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Efficient Conversion of Optical to Mechanical States Close to the Single-Quantum Level
Alexander Rolf Korsch, Liu Chen, Pedro V. Pinho +5
Coherent interfaces between optical photons and mechanical excitations provide a promising route towards phonon-state engineering and hybrid quantum information processing. Cavity…
From order to chaos in a chip-scale Kerr parametric oscillator
Luca O. Trinchão, Juan Diego Mazo-Vásquez, Miguel Nienstedt +13
Integrated photonics has enabled a wide class of chip-scale light sources and quantum technologies. Within this field, microresonator-based degenerate optical parametric oscillator…
Tunable Degenerate Optical Parametric Oscillation with Coupled Microresonators
Nathalia B. Tomazio, Luca O. Trinchão, Eduardo S. Gonçalves +5
Microresonator-based degenerate optical parametric oscillation (DOPO) has recently been explored as a compelling platform for all-optical computing and quantum information applicat…
Synchronization of silicon thermal-free-carrier oscillators
Gustavo de O. Luiz, Caique C. Rodrigues, Thiago P. Mayer Alegre +1
Recent exploration of collective phenomena in oscillator arrays has highlighted its potential for accessing a range of physical phenomena, from fundamental quantum many-body dynami…
Dissipative Optomechanics in High-Frequency Nanomechanical Resonators
André G. Primo, Pedro V. Pinho, Rodrigo Benevides +3
The coherent transduction of information between microwave and optical domains is a fundamental building block for future quantum networks. A promising way to bridge these widely d…
Silicon anisotropy in a bi-dimensional optomechanical cavity
Cauê M. Kersul, Rodrigo Benevides, Flávio Moraes +5
In this work, we study the effects of mechanical anisotropy in a 2D optomechanical crystal geometry. We fabricate and measure devices with different orientations, showing the depen…
Optimization of diamond optomechanical crystal cavities
Flavio Moraes, Gabriel H. M. de Aguiar, Emerson G. de Melo +2
Due to recent development of growing and processing techniques for high-quality single crystal diamond, the large scale production of diamond optomechanical crystal cavities become…
Enantioselective optical forces in gain-functionalized single core-shell chiral nanoparticles
R. Ali, F. A. Pinheiro, R. S. Dutra +2
We propose a gain-assisted enantioselective scheme in dye-doped chiral particles, demonstrating optical pulling and pushing forces that can be tuned using externally controllable p…
Optomechanical quantum teleportation
Niccolò Fiaschi, Bas Hensen, Andreas Wallucks +4
Quantum teleportation, the faithful transfer of an unknown input state onto a remote quantum system, is a key component in long distance quantum communication protocols and distrib…
Alumina coating for dispersion management in ultra-high Q microresonators
Marvyn Inga, Laís Fujii, José Maria C. da Silva Filho +5
Silica optical microspheres often exhibit ultra-high quality factors, yet, their group velocity dispersion, which is crucial for nonlinear optics applications, can only be coarsely…
Accurate modeling and characterization of photothermal forces in optomechanics
André G. Primo, Cauê M. Kersul, Rodrigo Benevides +6
Photothermal effects have been pointed out as prominent sources of forces in optomechanical systems, competing with the standard radiation pressure interactions. In this Article, w…
High-Frequency GaAs Optomechanical Bullseye Resonator
N. C. Carvalho, R. Benevides, M. Ménard +3
The integration of optomechanics and optoelectronics in a single device opens new possibilities for developing information technologies and exploring fundamental phenomena. Gallium…
Dispersion tailoring in wedge microcavities for Kerr comb generation
Laís Fujii, Marvyn Inga, Jorge H. Soares +3
The shaping of group velocity dispersion in microresonators is an important component in the generation of wideband optical frequency combs. Small resonators - with tight bending r…
Ultrahigh-Q optomechanical crystals cavities fabricated on a CMOS foundry
Rodrigo Benevides, Felipe G. S. Santos, Gustavo O. Luiz +2
Photonic crystals use periodic structures to create forbidden frequency regions for optical wave propagation, that allow for the creation and integration of complex optical functio…
Efficient anchor loss suppression in coupled near-field optomechanical resonators
Gustavo O. Luiz, Felipe G. S. Santos, Rodrigo S. Benevides +3
Elastic dissipation through radiation towards the substrate is a major loss channel in micro- and nanomechanical resonators. Engineering the coupling of these resonators with optic…
Brillouin Optomechanics in Coupled Silicon Microcavities
Yovanny A. V. Espinel, Felipe G. S. Santos, Gustavo O. Luiz +2
The simultaneous control of optical and mechanical waves has enabled a range of fundamental and technological breakthroughs, from the demonstration of ultra-stable frequency refere…
Brillouin Scattering Self-Cancellation
Omar Florez, Paulo F. Jarschel, Yovanny A. V. Espinel +4
The interaction between light and acoustic phonons is strongly modified in sub-wavelength confinement, and has led to the demonstration and control of Brillouin scattering in photo…
A chip-scale integrated cavity-electro-optomechanics platform
Martin Winger, Tim Blasius, Thiago P. Mayer Alegre +5
We present an integrated optomechanical and electromechanical nanocavity, in which a common mechanical degree of freedom is coupled to an ultrahigh-Q photonic crystal defect cavity…
Measurement of the quantum zero-point motion of a nanomechanical resonator
Amir H. Safavi-Naeini, Jasper Chan, Jeff T. Hill +3
We present optical sideband spectroscopy measurements of a mesoscopic mechanical oscillator cooled near its quantum ground state. The mechanical oscillator, corresponding to a 3.99…
Laser cooling of a nanomechanical oscillator into its quantum ground state
Jasper Chan, T. P. Mayer Alegre, Amir H. Safavi-Naeini +5
A patterned Si nanobeam is formed which supports co-localized acoustic and optical resonances that are coupled via radiation pressure. Starting from a bath temperature of T=20K, th…
Electrostatically tunable optomechanical "zipper" cavity laser
Raviv Perahia, Justin Cohen, Sean Meenehan +2
A tunable nanoscale "zipper" laser cavity, formed from two doubly clamped photonic crystal nanobeams, is demonstrated. Pulsed, room temperature, optically pumped lasing action at a…
Optomechanics in an ultrahigh-Q slotted 2D photonic crystal cavity
Amir H. Safavi-Naeini, Thiago P. Mayer Alegre, Martin Winger +1
Optical guided wave dielectric structures with nanoscale slots are known to provide strong electric field enhancements in the slotted region, enabling strong light-matter interacti…
Optomechanical zipper cavity lasers: theoretical analysis of tuning range and stability
Thiago P. Mayer Alegre, Raviv Perahia, Oskar Painter
The design of highly wavelength tunable semiconductor laser structures is presented. The system is based on a one dimensional photonic crystal cavity consisting of two patterned, d…
Surface-plasmon mode hybridization in sub-wavelength microdisk lasers
R. Perahia, T. P. Mayer Alegre, A. Safavi-Naeini +1
Hybridization of surface-plasmon and dielectric waveguide whispering-gallery modes are demonstrated in a semiconductor microdisk laser cavity of sub-wavelength proportions. A metal…