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Ultra-stable laser with sub-Hz intrinsic linewidth using a silicon photonic chip
Mohamad Hossein Idjadi, Haotian Cheng, Benjia Li +4
Here, we demonstrate a novel optical self-injection-locking scheme integrated with a modulation-free laser frequency stabilization technique co-integrated with a compact vacuum-gap…
Acoustoelectrically enhanced acousto-optic modulation in an integrated silicon nitride and thin film lithium niobate platform
Matthew J. Storey, John H. Dallyn, Kiyan Hocek +5
Acoustoelectric interactions in piezoelectric-semiconductor heterostructures allow the propagation characteristics of microwave frequency phonons in piezoelectric media to be contr…
Mode-selective acousto-electric modulation of phonons in a silicon photonic platform
Ruoyu Yuan, Yishu Zhou, Matthew J. Storey +9
Acousto-electric (AE) interactions enable electrical control of acoustic propagation through piezoelectric media. Bringing AE control onto integrated photonic platforms provides a…
Noise factor of Brillouin amplifiers
John H. Dallyn, Nils T. Otterstrom, Matt Eichenfield +2
Stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS), an optical nonlinearity arising from photon-phonon interactions, has formed the basis for a large class of optical signal processing devices,…
Noise and dynamics in acoustoelectric waveguides
Ryan O. Behunin, Andrew Shepherd, Ruoyu Yuan +5
We present a quantum field theoretic formulation of acoustoelectric interactions in waveguide-like systems of arbitrary cross-section. Building on an open quantum systems approach,…
Ultrastable vacuum-gap Fabry-Pérot cavities operated in air
Yifan Liu, Naijun Jin, Dahyeon Lee +9
We demonstrate a vacuum-gap ultrastable optical reference cavity that does not require a vacuum enclosure. Our simple method of optical contact bonding in a vacuum environment allo…
A mid-infrared Brillouin laser using ultra-high-Q on-chip resonators
Kiyoung Ko, Daewon Suk, Dohyeong Kim +12
Ultra-high-Q optical resonators have facilitated recent advancements in on-chip photonics by effectively harnessing nonlinear phenomena providing useful functionalities. While thes…
A Terahertz Bandwidth Nonmagnetic Isolator
Haotian Cheng, Yishu Zhou, Freek Ruesink +15
Integrated photonics could bring transformative breakthroughs in computing, networking, imaging, sensing, and quantum information processing, enabled by increasingly sophisticated…
A Novel Approach to Interface High-Q Fabry-Pérot Resonators with Photonic Circuits
Haotian Cheng, Naijun Jin, Zhaowei Dai +8
The unique benefits of Fabry-Pérot resonators as frequency-stable reference cavities and as an efficient interface between atoms and photons make them an indispensable resource for…
Photonic chip-based low noise microwave oscillator
Igor Kudelin, William Groman, Qing-Xin Ji +26
Numerous modern technologies are reliant on the low-phase noise and exquisite timing stability of microwave signals. Substantial progress has been made in the field of microwave ph…
Electrically interfaced Brillouin-active waveguide for multi-domain transduction
Yishu Zhou, Freek Ruesink, Margaret Pavlovich +14
New strategies to convert signals between optical and microwave domains could play a pivotal role in advancing both classical and quantum technologies. Through recent studies, elec…
Laser cooling of traveling wave phonons in an optical fiber
Joel N. Johnson, Danielle R. Haverkamp, Yi-Hsin Ou +4
In recent years, optical control of mechanical oscillators has emerged as a critical tool for everything from information processing to laser cooling. While traditional forms of op…
Intermodal strong coupling and wideband, low-loss isolation in silicon
Yishu Zhou, Freek Ruesink, Shai Gertler +18
Strong coupling enables a diverse set of applications that include optical memories, non-magnetic isolators, photonic state manipulation, and signal processing. To date, strong cou…
Chip-Based Laser with 1 Hertz Integrated Linewidth
Joel Guo, Charles A. McLemore, Chao Xiang +14
Lasers with hertz-level linewidths on timescales up to seconds are critical for precision metrology, timekeeping, and manipulation of quantum systems. Such frequency stability typi…
Thermal noise-limited laser stabilization to an 8 mL volume Fabry-Pérot reference cavity with microfabricated mirrors
Charles A. McLemore, Naijun Jin, Megan L. Kelleher +7
Lasers stabilized to vacuum-gap Fabry-Pérot optical reference cavities display extraordinarily low noise and high stability, with linewidths much less than 1 Hz. These lasers can e…
Micro-fabricated mirrors with finesse exceeding one million
Naijun Jin, Charles A. McLemore, David Mason +7
The Fabry-Pérot resonator is one of the most widely used optical devices, enabling scientific and technological breakthroughs in diverse fields including cavity QED, optical clocks…
Thermal and driven noise in Brillouin Lasers
John H. Dallyn, Kaikai Liu, Mark Harrington +4
Owing to their highly coherent emission and compact form factor, Brillouin lasers have been identified as a valuable asset for applications including portable atomic clocks, precis…
Modulation of Brillouin optomechanical interactions via acoustoelectric phonon-electron coupling
Nils T. Otterstrom, Matthew J. Storey, Ryan O. Behunin +3
Optomechanical Brillouin nonlinearities -- arising from the coupling between traveling photons and phonons -- have become the basis for a range of powerful optical signal processin…
422 Million Q Planar Integrated All-Waveguide Resonator with a 3.4 Billion Absorption Limited Q and Sub-MHz Linewidth
Matthew W. Puckett, Kaikai Liu, Nitesh Chauhan +8
High Q optical resonators are a key component for ultra-narrow linewidth lasers, frequency stabilization, precision spectroscopy and quantum applications. Integration of these reso…
Electrically-driven Acousto-optics and Broadband Non-reciprocity in Silicon Photonics
Eric A. Kittlaus, William M. Jones, Peter T. Rakich +3
Emerging technologies based on tailorable interactions between photons and phonons promise new capabilities ranging from high-fidelity microwave signal processing to non-reciprocal…
Back-scatter immune injection-locked Brillouin laser in silicon
Nils T. Otterstrom, Shai Gertler, Yishu Zhou +9
As self-sustained oscillators, lasers possess the unusual ability to spontaneously synchronize. These nonlinear dynamics are the basis for a simple yet powerful stabilization techn…
Resonantly enhanced nonreciprocal silicon Brillouin amplifier
Nils T. Otterstrom, Eric A. Kittlaus, Shai Gertler +3
The ability to amplify light within silicon waveguides is central to the development of high-performance silicon photonic device technologies. To this end, the large optical nonlin…
High-frequency cavity optomechanics using bulk acoustic phonons
Prashanta Kharel, Glen I. Harris, Eric A. Kittlaus +4
To date, micro- and nano-scale optomechanical systems have enabled many proof-of-principle quantum operations through access to high-frequency (GHz) phonon modes that are readily c…
Optomechanical cooling in a continuous system
Nils T. Otterstrom, Ryan O. Behunin, Eric A. Kittlaus +1
Radiation-pressure-induced optomechanical coupling permits exquisite control of micro- and mesoscopic mechanical oscillators. This ability to manipulate and even damp mechanical mo…