Title :
3C-SiC nanobeam optomechanical crystals
Author :
Lee, Jonathan Y. ; Xiyuan Lu ; Feng, Philip X.-L ; Qiang Lin
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA
Abstract :
We report the first demonstration of high-quality (Qi ~ 2.8-3.2×103)3C silicon carbide photonic crystal nanobeams. With the strong optomechanical coupling (gOM/2π ~ 100 GHz/nm), we observed clear optical transduction of the thermal mechanical motion of the coupled nanobeams.
Keywords :
laser beams; optical couplers; photonic crystals; silicon compounds; wide band gap semiconductors; 3C-SiC nanobeam; SiC; coupled nanobeams; high-quality 3C silicon carbide; optical transduction; optomechanical coupling; optomechanical crystals; photonic crystal nanobeams; thermal mechanical motion; Cavity resonators; Optical coupling; Optical resonators; Optical sensors; Photonic crystals; Radio frequency; Silicon carbide;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Jose, CA
