Brillouin optomechanics in integrated photonics devices

• Grant number: 23/01206-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate (Direct)
• Start date: May 01, 2023
• End date: April 30, 2025
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Gustavo Silva Wiederhecker
• Grantee: Felipe José Lima dos Santos
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 18/15577-5 - Nonlinear nanophotonics circuits: building blocks for optical frequency synthesis, filtering and signal processing, AP.JP2

Abstract

In this phd project the student will explore theoretical and experimental aspects of the interaction between optical and mechanical modes in waveguides and microcavities, leading to the goals BOM-1 and BOM-2 of the main project. Some of the waveguides that the student will use have beenrecently fabricated by current students in the group. In theoretical studies, the student will also benefit from some pre-existing simulation code in the group and also the open-source NumBAT (Numerical Brillouin Analysis Tool) developed by the Universities of Macquarie and Sydney, Australia. (AU)