• DocumentCode
    1771245
  • 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
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    8-13 June 2014
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    2
  • 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;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2014 Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6989337