| AVS 60th International Symposium and Exhibition | |
| MEMS and NEMS | Monday Sessions |
| Session MN+NS-MoA |
| Session: | Optomechanics, Photonics, and Quantum Nanosystems |
| Presenter: | J. Bochmann, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Authors: | A.N. Cleland, University of California, Santa Barbara J. Bochmann, University of California, Santa Barbara |
| Correspondent: | Click to Email |
My group at UC Santa Barbara has been developing a chip-based, fully integrated microwave-to-optical frequency up-converter based on a piezoelectrically-actuated optomechanical crystal. The device is designed to use the 1550 nm telecommunications wavelength band, trapping photons of that wavelength in an optomechanics crystal, then modulating the frequency of these photons through interactions with GHz-frequency phonons, the latter generated using the piezoelectric response of the crystal. We hope to use this device to create optical frequency entangled photons, produced using entangled microwave-frequency phonon states, generated by a superconducting qubit. This will enable the transfer of quantum information from a millikelvin cryostat to a fiber optic transmission line, with the potential of coupling hybrid quantum systems. I will report on our progress in developing this novel device.