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OPTICA
卷 6, 期 12, 页码 1498-1505出版社
OPTICAL SOC AMER
DOI: 10.1364/OPTICA.6.001498
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- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
- AQT Intelligent Quantum Networks and Technologies (INQNET) research program
- DOE/HEP QuantISED program grant, QCCFP (Quantum Communication Channels for Fundamental Physics)
Acoustic or mechanical resonators have emerged as a promising means to mediate efficient microwave-to-optical conversion. Here, we demonstrate conversion of microwaves up to 4.5 GHz in frequency to 1500 nm wavelength light using optomechanical interactions on suspended thin-film lithium niobate. Our method uses an interdigital transducer that drives a freestanding 100 mu m-long thin-film acoustic resonator to modulate light traveling in a Mach-Zehnder interferometer or racetrack cavity. The strong microwave-to-acoustic coupling offered by the transducer in conjunction with the strong photoelastic, piezoelectric, and electro-optic effects of lithium niobate allows us to achieve a half-wave voltage of V-pi = 4.6 V and V-pi = 0.77 V for the Mach-Zehnder interferometer and racetrack resonator, respectively. The acousto-optic racetrack cavity exhibits an optomechanical single-photon coupling strength of 1.1 kHz. To highlight the versatility of our system, we also demonstrate a microwave photonic link with unitary gain, which refers to a 0 dB microwave power transmission over an optical channel. Our integrated nanophotonic platform, which leverages the compelling properties of lithium niobate, could help enable efficient conversion between microwave and optical fields. (c) 2019 Optical Society of America under the terms of the OSA Open Access Publishing Agreement
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