EAGER:Coupled Optomechanical Resonators and Arrays

目的：本项目的目标是设计、制造和表征一类新型的耦合光机械谐振器和阵列。芯片尺度光机械腔中的光子-声子相互作用是最近研究的主题，因为它们可以用来创建集成的光学/机械/量子信息处理系统。本项目将研究具有复杂复合共振功能的耦合光机谐振器和阵列。智能的优点：智能的优点是使用耦合的光学共振来相干地控制和增强芯片级平台中的光学机械相互作用。在耦合光机谐振腔系统的强耦合区域，分裂的光学共振将与光驱动场及其运动边带之一相匹配，以增强光机相互作用。在弱耦合条件下，利用分离腔中相移产生的相反光学力同时冷却一个机械谐振腔和加热另一个机械谐振腔，从而获得光控机械能传递。更广泛的影响：更广泛的影响是利用耦合的光机谐振器和阵列提供的多功能信息处理能力和极高的位移灵敏度来创建信号处理和传感平台。该计划将资助一名全日制研究生，并通过建立创造性研究团队和提供REU研究机会，吸引本科生参与与拟议研究相关的重点子项目。一项广泛的外展工作被提出，包括为本科生和高中生提供暑期实习计划，以及为高中教师举办科学研讨会。

Objective: The objective of this program is to design, fabricate, and characterize a new class of coupled optomechanical resonators and arrays. The photon-phonon interaction in chip-scale optomechanical cavities has been the subject of recent research as they can be used to create integrated hybrid optical/mechanical/quantum information processing systems. This project will investigate coupled optomechanical resonators and arrays with complex composite resonance functions. Intellectual merit: The intellectual merit is to use the coupled optical resonance to coherently control and enhance optomechanical interactions in a chip-scale platform. In the strong coupling regime of the coupled optomechanical resonator system, the split optical resonances will be matched to the optical driving field and one of its motion sidebands, to enhance optomechanical interactions. In the weak coupling regime, opposite optical forces induced by the phase shift in separate resonators will be used to simultaneously cool one mechanical resonator and heat the other to obtain optically-controlled mechanical energy transfers. Broader impacts: The broader impacts are to create signal processing and sensing platforms by using the versatile information processing capability and extremely high displacement sensitivity provided by coupled optomechanical resonators and arrays. This program will fund a full time graduate student and engage undergraduate students in focused sub-projects related to the proposed research through building Creative Inquiry teams and providing REU research opportunities. An extensive outreach effort is proposed, including a summer internship program for both undergraduate and high school students and a science workshop for high school teachers.