Microwave-Optical Transduction Using High-Overtone Bulk Acoustic Resonators on Silicon Nitride Photonics
We present compact microwave-optical transducers between the microwave S-band and optical C-band based on monolithic integration of piezoelectric actuators atop silicon nitride photonic circuits. The silica cladding of the optical waveguide core is suspended below the actuators, forming a bulk acoustic resonator that mediates interaction between microwave and optical fields through piezoelectric and stress-optical effects. An off-chip photon conversion efficiency of −48 dB is measured over a bandwidth of 25 MHz for both up- and down-conversion. Microwave pulses are synthesized on-chip through down-conversion and multiplexed transduction is demonstrated, indicating its potential as a photonic interconnect between cryogenic circuits.
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École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Purdue University
Purdue University
Purdue University
École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
2024
9781557525185
Springer Proceedings in Physics; 402
1867-4941
0930-8989
204
206
REVIEWED
EPFL
Event name | Event acronym | Event place | Event date |
Aachen, Germany | 2024-06-17 - 2024-06-19 | ||
Funder | Funding(s) | Grant Number | Grant URL |
European Space Technology Centre | |||
Center of MicroNanoTechnology | |||
European Research Council | |||
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