Optomechanical cavities towards single photon strong coupling

• Grant number: 18/15580-6
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Young Investigators Grants - Phase 2
• Start date: May 01, 2019
• End date: July 31, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Thiago Pedro Mayer Alegre
• Grantee: Thiago Pedro Mayer Alegre
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Simon Groeblacher
• Associated research grant: 12/17610-3 - Optomechanics in photonic and phononic crystals, AP.JP
• Associated research grant(s): 23/12741-7 - Multi-user Equipment approved in grant 18/15580-6: vector network analyzer (DC até 20 GHz), AP.EMU; 22/14273-8 - Dissipative and dispersive optomechanical cavities, AP.R SPRINT
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/16797-0 - Micro- and Nano-fabrication of Photonic Devices, BP.TT; 24/00681-2 - Optics and Photonics in Everyday Life, BP.JC; 24/00679-8 - Optics and Photonics in Everyday Life, BP.JC; + associated scholarships 23/05160-8 - Waveguide Coupling of Optomechanical Cavities, BP.IC; 23/05173-2 - Integrating 2D Materials with Planar Optical Cavities, BP.IC; 20/15786-3 - Dissipative optomechanical coupling, BP.DD; 20/06348-2 - Non-linear effects and dissipation in optomechanical cavities, BP.DR; 20/00119-1 - Numerical optimization of optomechanical devices, BP.MS; 20/00100-9 - Dissipation and oscillations on optomechanical cavities, BP.PD; 19/13564-6 - Optomechanics oscillators, BP.DD; 19/09738-9 - Near strong coupling optomechanical cavities, BP.DD - associated scholarships

Abstract

In this proposal we plan to study the fundamental interaction between photons and phonons. By the use of modern microfabrication technique, simulations and theory we expect to achieve strong coupling between the light and sound confined to these structures. Such achievement could pave the way to explore coherent coupling exchange between photons and phonons and to study quantum mechanics within mesoscopic devices. Our approach in this proposal is to create innovative designs and exploring different materials to achieve such metric. Ultimately this could potentially break through existing technological limits and help deliver superior and exquisite photonic devices. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

BENEVIDES, RODRIGO; MENARD, MICHAEL; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; MAYER ALEGRE, THIAGO P.. Ar/Cl-2 etching of GaAs optomechanical microdisks fabricated with positive electroresist. OPTICAL MATERIALS EXPRESS, v. 10, n. 1, p. 57-67, JAN 1 2020. (12/17765-7, 16/18308-0, 18/15577-5, 19/01402-1, 12/17610-3, 18/15580-6)

INGA, MARVYN; FUJII, LAIS; DA SILVA FILHO, JOSE MARIA C.; QUINTINO PALHARES, JOAO HENRIQUE; FERLAUTO, ANDRE SANTAROSA; MARQUES, FRANCISCO C.; MAYER ALEGRE, THIAGO P.; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO. Alumina coating for dispersion management in ultra-high Q microresonators. APL PHOTONICS, v. 5, n. 11, NOV 1 2020. (18/15580-6, 18/15577-5, 18/21311-8, 12/17765-7, 18/25339-4, 12/17610-3)

WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; DAINESE, PAULO; MAYER ALEGRE, THIAGO P.. Brillouin optomechanics in nanophotonic structures. APL PHOTONICS, v. 4, n. 7, JUL 2019. (08/57857-2, 12/17765-7, 18/15580-6, 13/20180-3, 12/17610-3, 18/15577-5)

RODRIGUES, CAIQUE C.; KERSUL, CAUE M.; PRIMO, ANDRE G.; LIPSON, MICHAL; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. MAYER; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.. Optomechanical synchronization across multi-octave frequency spans. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, v. 12, n. 1, SEP 24 2021. (19/14377-5, 20/06348-2, 18/15577-5, 19/09738-9, 17/24845-0, 18/15580-6, 18/25339-4)

FIASCHI, NICCOLO; HENSEN, BAS; WALLUCKS, ANDREAS; BENEVIDES, RODRIGO; LI, JIE; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. MAYER; GROEBLACHER, SIMON. Optomechanical quantum teleportation. Nature Photonics, v. 15, n. 11, OCT 2021. (19/01402-1, 18/15580-6, 16/18308-0, 18/25339-4)

LI, JIE; WALLUCKS, ANDREAS; BENEVIDES, RODRIGO; FIASCHI, NICCOLO; HENSEN, BAS; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. MAYER; GROBLACHER, SIMON. Proposal for optomechanical quantum teleportation. PHYSICAL REVIEW A, v. 102, n. 3, p. 8-pg., 2020-09-03. (18/15580-6, 16/18308-0)

RODRIGUES, CAIQUE C.; ZURITA, ROBERTO O.; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. M.; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.. Stimulated Brillouin scattering by surface acoustic waves in lithium niobate waveguides. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, v. 40, n. 5, p. 8-pg., 2023-05-01. (18/15580-6, 22/11486-0, 19/14377-5, 18/15577-5, 18/25339-4, 19/13564-6)

KERSUL, CAUE M.; BENEVIDES, RODRIGO; MORAES, FLAVIO; DE AGUIAR, GABRIEL H. M.; WALLUCKS, ANDREAS; GROBLACHER, SIMON; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; MAYER ALEGRE, THIAGO P.. Silicon anisotropy in a bi-dimensional optomechanical cavity. APL PHOTONICS, v. 8, n. 5, p. 6-pg., 2023-05-01. (20/00119-1, 22/07719-0, 18/15577-5, 18/15580-6, 19/01402-1, 20/06348-2, 18/25339-4, 20/00100-9)

MORAES, FLAVIO; DE AGUIAR, GARBRIEL H. M.; DE MELO, EMERSON G.; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. MAYER. Optimization of diamond optomechanical crystal cavities. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, v. 39, n. 10, p. 7-pg., 2022-10-01. (20/00119-1, 18/15577-5, 18/15580-6, 21/10249-2, 18/25339-4, 20/00100-9)

ALI, R.; PINHEIRO, F. A.; DUTRA, R. S.; ALEGRE, T. P. MAYER; WIEDERHECKER, G. S.. Enantioselective optical forces in gain-functionalized single core-shell chiral nanoparticles. PHYSICAL REVIEW A, v. 108, n. 4, p. 9-pg., 2023-10-09. (18/15580-6, 18/25339-4, 20/03131-2, 18/15577-5)

PRIMO, ANDRE G.; PINHO, PEDRO V.; BENEVIDES, RODRIGO; GROBLACHER, SIMON; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. MAYER. Dissipative optomechanics in high-frequency nanomechanical resonators. NATURE COMMUNICATIONS, v. 14, n. 1, p. 8-pg., 2023-09-18. (19/09738-9, 20/15786-3, 18/25339-4, 18/15577-5, 18/15580-6, 19/01402-1, 22/07719-0)

TOMAZIO, NATHALIA B.; TRINCHAO, LUCA O.; GONCALVES, EDUARDO S.; DOS SANTOS, LAIS FUJII; SANTOS, FELIPE G. S.; JARSCHEL, PAULO F.; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. MAYER; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.. Tunable Degenerate Optical Parametric Oscillation with Coupled Microresonators. ACS PHOTONICS, v. N/A, p. 9-pg., 2024-11-14. (24/14425-8, 23/09412-1, 20/04686-8, 22/06267-8, 21/10334-0, 18/25339-4, 18/15577-5, 18/15580-6, 18/21311-8, 24/02289-2)

CARVALHO, NATALIA C.; BENEVIDES, RODRIGO; MENARD, MICHAEL; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; FRATESCHI, NEWTON C.; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. M.; IEEE. High-frequency GaAs bullseye optomechanical resonator. 2020 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO), v. N/A, p. 2-pg., 2020-01-01. (16/18308-0, 18/15580-6, 18/15577-5, 17/19770-1, 18/25339-4)

LI, JIE; WALLUCKS, ANDREAS; BENEVIDES, RODRIGO; FIASCHI, NICCOLO; HENSEN, BAS; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. MAYER; GROBLACHER, SIMON. Proposal for optomechanical quantum teleportation. Physical Review A, v. 102, n. 3, SEP 3 2020. (16/18308-0, 18/15580-6)

MELO, EMERSON G.; RIBEIRO, ANA L. A.; BENEVIDES, RODRIGO S.; ZUBEN, V, ANTONIO A. G.; PUYDINGER DOS SANTOS, V, MARCOS; SILVA, ALEXANDRE A.; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. M.. Bright and Vivid Diffractive-Plasmonic Reflective Filters for Color Generation. ACS APPLIED NANO MATERIALS, v. 3, n. 2, p. 1111-1117, FEB 2020. (18/15580-6, 18/15577-5, 12/17610-3, 12/17765-7, 16/18308-0)

PRIMO, ANDRE G.; CARVALHO, NATALIA C.; KERSUL, CAUE M.; FRATESCHI, NEWTON C.; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; MAYER ALEGRE, THIAGO P.. Quasinormal-Mode Perturbation Theory for Dissipative and Dispersive Optomechanics. Physical Review Letters, v. 125, n. 23, DEC 2 2020. (17/19770-1, 18/15580-6, 18/15577-5, 20/06348-2, 19/09738-9, 18/25339-4)

PRIMO, ANDRE G.; KERSUL, CAUE M.; BENEVIDES, RODRIGO; CARVALHO, NATALIA C.; MENARD, MICHAEL; FRATESCHI, NEWTON C.; DE ASSIS, PIERRE-LOUIS; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; MAYER ALEGRE, THIAGO P.. Accurate modeling and characterization of photothermal forces in optomechanics. APL PHOTONICS, v. 6, n. 8, AUG 1 2021. (17/14920-5, 17/19770-1, 18/15577-5, 18/25339-4, 20/06348-2, 19/09738-9, 18/15580-6, 16/18308-0)

INGA, M.. Dispersion tailoring in wedge microcavities for Kerr comb generation. OPTICS LETTERS, v. 45, n. 12, JUN 15 2020. (12/17610-3, 16/05038-4, 18/15577-5, 18/15580-6, 18/21311-8, 18/25339-4, 12/17765-7)

ALI, R.; PINHEIRO, F. A.; DUTRA, R. S.; ALEGRE, T. P. MAYER; WIEDERHECKER, G. S.. Enantioselective optical forces and size-dependent sorting of single chiral particles using vortex beams. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, v. 110, n. 11, p. 9-pg., 2024-09-06. (18/15580-6, 18/25339-4, 20/03131-2, 18/15577-5)

LUIZ, GUSTAVO DE O.; RODRIGUES, CAIQUE C.; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. MAYER; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.. Synchronization of silicon thermal free-carrier oscillators. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, v. 40, n. 7, p. 7-pg., 2023-07-01. (18/15577-5, 19/14377-5, 18/25339-4, 18/15580-6)

CARVALHO, N. C.; BENEVIDES, R.; MENARD, M.; WIEDERHECKER, G. S.; FRATESCHI, N. C.; MAYER ALEGRE, T. P.. High-frequency GaAs optomechanical bullseye resonator. APL PHOTONICS, v. 6, n. 1, JAN 1 2021. (18/25339-4, 18/15580-6, 17/19770-1, 18/15577-5, 16/18308-0)

ZURITA, ROBERTO O.; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; MAYER ALEGRE, THIAGO P.. Designing of strongly confined short-wave Brillouin phonons in silicon waveguide periodic lattices. Optics Express, v. 29, n. 2, p. 1736-1748, JAN 18 2021. (18/25339-4, 18/15577-5, 18/15580-6, 19/13564-6)

SOARES, JORGE H.; DOS SANTOS, LAIS FUJII; SANTOS, FELIPE G. S.; INGA, MARVYN; ESPINEL, YOVANNY A. V.; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. MAYER. Third-harmonic generation in silica wedge resonators. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, v. 40, n. 6, p. 6-pg., 2023-06-01. (16/05038-4, 12/17610-3, 18/21311-8, 12/17765-7, 18/15577-5, 18/15580-6, 15/22178-1, 18/25339-4, 13/06360-9)

ZURITA, ROBERTO O.; KERSUL, CAUE M.; SCHILDER, NICK J.; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. MAYER. Optomechanical microgear cavity. JOURNAL OF THE OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA B-OPTICAL PHYSICS, v. 42, n. 1, p. 6-pg., 2025-01-01. (22/06254-3, 19/13564-6, 18/15577-5, 20/06348-2, 18/25339-4, 18/15580-6)

ALI, R.; ALEGRE, T. P. MAYER; WIEDERHECKER, G. S.. Enhancing the Goos-Hänchen and spin-Hall shifts in planar and spherical structures through complex-frequency excitations. PHYSICAL REVIEW B, v. 110, n. 8, p. 9-pg., 2024-08-01. (18/15580-6, 18/25339-4, 20/03131-2, 18/15577-5)

PRIMO, ANDRE G.; BENEVIDES, RODRIGO; KERSUL, CAUE M.; DE ASSIS, PIERRE-LOUIS; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. M.; IEEE. Thermodynamic model for photothermal effects in optomechanics. 2020 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO), v. N/A, p. 2-pg., 2020-01-01. (12/17610-3, 16/18308-0, 19/09738-9, 12/17765-7, 18/15580-6, 18/15577-5, 17/14920-5, 18/25339-4)

ZURITA, ROBERTO DE OLIVEIRA; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. M.; IEEE. Strong confinement of short-wave Brillouin phonons in silicon waveguide periodic lattices. 2020 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO), v. N/A, p. 2-pg., 2020-01-01. (18/15580-6, 18/25339-4, 18/15577-5, 19/13564-6)

PRIMO, ANDRE G.; CARVALHO, NATALIA C.; KERSUL, CANE M.; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; FRATESCHI, NEWTON C.; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. M.; IEEE. Non-Hermitian Optomechanics. 2020 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO), v. N/A, p. 2-pg., 2020-01-01. (19/09738-9, 18/15580-6, 18/15577-5, 17/19770-1, 17/14920-5, 18/25339-4)

INGA, MARVYN; DOS SANTOS, LAIS FUJII; DA SILVA FILHO, JOSE M. C.; ESPINEL, Y. A., V; MARQUES, FRANCISCO C.; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. M.; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; IEEE. Tailoring group-velocity dispersion in microspheres with alumina coating. 2020 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO), v. N/A, p. 2-pg., 2020-01-01. (12/17610-3, 18/21311-8, 12/17765-7, 18/15580-6, 18/15577-5, 18/25339-4)

RODRIGUES, CAIQUE C.; KERSUL, CAUE M.; LIPSON, MICHAL; ALEGRE, THIAGO P. M.; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; IEEE. High-Harmonic Synchronization of Optomechanical Oscillators. 2020 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO), v. N/A, p. 2-pg., 2020-01-01. (19/14377-5, 17/24845-0, 18/15580-6, 18/15577-5, 17/14920-5, 18/25339-4)