Entropy (Jul 2023)

Low Noise Opto-Electro-Mechanical Modulator for RF-to-Optical Transduction in Quantum Communications

  • Michele Bonaldi,
  • Antonio Borrielli,
  • Giovanni Di Giuseppe,
  • Nicola Malossi,
  • Bruno Morana,
  • Riccardo Natali,
  • Paolo Piergentili,
  • Pasqualina Maria Sarro,
  • Enrico Serra,
  • David Vitali

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/e25071087
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 25, no. 7
p. 1087

Abstract

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In this work, we present an Opto-Electro-Mechanical Modulator (OEMM) for RF-to-optical transduction realized via an ultra-coherent nanomembrane resonator capacitively coupled to an rf injection circuit made of a microfabricated read-out able to improve the electro-optomechanical interaction. This device configuration can be embedded in a Fabry–Perot cavity for electromagnetic cooling of the LC circuit in a dilution refrigerator exploiting the opto-electro-mechanical interaction. To this aim, an optically measured steady-state frequency shift of 380 Hz was seen with a polarization voltage of 30 V and a Q-factor of the assembled device above 106 at room temperature. The rf-sputtered titanium nitride layer can be made superconductive to develop efficient quantum transducers.

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