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Microwave-to-optical conversion with a gallium phosphide photonic crystal cavity

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  • Simon Hönl

    (IBM Research Europe, Zurich)

  • Youri Popoff

    (IBM Research Europe, Zurich
    Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zürich))

  • Daniele Caimi

    (IBM Research Europe, Zurich)

  • Alberto Beccari

    (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Tobias J. Kippenberg

    (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL))

  • Paul Seidler

    (IBM Research Europe, Zurich)

Abstract

Electrically actuated optomechanical resonators provide a route to quantum-coherent, bidirectional conversion of microwave and optical photons. Such devices could enable optical interconnection of quantum computers based on qubits operating at microwave frequencies. Here we present a platform for microwave-to-optical conversion comprising a photonic crystal cavity made of single-crystal, piezoelectric gallium phosphide integrated on pre-fabricated niobium circuits on an intrinsic silicon substrate. The devices exploit spatially extended, sideband-resolved mechanical breathing modes at ~3.2 GHz, with vacuum optomechanical coupling rates of up to g0/2π ≈ 300 kHz. The mechanical modes are driven by integrated microwave electrodes via the inverse piezoelectric effect. We estimate that the system could achieve an electromechanical coupling rate to a superconducting transmon qubit of ~200 kHz. Our work represents a decisive step towards integration of piezoelectro-optomechanical interfaces with superconducting quantum processors.

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  • Simon Hönl & Youri Popoff & Daniele Caimi & Alberto Beccari & Tobias J. Kippenberg & Paul Seidler, 2022. "Microwave-to-optical conversion with a gallium phosphide photonic crystal cavity," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-9, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:13:y:2022:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-022-28670-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-28670-5
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