Controlling phonons and photons at the wavelength scale: integrated photonics meets integrated phononics

AH Safavi-Naeini, D Van Thourhout, R Baets… - Optica, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Radio-frequency communication systems have long used bulk-and surface-acoustic-wave
devices supporting ultrasonic mechanical waves to manipulate and sense signals. These …

Waveguide-integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors

S Ferrari, C Schuck, W Pernice - Nanophotonics, 2018 - degruyter.com
Integration of superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors with nanophotonic
waveguides is a key technological step that enables a broad range of classical and quantum …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum networks based on color centers in diamond

M Ruf, NH Wan, H Choi, D Englund… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
With the ability to transfer and process quantum information, large-scale quantum networks
will enable a suite of fundamentally new applications, from quantum communications to …

Solid-state single-photon emitters

I Aharonovich, D Englund, M Toth - Nature photonics, 2016 - nature.com
Single-photon emitters play an important role in many leading quantum technologies. There
is still no'ideal'on-demand single-photon emitter, but a plethora of promising material …

Silicon-vacancy spin qubit in diamond: a quantum memory exceeding 10 ms with single-shot state readout

DD Sukachev, A Sipahigil, CT Nguyen, MK Bhaskar… - Physical review …, 2017 - APS
The negatively charged silicon-vacancy (SiV-) color center in diamond has recently
emerged as a promising system for quantum photonics. Its symmetry-protected optical …

Microwave-to-optical conversion using lithium niobate thin-film acoustic resonators

L Shao, M Yu, S Maity, N Sinclair, L Zheng, C Chia… - Optica, 2019 - opg.optica.org
Acoustic or mechanical resonators have emerged as a promising means to mediate efficient
microwave-to-optical conversion. Here, we demonstrate conversion of microwaves up to 4.5 …

Strain engineering of the silicon-vacancy center in diamond

S Meesala, YI Sohn, B Pingault, L Shao, HA Atikian… - Physical Review B, 2018 - APS
We control the electronic structure of the silicon-vacancy (SiV) color-center in diamond by
changing its static strain environment with a nano-electro-mechanical system. This allows …

Silicon carbide for integrated photonics

A Yi, C Wang, L Zhou, Y Zhu, S Zhang, T You… - Applied Physics …, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Photonic integrated circuits (PICs) based on lithographically patterned waveguides provide
a scalable approach for manipulating photonic bits, enabling seminal demonstrations of a …

Coherent acoustic control of a single silicon vacancy spin in diamond

S Maity, L Shao, S Bogdanović, S Meesala… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Phonons are considered to be universal quantum transducers due to their ability to couple to
a wide variety of quantum systems. Among these systems, solid-state point defect spins are …

Inverse-designed diamond photonics

C Dory, D Vercruysse, KY Yang, NV Sapra… - Nature …, 2019 - nature.com
Diamond hosts optically active color centers with great promise in quantum computation,
networking, and sensing. Realization of such applications is contingent upon the integration …