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
Time-of-flight imaging based on resonant photoelastic modulation
O. Atalar, R. Van Laer, C. J. Sarabalis, A. H. Safavi-Naeini, and A. Arbabian, “Time-of-flight imaging based on resonant photoelastic modulation,” Applied Optics, vol. 58, no. 9, p. 2235, Mar. 2019, https://doi.org/10.1364/AO.58.002235
Controlling phonons and photons at the wavelength scale: integrated photonics meets integrated phononics

A. H. Safavi-Naeini, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets, and R. Van Laer. Controlling phonons and photons at the wavelength scale: integrated photonics meets integrated phononics. Optica Vol. 6, Issue 2, pp. 213-232 (2019)
Optomechanical antennas for on-chip beam-steering

C. J. Sarabalis*, R. Van Laer*, and A. H. Safavi-Naeini, “Optomechanical antennas for on-chip beam-steering,” Optics Express, vol. 26, no. 17, p. 22075, Aug. 2018, https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.26.022075
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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
Thermal Brillouin noise observed in silicon optomechanical waveguide
R. Van Laer, C. J. Sarabalis, R. Baets, D. Van Thourhout, and A. H. Safavi-Naeini, “Thermal Brillouin noise observed in silicon optomechanical waveguide,” Journal of Optics, vol. 19, no. 4, p. 044002, Apr. 2017, https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8986/aa600d
Nonlinear optical interactions in silicon waveguides
B. Kuyken, F. Leo, S. Clemmen, U. Dave, R. Van Laer, T. Ideguchi, H. Zhao, X. Liu, J. Safioui, S. Coen, S. P. Gorza, S. K. Selvaraja, S. Massar, R. M. Osgood, P. Verheyen, J. Van Campenhout, R. Baets, W. M. J. Green, and G. Roelkens, “Nonlinear optical interactions in silicon waveguides,” Nanophotonics, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 377–392, Mar. 2017, https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2016-0001
Unifying Brillouin scattering and cavity optomechanics

R. Van Laer, R. Baets, and D. Van Thourhout, “Unifying Brillouin scattering and cavity optomechanics,” Physical Review A, vol. 93, no. 5, p. 053828, May 2016, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.93.053828