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Hase, Muneaki; Katsuragawa, Masayuki; Constantinescu, Anca Monia; Petek, Hrvoje |
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Frequency comb generation at terahertz frequencies by coherent phonon excitation in silicon |
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Nature Photonics |
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High-order nonlinear light–matter interactions in gases enable the generation of X-ray and attosecond light pulses, metrology and spectroscopy1. Optical nonlinearities in solid-state materials are particularly interesting for combining optical and electronic functions for high-bandwidth information processing2. Third-order nonlinear optical processes in silicon have been used to process optical signals with bandwidths greater than 1 GHz (ref. 2). However, fundamental physical processes for a silicon-based optical modulator in the terahertz bandwidth range have not yet been explored. Here, we demonstrate ultrafast phononic modulation of the optical index of silicon by irradiation with intense few-cycle femtosecond pulses. The anisotropic reflectivity modulation by the resonant Raman susceptibility at the fundamental frequency of the longitudinal optical phonon of silicon (15.6 THz) generates a frequency comb up to seventh order. All-optical >100 THz frequency comb generation is realized by harnessing the coherent atomic motion of the silicon crystalline lattice at its highest mechanical frequency. |
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Mineev, Vladimir P. |
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Superfluid helium: Order in disorder |
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Nature Physics |
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Nat. Phys. |
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Confining liquid 3He in porous silica aerogel prepared with strong anisotropy stabilizes a state of axial superfluidity. |
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Clerk, Aashish |
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Quantum phononics: To see a SAW |
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Nature Physics |
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Nat. Phys. |
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Mechanical oscillations of microscopic resonators have recently been observed in the quantum regime. This idea could soon be extended from localized vibrations to travelling waves thanks to a sensitive probe of so-called surface acoustic waves. |
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Hollenberg, Lloyd C. L. |
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Quantum control: Through the quantum chicane |
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Nature Physics |
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Nat. Phys. |
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In quantum control there is an inherent tension between high fidelity requirements and the need for speed to avoid decoherence. A direct comparison of quantum control protocols at these two extremes indicates where the sweet spot may lie. |
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Gustafsson, Martin V.; Santos, Paulo V.; Johansson, Göran; Delsing, Per |
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Local probing of propagating acoustic waves in a gigahertz echo chamber |
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Nature Physics |
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In the same way that micro-mechanical resonators resemble guitar strings and drums, surface acoustic waves resemble the sound these instruments produce, but moving over a solid surface rather than through air. In contrast with oscillations in suspended resonators, such propagating mechanical waves have not before been studied near the quantum mechanical limits. Here, we demonstrate local probing of surface acoustic waves with a displacement sensitivity of 30amRMSHz-1/2 and detection sensitivity on the single-phonon level after averaging, at a frequency of 932MHz. Our probe is a piezoelectrically coupled single-electron transistor, which is sufficiently fast, non-destructive and localized to enable us to track pulses echoing back and forth in a long acoustic cavity, self-interfering and ringing the cavity up and down. We project that strong coupling to quantum circuits will enable new experiments, and hybrids using the unique features of surface acoustic waves. Prospects include quantum investigations of phonon-phonon interactions, and acoustic coupling to superconducting qubits for which we present favourable estimates. |
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