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Room-temperature silicon platform for GHz-frequency nano-electro-opto-mechanical systems
D. Navarro-Urrios, M. F. Colombano, G. Arregui +7
Nano-electro-opto-mechanical systems enable the synergistic coexistence of electrical, mechanical, and optical signals on a chip to realize new functions. Most of the technology pl…
Thermal properties of nanocrystalline silicon nanobeams
Jeremie Maire, Emigdio Chavez-Angel, Guillermo Arregui +7
Controlling thermal energy transfer at the nanoscale has become critically important in many applications and thermal properties since it often limits device performance. In this w…
Optomechanical crystals for spatial sensing of submicron sized analytes
D. Navarro-Urrios, E. Kang, P. Xiao +7
Optomechanical crystal cavities have rich perspectives for detecting and indirectly analysing biological particles, such as proteins, bacteria and viruses. In this work we demonstr…
Injection locking in an optomechanical coherent phonon source
Guillermo Arregui, Martin Facundo Colombano, Jérémie Maire +6
Spontaneous locking of the phase of a coherent phonon source to an external reference is demonstrated in an optomechanical oscillator based on a self-triggered free-carrier/tempera…
High frequency mechanical excitation of a silicon nanostring with piezoelectric aluminum nitride layers
A. Pitanti, T. Makkonen, M. F. Colombano +8
A strong trend for quantum based technologies and applications follows the avenue of combining different platforms to exploit their complementary technological and functional advan…
Ferromagnetic resonance assisted optomechanical magnetometer
M. F. Colombano, G. Arregui, F. Bonell +7
The resonant enhancement of mechanical and optical interaction in optomechanical cavities enables their use as extremely sensitive displacement and force detectors. In this work we…
Properties of Nanocrystalline Silicon Probed by Optomechanics
Daniel Navarro-Urrios, Martin F. Colombano, Jeremie Maire +13
Nanocrystalline materials exhibit properties that can differ substantially from those of their single crystal counterparts. As such, they provide ways to enhance and optimise their…
Synchronization of optomechanical cavities by mechanical interaction
M. F. Colombano, G. Arregui, N. E. Capuj +7
The synchronization of coupled oscillators is a phenomenon found throughout nature. Mechanical oscillators are paradigmatic among such systems, but realising them at the nanoscale…
Optical modulation of coherent phonon emission in optomechanical cavities
J. Maire, N. E. Capuj, M. F. Colombano +4
Optomechanical structures are well suited to study photon-phonon interactions, and they also turn out to be potential building blocks for phononic circuits and quantum computing. I…
Nanocrystalline silicon optomechanical cavities
D. Navarro-Urrios, N. E. Capuj, J. Maire +9
Silicon on insulator photonics has offered a versatile platform for the recent development of integrated optomechanical circuits. However, there are some constraints such as the hi…
Optomechanical coupling in the Anderson-localization regime
Pedro David García, Robert Bericat-Vadell, Guillermo Arregui +4
Optomechanical crystals, purposely designed and fabricated semiconductor nanostructures, are used to enhance the coupling between the electromagnetic field and the mechanical vibra…
Extending the applicability of an open-ring trap to perform experiments with a single laser-cooled ion
J. M. Cornejo, M. Colombano, J. Doménech +3
An open-ring ion trap, also referred to as transparent trap was initially built up to perform - correlation experiments with radioactive ions. This trap geometry is also well…