High-Q photonic resonators and electro-optic coupling using silicon-on-lithium-niobate
| Autor: | Witmer, Jeremy D., Valery, Joseph A., Arrangoiz-Arriola, Patricio, Sarabalis, Christopher J., Hill, Jeff T., Safavi-Naeini, Amir H. |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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| Zdroj: | Scientific Reports 2017; 7: 46313 |
| Druh dokumentu: | Working Paper |
| DOI: | 10.1038/srep46313 |
| Popis: | Future quantum networks in which superconducting quantum processors are connected via optical links, will require microwave-to-optical photon converters that preserve entanglement. A doubly-resonant electro-optic modulator (EOM) is a promising platform to realize this conversion. Here, we present our progress towards building such a modulator by demonstrating the optically-resonant half of the device. We demonstrate high quality factor ring, disk and photonic crystal resonators using a hybrid silicon-on-lithium-niobate material system. Optical quality factors up to 730,000 are achieved, corresponding to propagation loss of 0.8 dB/cm. We also use the electro-optic effect to modulate the resonance frequency of a photonic crystal cavity, achieving a electro-optic modulation coefficient between 1 and 2 pm/V. In addition to quantum technology, we expect that our results will be useful both in traditional silicon photonics applications and in high-sensitivity acousto-optic devices. Comment: 9 pages, 4 figures |
| Databáze: | arXiv |
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