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We present an on-chip cavity optomechanical cantilever array with integrated actuation, that combines high measurement bandwidth and very low displacement noise floor with compactness, robustness, small size, and potential for low cost batch fabrication
In this article, novel, phonon-based silicon carbide nanopillar antenna arrays are described. Using fabricated SiC structures, sub-diffractional, localized resonances are observed with exceptionally high quality factors (40-305) and corresponding high
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Krishna Coimbatore Balram, Marcelo I. Davanco, Jin Dong Song, Kartik Srinivasan
Optomechanical cavities have been studied for applications ranging from sensing to quantum information science. Here, we develop a platform for nanoscale cavity optomechanical circuits in which optomechanical cavities supporting colocalized 1550 nm photons
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Kevin A. Twedt, Jie J. Zou, Marcelo I. Davanco, Kartik A. Srinivasan, Jabez J. McClelland, Vladimir A. Aksyuk
Optical microresonators have proven powerful in a wide range of applications, including cavity quantum electrodynamics, biosensing, microfludics, and cavity optomechanics. Their performance depends critically on the exact distribution of optical energy
Zeeshan Ahmed, Bernard J. Filla, William F. Guthrie, John S. Quintavalle
In recent years there has been considerable interest in developing photonic temperature sensors such as the Fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) as an alternative to resistance thermometry. In this study we examine the thermal response of FBGs over the temperature
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Nikolai Klimov, Sunil Mittal, Zeeshan Ahmed, Michaela Berger
Resistance thermometry is a time-tested method for temperature measurements. Fundamental limits to resistance-based approaches, spurred our interest in developing photonic temperature sensors as a viable alternative. In this study we demonstrate that our
In recent years silicon photonics has emerged as a powerful enabling technology that is being harnessed to devleop novel, highly sensitive sensing solutions to address problems in environmental and human health related mointoring. Here we have
In this work we report on the development of silicon photonic temperature sensors with ultra-small foot print and high temperature sensitivity as an alternative solution to legacy-based resistance thermometers.
We report on the fabrication and characterization of photonic-based nanothermometers, a silicon photonic Bragg grating and photonic crystal cavity. When cladded with silicon dioxide layer the sensors have at least eight times better sensitivity compared to
In recent years silicon photonic devices have emerged as a powerful tool for devleop novel, sensitivity sensors. In a recent study we systematically examined the impact of structural parameters on silicon ring resonators performance. In this study, we
Fundamental limitations of resistance thermometry, as well as the desire to reduce sensor ownership cost has led to considerable interest in the development of photonic temperature sensors as an alternative to resistance thermometers. These innovative
Nanophotonic materials have unique properties that are due to behavior on the quantum scale, as well as properties that emerge due to collective interactions within the system. These collective interactions may include complex quasiparticle interactions as
Galan A. Moody, Mingming M. Feng, Corey A. McDonald, Richard P. Mirin, Kevin L. Silverman
In semiconductor quantum dots, the electron hyperfine interaction with the nuclear spin bath is the leading source of spin decoherence at cryogenic temperature. Using high-resolution two-color differential transmission spectroscopy, we demonstrate that