6 papers
Chiral thermal fluctuations and enhanced refrigeration in a nonreciprocal nanomechanical system
Jesse J. Slim, Javier del Pino, Sander A. Mann +1
Understanding how the breaking of reciprocity influences thermal flows and microscopic thermodynamic processes such as refrigeration and energy conversion is of broad current inter…
Strong nanomechanical Duffing nonlinearity and interactions induced through cavity optomechanics
Jesse J. Slim, Ewold Verhagen
Nonlinearity is a key resource in both classical and quantum signal processing. Nonlinear nanomechanical elements have found applications ranging from sensing to computing, while n…
Controlling photothermal forces and backaction in nano-optomechanical resonators through strain engineering
Menno H. Jansen, Cauê M. Kersul, Ewold Verhagen
In micro- and nanoscale optomechanical systems, radiation pressure interactions are often complemented or impeded by photothermal forces arising from thermal strain induced by opti…
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…
Deterministic Mechanical Wigner Negativity via Nonlinear Cavity Quantum Optomechanics in the Unresolved-Sideband Regime
Jack Clarke, Pascal Neveu, Ewold Verhagen +1
Non-Gaussian quantum states of mechanical motion exhibiting Wigner negativity offer promising capabilities for quantum technologies and tests of fundamental physics. Within the fie…
Programmable Synthetic Magnetism and Chiral Edge States in Nano-Optomechanical Quantum Hall Networks
Jesse J. Slim, Javier del Pino, Ewold Verhagen
Artificial magnetic fields break time-reversal symmetry in engineered materials--also known as metamaterials, enabling robust, topological transport of neutral excitations, much li…