Bulk crystalline optomechanics

WH Renninger, P Kharel, RO Behunin, PT Rakich - Nature Physics, 2018 - nature.com
Control of long-lived, high-frequency phonons using light offers a path towards creating
robust quantum links, and could lead to tools for precision metrology with applications to …

[HTML][HTML] Ultra-high-Q phononic resonators on-chip at cryogenic temperatures

P Kharel, Y Chu, M Power, WH Renninger… - Apl Photonics, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Long-lived, high-frequency phonons are valuable for applications ranging from
optomechanics to emerging quantum systems. For scientific as well as technological impact …

High-frequency cavity optomechanics using bulk acoustic phonons

P Kharel, GI Harris, EA Kittlaus, WH Renninger… - Science …, 2019 - science.org
To date, microscale and nanoscale optomechanical systems have enabled many proof-of-
principle quantum operations through access to high-frequency (gigahertz) phonon modes …

Enhanced nonlinear optomechanics in a coupled-mode photonic crystal device

R Burgwal, E Verhagen - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
The nonlinear component of the optomechanical interaction between light and mechanical
vibration promises many exciting classical and quantum mechanical applications, but is …

Coherent coupling between radiofrequency, optical and acoustic waves in piezo-optomechanical circuits

KC Balram, MI Davanço, JD Song, K Srinivasan - Nature photonics, 2016 - nature.com
Optomechanical cavities have been studied for applications ranging from sensing to
quantum information science. Here, we develop a platform for nanoscale cavity …

A one-dimensional optomechanical crystal with a complete phononic band gap

J Gomis-Bresco, D Navarro-Urrios, M Oudich… - Nature …, 2014 - nature.com
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 …

Engineering crystal structures with light

AS Disa, TF Nova, A Cavalleri - Nature Physics, 2021 - nature.com
The crystal structure of a solid largely dictates its electronic, optical and mechanical
properties. Indeed, much of the exploration of quantum materials in recent years including …

[HTML][HTML] Multimode optomechanics with a two-dimensional optomechanical crystal

G Madiot, M Albrechtsen, S Stobbe… - APL Photonics, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
Chip-scale multimode optomechanical systems have unique benefits for sensing, metrology,
and quantum technologies relative to their single-mode counterparts. Slot-mode …

Phonon-cavity electromechanics

I Mahboob, K Nishiguchi, H Okamoto, H Yamaguchi - Nature Physics, 2012 - nature.com
Photonic cavities have emerged as an indispensable tool to control and manipulate
harmonic motion in opto/electromechanical systems. Invariably, in these systems a high …

Optomechanical crystal with bound states in the continuum

S Liu, H Tong, K Fang - Nature communications, 2022 - nature.com
Chipscale micro-and nano-optomechanical systems, hinging on the intangible radiation-
pressure force, have shown their unique strength in sensing, signal transduction, and …