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Hybrid integrated photonics using bulk acoustic resonators.

ABSTRACT: Integrated photonic devices based on Si₃N₄ waveguides allow for the exploitation of nonlinear frequency conversion, exhibit low propagation loss, and have led to advances in compact atomic clocks, ultrafast ranging, and spectroscopy. Yet, the lack of Pockels effect presents a major challenge to achieve high-speed modulation of Si₃N₄. Here, microwave-frequency acousto-optic modulation is realized by exciting high-overtone bulk acoustic wave resonances (HBAR) in the photonic stack. Although HBAR is ubiquitously used in modern communication and superconducting circuits, this is the first time it has been incorporated on a photonic integrated chip. The tight vertical acoustic confinement releases the lateral design of freedom, and enables negligible cross-talk and preserving low optical loss. This hybrid HBAR nanophotonic platform can find immediate applications in topological photonics with synthetic dimensions, compact opto-electronic oscillators, and microwave-to-optical converters. As an application, a Si₃N₄-based optical isolator is demonstrated by spatiotemporal modulation, with over 17 dB isolation achieved.

SUBMITTER: Tian H

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7299988 | biostudies-literature |

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