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Interaction between light and highly confined hypersound in a silicon photonic nanowire

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Van Laer, Raphaël, Kuyken, Bart, Van Thourhout, Dries, Baets, Roel·2015·Nature Photonics

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In the past decade there has been a surge in research at the boundary between photonics and phononics. Most efforts have centred on coupling light to motion in a high-quality optical cavity, typically geared towards manipulating the quantum state of a mechanical oscillator. It was recently predicted that the strength of the light–sound interaction would increase drastically in nanoscale silicon photonic wires. Here we demonstrate, for the first time, such a giant overlap between near-infrared light and gigahertz sound co-localized in a small-core silicon wire. The wire is supported by a tiny pillar to block the path for external phonon leakage, trapping 10 GHz phonons in an area of less than 0.1 μm2. Because our geometry can also be studied in microcavities, it paves the way for complete fusion between the fields of cavity optomechanics and Brillouin scattering. The results bode well for the realization of optically driven lasers/sasers, isolators and comb generators on a densely integrated silicon chip. The authors experimentally and theoretically demonstrate stimulated Brillouin scattering in a silicon nanowire supported by a pillar, which results from the tight confinement of both photons and phonons.

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Authors
Van Laer, R., Kuyken, B., Van Thourhout, D., & Baets, R.
Venue
Nature Photonics
Published
2015-02-16
Volume
9
Issue
3
Pages
199-203
ISSN
  • 1749-4885 (ISSN-L)
  • 1749-4893
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W2062148446
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353
References
73
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26.49
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journal article
Language
en
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Van Laer, R., Kuyken, B., Van Thourhout, D., & Baets, R. (2015). Interaction between light and highly confined hypersound in a silicon photonic nanowire. Nature Photonics. https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2015.11

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