3 papers
physics.optics2026
Exceptional points in diamond optomechanics
Waleed El-Sayed, Elham Zohari, Joe Itoi +6
Multimode cavity optomechanical systems allow light to couple otherwise non-interacting mechanical resonators, enabling non-Hermitian phenomena such as exceptional points, where ei…
physics.optics2026
Large-amplitude diamond optomechanics by traversing a nonlinear attractor
Peyman Parsa, Waleed El-Sayed, Parisa Behjat +2
Nonlinear dynamics clamp the amplitude of mechanical resonators driven into self-oscillation by optomechanical backaction. Here we overcome the conventional limits of self-oscillat…
physics.optics2026
Saturable absorption in defect-rich diamond nanophotonics
Christopher Coutts, Nicholas J. Sorensen, Elham Zohari +3
Diamond is a leading quantum photonics platform due to its ability to host qubits based on crystal defects such as nitrogen-vacancy centres. Fabricating nanophotonic devices from d…