Coherent optical wavelength conversion via cavity-optomechanics
Abstract
We theoretically propose and experimentally demonstrate coherent wavelength conversion of optical photons using photon-phonon translation in a cavity-optomechanical system. For an engineered silicon optomechanical crystal nanocavity supporting a 4 GHz localized phonon mode, optical signals in a 1.5 MHz bandwidth are coherently converted over a 11.2 THz frequency span between one cavity mode at wavelength 1460 nm and a second cavity mode at 1545 nm with a 93% internal (2% external) peak efficiency. The thermal and quantum limiting noise involved in the conversion process is also analyzed, and in terms of an equivalent photon number signal level are found to correspond to an internal noise level of only 6 and 4x10^(-3) quanta, respectively.
Additional Information
© 2012 Macmillan Publishers Limited. Received 06 August 2012. Accepted 12 October 2012. Published 13 November 2012. This work was supported by the DARPA/MTO MESO program, Institute for Quantum Information and Matter, an NSF Physics Frontiers Center with support of the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, and the Kavli Nanoscience Institute at Caltech. JC and ASN gratefully acknowledge support from NSERC. Contributions: A.H.S.-N., J.C. and J.T.H. designed and fabricated the devices. J.T.H., along with support from A.H.S.-N. and J.C. performed the measurements. A.H.S.-N. and J.T.H. performed the data analysis. A.H.S.-N. and O.P. developed the experimental concept, and O.P. supervised the measurements and analysis. All authors worked together on writing the manuscript. Competing financial interests: The authors declare no competing financial interests.Attached Files
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- Eprint ID
- 35262
- DOI
- 10.1038/ncomms2201
- Resolver ID
- CaltechAUTHORS:20121102-103144343
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)
- Institute for Quantum Information and Matter (IQIM)
- NSF Physics Frontiers Center
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
- Kavli Nanoscience Institute
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
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2012-11-03Created from EPrint's datestamp field
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2021-11-09Created from EPrint's last_modified field
- Caltech groups
- Kavli Nanoscience Institute, Institute for Quantum Information and Matter