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20172023
most citedEnhanced nonlinear optomechanics in a coupled-mode photonic crystal device

43 citations · 96 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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7 papers

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-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★ 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.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…

physics.optics2020★ 13 cited

Comparing nonlinear optomechanical coupling in membrane-in-the-middle and single-cavity optomechanical systems

Roel Burgwal, Javier del Pino, Ewold Verhagen

In cavity optomechanics, nonlinear interactions between an optical field and a mechanical resonator mode enable a variety of unique effects in classical and quantum measurement and…

quant-ph2018

Modular Linear Optical Circuits

Paolo L. Mennea, William R. Clements, Devin H. Smith +8

We propose and demonstrate a modular architecture for reconfigurable on-chip linear-optical circuits. Each module contains 10 independent phase-controlled Mach-Zehnder interferomet…

quant-ph2017★ 1 cited

Implementing random unitaries in an imperfect photonic network

Roel Burgwal, William R. Clements, Devin H. Smith +4

We numerically investigate the implementation of Haar-random unitarity transformations and Fourier transformations in photonic devices consisting of beam splitters and phase shifte…