Mechanical resonators are widely used in sensors, transducers and optomechanical
systems, where mechanical dissipation sets the ultimate limit to performance. Over the past …

The transport of sound and heat, in the form of phonons, can be limited by disorder-induced
scattering. In electronic and optical settings the introduction of chiral transport, in which …

Recent years have witnessed the boom of cavity optomechanics, which exploits the
confinement and coupling of optical and mechanical waves at the nanoscale. Among their …

Photonic cavities have emerged as an indispensable tool to control and manipulate
harmonic motion in opto/electromechanical systems. Invariably, in these systems a high …

Nanophononics has the potential for information transfer, in an analogous manner to its
photonic and electronic counterparts. The adoption of phononic systems has been limited …

Coupled electromechanical resonators that can be independently driven/detected and
easily integrated with external circuits are essential for exploring mechanical modes based …

Spontaneous locking of the phase of a coherent phonon source to an external reference is
demonstrated in a deeply sideband-unresolved optomechanical system. The high-amplitude …

Long-lived, high-frequency phonons are valuable for applications ranging from
optomechanics to emerging quantum systems. For scientific as well as technological impact …

Optomechanical crystals are a promising device platform for quantum transduction and
sensing. Precise targeting of the optical and acoustic resonance frequencies of these …

Engineering phonon transport in physical systems is a subject of interest in the study of
materials, and has a crucial role in controlling energy and heat transfer. Of particular interest …