Opto-mechanical photonic crystal cavities for sensing application

J Xia, Q Qiao, G Zhou, FS Chau, G Zhou - Applied Sciences, 2020 - mdpi.com
A new class of hybrid systems that couple optical and mechanical nanoscale devices is
under development. According to their interaction concepts, two groups of opto-mechanical …

Optomechanically induced transparency in a membrane-in-the-middle setup at room temperature

M Karuza, C Biancofiore, M Bawaj, C Molinelli… - Physical Review A …, 2013 - APS
We demonstrate the analog of electromagnetically induced transparency in a room
temperature cavity optomechanics setup formed by a thin semitransparent membrane within …

Control of coherent information via on-chip photonic–phononic emitter–receivers

H Shin, JA Cox, R Jarecki, A Starbuck, Z Wang… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
Rapid progress in integrated photonics has fostered numerous chip-scale sensing,
computing and signal processing technologies. However, many crucial filtering and signal …

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 …

Controllable optical response by modifying the gain and loss of a mechanical resonator and cavity mode in an optomechanical system

YL Liu, R Wu, J Zhang, ŞK Özdemir, L Yang, F Nori… - Physical Review A, 2017 - APS
We theoretically study a strongly driven optomechanical system which consists of a passive
optical cavity and an active mechanical resonator. When the optomechanical coupling …

Surfing the high energy output branch of nonlinear energy harvesters

D Mallick, A Amann, S Roy - Physical review letters, 2016 - APS
Hysteresis and multistability are fundamental phenomena of driven nonlinear oscillators,
which, however, restrict many applications such as mechanical energy harvesting. We …

Improving mechanical sensor performance through larger damping

SK Roy, VTK Sauer, JN Westwood-Bachman… - Science, 2018 - science.org
INTRODUCTION Nano-optomechanical systems (NOMS) are very small resonating
mechanical devices that have extraordinary sensitivity. The coupling of mechanical motion …

Low-noise amplification and frequency conversion with a multiport microwave optomechanical device

CF Ockeloen-Korppi, E Damskägg, JM Pirkkalainen… - Physical Review X, 2016 - APS
High-gain amplifiers of electromagnetic signals operating near the quantum limit are crucial
for quantum information systems and ultrasensitive quantum measurements. However, the …

Broadband nanoelectromechanical phase shifting of light on a chip

M Poot, HX Tang - Applied Physics Letters, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate an optomechanical phase shifter. By electrostatically deflecting the
nanofabricated mechanical structure, the effective index of a nearby waveguide is changed …

[HTML][HTML] Optical forces in silicon nanophotonics and optomechanical systems: science and applications

LK Chin, Y Shi, AQ Liu - Advanced Devices & Instrumentation, 2020 - spj.science.org
Light-matter interactions have been explored for more than 40 years to achieve physical
modulation of nanostructures or the manipulation of nanoparticle/biomolecule. Silicon …