Efficient bidirectional piezo-optomechanical transduction between microwave and optical frequency

Wentao Jiang; Christopher J. Sarabalis; Yanni D. Dahmani; Rishi N. Patel; Felix M. Mayor; Timothy P. McKenna; Raphaël Van Laer; Amir H. Safavi-Naeini

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-14863-3

Nature Communications (Mar 2020)

Efficient bidirectional piezo-optomechanical transduction between microwave and optical frequency

Wentao Jiang,
Christopher J. Sarabalis,
Yanni D. Dahmani,
Rishi N. Patel,
Felix M. Mayor,
Timothy P. McKenna,
Raphaël Van Laer,
Amir H. Safavi-Naeini

Affiliations

Wentao Jiang: Department of Applied Physics and Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University
Christopher J. Sarabalis: Department of Applied Physics and Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University
Yanni D. Dahmani: Department of Applied Physics and Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University
Rishi N. Patel: Department of Applied Physics and Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University
Felix M. Mayor: Department of Applied Physics and Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University
Timothy P. McKenna: Department of Applied Physics and Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University
Raphaël Van Laer: Department of Applied Physics and Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University
Amir H. Safavi-Naeini: Department of Applied Physics and Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14863-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Current optomechanical implementations of microwave and optical frequency interconversion are lacking in efficiency and interaction strength. The authors design and demonstrate an on-chip piezo-optomechanical solution which overcomes several technical barriers to reach several orders of magnitude improvement in efficiency.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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