Nature Communications (Aug 2017)

Dynamically induced robust phonon transport and chiral cooling in an optomechanical system

  • Seunghwi Kim,
  • Xunnong Xu,
  • Jacob M. Taylor,
  • Gaurav Bahl

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-017-00247-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Chiral transport can provide robustness against disorder, resulting in improved resonant modes for sensing and metrology. Here, Kim et al. demonstrate chiral phonon transport, disorder suppression and anomalous cooling without damping in an asymmetrically-pumped optomechanical system.