in classical and quantum photonics. We make significant progress in this…