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Diamond as a material for monolithically integrated optical and optomechanical devices (Phys. Status Solidi A 11∕2015)
Author(s) -
Rath Patrik,
Ummethala Sandeep,
Nebel Christoph,
Pernice Wolfram H. P.
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
physica status solidi (a)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.532
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1862-6319
pISSN - 1862-6300
DOI - 10.1002/pssa.201570472
Subject(s) - optomechanics , nanophotonics , diamond , resonator , photonics , optoelectronics , nanoelectromechanical systems , photon , physics , nanotechnology , materials science , optics , nanomedicine , nanoparticle , composite material
Radiation pressure forces provide new mechanical degrees of freedom to free‐standing optical components. In particular in the case of nanophotonic systems such forces enable efficient light‐based actuation for tunable devices and superior sensing elements within the framework of optomechanics. The quest to design optimal optomechanical structures for applications in fundamental physics and metrology relies on novel materials with both excellent optical and mechanical properties. These requirements make diamond an excellent choice for the realization of advanced optomechanical devices. Recent progress in this field has led to the demonstration of nanoscale diamond devices with very low dissipation in the mechanical domain, paired with advances in creating high‐quality optical resonators and waveguide devices (see the Feature Article by Patrik Rath et al. on pp. 2385–2399 ). By embedding diamond nanomechanical resonators in nanophotonic circuits a powerful platform is achieved which allows for using the rich toolbox of integrated optics for chipscale systems. This approach is in particular portable to the single photon regime, where diamond also excels because of the availability of single photon emitters in the form of color centers. A unified optomechanical platform with integrated single photon emitters and detectors thus will enable reconfigurable diamond quantum photonic systems on a chip.