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 and Amir H. Safavi-Naeini ()
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Wentao Jiang: Stanford University
Christopher J. Sarabalis: Stanford University
Yanni D. Dahmani: Stanford University
Rishi N. Patel: Stanford University
Felix M. Mayor: Stanford University
Timothy P. McKenna: Stanford University
Raphaël Van Laer: Stanford University
Amir H. Safavi-Naeini: Stanford University

Nature Communications, 2020, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-7

Abstract: Abstract Efficient interconversion of both classical and quantum information between microwave and optical frequency is an important engineering challenge. The optomechanical approach with gigahertz-frequency mechanical devices has the potential to be extremely efficient due to the large optomechanical response of common materials, and the ability to localize mechanical energy into a micron-scale volume. However, existing demonstrations suffer from some combination of low optical quality factor, low electrical-to-mechanical transduction efficiency, and low optomechanical interaction rate. Here we demonstrate an on-chip piezo-optomechanical transducer that systematically addresses all these challenges to achieve nearly three orders of magnitude improvement in conversion efficiency over previous work. Our modulator demonstrates acousto-optic modulation with $${V}_{\pi }$$Vπ = 0.02 V. We show bidirectional conversion efficiency of $$1{0}^{-5}$$10−5 with 3.3 μW red-detuned optical pump, and $$5.5 \%$$5.5% with 323 μW blue-detuned pump. Further study of quantum transduction at millikelvin temperatures is required to understand how the efficiency and added noise are affected by reduced mechanical dissipation, thermal conductivity, and thermal capacity.

Date: 2020
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