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Title: Nano-optomechanical transducer

Abstract

A nano-optomechanical transducer provides ultrabroadband coherent optomechanical transduction based on Mach-wave emission that uses enhanced photon-phonon coupling efficiencies by low impedance effective phononic medium, both electrostriction and radiation pressure to boost and tailor optomechanical forces, and highly dispersive electromagnetic modes that amplify both electrostriction and radiation pressure. The optomechanical transducer provides a large operating bandwidth and high efficiency while simultaneously having a small size and minimal power consumption, enabling a host of transformative phonon and signal processing capabilities. These capabilities include optomechanical transduction via pulsed phonon emission and up-conversion, broadband stimulated phonon emission and amplification, picosecond pulsed phonon lasers, broadband phononic modulators, and ultrahigh bandwidth true time delay and signal processing technologies.

Inventors:
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Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1109349
Patent Number(s):
8600200
Application Number:
13/076,228
Assignee:
Sandia Corporation (Albuquerque, NM)
Patent Classifications (CPCs):
G - PHYSICS G02 - OPTICS G02F - DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH IS MODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THE DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY, COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g. SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING
DOE Contract Number:  
AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Patent
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
47 OTHER INSTRUMENTATION

Citation Formats

Rakich, Peter T, El-Kady, Ihab F, Olsson, Roy H, Su, Mehmet Fatih, Reinke, Charles, Camacho, Ryan, Wang, Zheng, and Davids, Paul. Nano-optomechanical transducer. United States: N. p., 2013. Web.
Rakich, Peter T, El-Kady, Ihab F, Olsson, Roy H, Su, Mehmet Fatih, Reinke, Charles, Camacho, Ryan, Wang, Zheng, & Davids, Paul. Nano-optomechanical transducer. United States.
Rakich, Peter T, El-Kady, Ihab F, Olsson, Roy H, Su, Mehmet Fatih, Reinke, Charles, Camacho, Ryan, Wang, Zheng, and Davids, Paul. Tue . "Nano-optomechanical transducer". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1109349.
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