Radio-frequency communication systems have long used bulk-and surface-acoustic-wave
devices supporting ultrasonic mechanical waves to manipulate and sense signals. These …

Gravitational-wave detection has been pursued relentlessly for over 40 years. With the
imminent operation of a new generation of laser interferometers, it is expected that …

Conversion of electrical and optical signals lies at the foundation of the global internet. Such
converters are used to extend the reach of long-haul fibre-optic communication systems and …

The simple mechanical oscillator, canonically consisting of a coupled mass–spring system,
is used in a wide variety of sensitive measurements, including the detection of weak forces …

In strained mechanical resonators, the concurrence of tensile stress and geometric
nonlinearity dramatically reduces dissipation. This phenomenon, called dissipation dilution …

We present the design of an optomechanical crystal nanobeam cavity that combines finite-
element simulation with numerical optimization, and considers the optomechanical coupling …

Photonic crystal nanocavities that simultaneously possess small modal volumes and high
quality (Q) factors have opened up novel research areas in photonics during this decade …

Silicon has attracted great interest as a platform for both linear and nonlinear integrated
photonics for over 15 years. While its primary applications have been in the telecom window …

Broadband mid-infrared (mid-IR) spectroscopy applications could greatly benefit from
today's well-developed, highly scalable silicon photonics technology; however, this platform …

Silicon photonics leverages the optical, electrical and material properties of silicon and the
mature complementary metal‐oxide semiconductor (CMOS) nanofabrication technique to …