Nonlinear nanophotonics circuits: building blocks for optical frequency synthesis, filtering and signal processing

• Grant number: 18/15577-5
• 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: Gustavo Silva Wiederhecker
• Grantee: Gustavo Silva Wiederhecker
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Marko Loncar
• Associated research grant: 12/17765-7 - Nanophotonics in Group IV and III-V semiconductors, AP.JP
• Associated scholarship(s): 24/08131-1 - Introduction to Brillouin Scattering, BP.IC; 24/04845-0 - Dispersion engineering in optical microcavities, BP.IC; 23/09412-1 - On-chip optical parametric oscillators, BP.DD; + associated scholarships 23/01206-3 - Brillouin optomechanics in integrated photonics devices, BP.DD; 21/10334-0 - Dispersion engineering using atomic layer deposition coatings, BP.MS; 20/04686-8 - On-chip optical parametric oscillators (pD2), BP.PD; 20/03131-2 - Sound-light interaction in optical microcavities, BP.PD; 19/14377-5 - Lithium niobate opto-electro-mechanics, BP.DD; 19/14370-0 - Brillouin interaction in optical waveguides and microcavities, BP.MS - associated scholarships

Abstract

The recent development of active and passive photonic components has revolutionized spectroscopy techniques, compact sources of light of high coherence, data transmission and even redefined the optical computing paradigm. In this proposal we aim to explore the collective and multimodal behavior that appears in optical microcavities as a consequence of nonlinear effects of electronic and mechanical origin. These non-linear processes will be explored for a new generation of nano-photonic devices whose applications range from spectroscopy techniques to the creation of fundamental blocks to solve specialized computing problems -- such as generation of genuinely random number sequences and optimization. (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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

JARSCHEL, PAULO F.; LAMILLA, ERICK; ESPINEL, YOVANNY A. V.; ALDAYA, IVAN; PITA, JULIAN L.; GIL-MOLINA, ANDRES; WIEDERHECKER, GUSTAVO S.; DAINESE, PAULO. Intermodal Brillouin scattering in solid-core photonic crystal fibers. APL PHOTONICS, v. 6, n. 3, MAR 1 2021. (13/20180-3, 18/15577-5, 18/25339-4, 15/24517-8, 08/57857-2)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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)

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.; 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)