Proposal for an Optomechanical Traveling Wave Phonon-Photon Translator
Optics
2011-02-03 v1
Abstract
In this article we describe a general optomechanical system for converting photons to phonons in an efficient, and reversible manner. We analyze classically and quantum mechanically the conversion process and proceed to a more concrete description of a phonon-photon translator formed from coupled photonic and phononic crystal planar circuits. Applications of the phonon-photon translator to RF-microwave photonics and circuit QED, including proposals utilizing this system for optical wavelength conversion, long-lived quantum memory and state transfer from optical to superconducting qubits are considered.
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@article{arxiv.1009.3529,
title = {Proposal for an Optomechanical Traveling Wave Phonon-Photon Translator},
author = {Amir H. Safavi-Naeini and Oskar Painter},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.3529},
year = {2011}
}
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32 pages, 11 figures