Quantum resource states from heralded microwave-optical Bell pairs
T. Haug, A. F. Kockum, R. Van Laer. “Quantum Resource States from Heralded Microwave-Optical Bell Pairs” Preprint at https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.14173
Clamped and sideband-resolved silicon optomechanical crystals
We present a new class of clamped OMCs realizing — for the first time — optomechanical interactions in the resolved-sideband regime required for quantum transduction. We observe a record zero-point optomechanical coupling rate of g0/(2π)≈0.50 MHz along with a sevenfold improvement in the single-photon cooperativity of clamped OMCs.
J. Kolvik*, P. Burger*, J. Frey & R. Van Laer. “Clamped and sideband-resolved silicon optomechanical crystals,” Optica 7 (10) (2023). https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.492143
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Optically heralded microwave photon addition
We implement and demonstrate a transducer device and use it to show that by detecting an optical photon we add a single photon to the microwave field. We achieve this by using a gigahertz nanomechanical resonance as an intermediary, and efficiently coupling it to optical and microwave channels through strong optomechanical and piezoelectric interactions.
W. Jiang*, F. M. Mayor*, S. Malik, R. Van Laer, T. P. McKenna, R. N. Patel, J. D. Witmer, A. H. Safavi-Naeini. “Optically heralded microwave photon addition,” Nature Physics (2023). https://www.nature.com/articles/s41567-023-02129-w
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Cryogenic microwave-to-optical conversion using a triply resonant lithium-niobate-on-sapphire transducer
T. P. McKenna*, J. D. Witmer*, R. N. Patel, W. Jiang, R. Van Laer, P. Arrangoiz-Arriola, E. A. Wollack, J. F. Herrmann, and A. H. Safavi-Naeini, “Cryogenic microwave-to-optical conversion using a triply resonant lithium-niobate-on-sapphire transducer,” Optica, vol. 7, no. 12, p. 1737, Dec. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.397235.
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A silicon‐organic hybrid platform for quantum microwave-to-optical transduction
J. D. Witmer*, T. P. McKenna*, P. Arrangoiz-Arriola, R. Van Laer, E. Alex Wollack, F. Lin, A. K.-Y. Jen, J. Luo, and A. H. Safavi-Naeini, “A silicon‐organic hybrid platform for quantum microwave-to-optical transduction,” Quantum Science and Technology, vol. 5, no. 3, p. 034004, Apr. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1088/2058-9565/ab7eed
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Efficient bidirectional piezo-optomechanical transduction between microwave and optical frequency
W. Jiang, C. J. Sarabalis, Y. D. Dahmani, R. N. Patel, F. M. Mayor, T. P. McKenna, R. Van Laer, and A. H. Safavi-Naeini, “Efficient bidirectional piezo-optomechanical transduction between microwave and optical frequency,” Nature Communications, vol. 11, no. 1, p. 1166, Dec. 2020, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-14863-3
Cryogenic packaging of an optomechanical crystal
T. P. McKenna*, R. N. Patel*, J. D. Witmer*, R. Van Laer*, J. A. Valery, and A. H. Safavi-Naeini, “Cryogenic packaging of an optomechanical crystal,” Optics Express, vol. 27, no. 20, p. 28782, Sep. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.27.028782.
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Lithium niobate piezo-optomechanical crystals
W. Jiang, R. N. Patel, F. M. Mayor, T. P. McKenna, P. Arrangoiz-Arriola, C. J. Sarabalis, J. D. Witmer, R. Van Laer, and A. H. Safavi-Naeini, “Lithium niobate piezo-optomechanical crystals,” Optica, vol. 6, no. 7, p. 845, Jul. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.6.000845
Electrical driving of X-band mechanical waves in a silicon photonic circuit
R. Van Laer, R. N. Patel, T. P. McKenna, J. D. Witmer, and A. H. Safavi-Naeini, “Electrical driving of X-band mechanical waves in a silicon photonic circuit,” APL Photonics, vol. 3, no. 8, p. 086102, Aug. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5042428