Work

Highly Efficient All-Optical Control of Optomechanical Photonic Crystal Nanobeam Cavities via the Mechanical Kerr Effect

Year: 2025

Type: conference-paper

Abstract: This work overcomes silicon's weak optical nonlinearity by demonstrating all-optical control of a one-dimensional photonic crystal nanobeam through the Mechanical Kerr Effect, achieving a 6.84 nm wavelength shift using only 1.85 mW and a record tuning efficiency of 483.45 GHz/mW for on-chip tuning. ©2025 The Author(s)

Source: European Conference on Optical Communication

DOI: 10.1109/ecoc66593.2025.11262990

Authors: Ahmet Seckin Hezarfen, Simeng Zhu, Mohanad Al-Rubaiee, Zhefan Wang, John H. Marsh, Lianping Hou

Institution: University of Glasgow

Language: English

Topic: Mechanical and Optical Resonators

Subfield: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

Field: Physics and Astronomy

Domain: Physical Sciences

Open Access status: green

Funder: University of Glasgow

OpenAlex ID: W4417053947