Scalable photonic-phonoinc integrated circuitry for reconfigurable signal processing.

Liang Zhang, Chaohan Cui, Yongzhou Xue, Paokang Chen, Linran Fan
Author Information
  1. Liang Zhang: Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA.
  2. Chaohan Cui: Wyant College of Optical Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA. ORCID
  3. Yongzhou Xue: Wyant College of Optical Sciences, The University of Arizona, Tucson, USA.
  4. Paokang Chen: Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA.
  5. Linran Fan: Chandra Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA. linran.fan@utexas.edu. ORCID

Abstract

The interaction between photons and phonons plays a crucial role in broad areas ranging from optical sources and modulators to quantum transduction and metrology. The performance can be further improved using integrated photonic-phononic devices, promising enhanced interaction strength and large-scale integration. While the enhanced interaction has been widely demonstrated, it is challenging to realize large-scale integrated photonic-phononic circuits due to material limitations. Here, we resolve this critical issue by using gallium nitride on sapphire for scalable photonic-phononic integrated circuits. Both optical and acoustic fields are confined in sub-wavelength scales without suspended structures. This enables us to achieve the efficient launching, flexible routing, and reconfigruable processing of optical and acoustic fields simultaneously. With the controlled photonic-phononic interaction and strong piezoelectric effect, we further demonstrate the reconfigurable conversion between frequency-multiplexed RF and optical signals mediated by acoustics. This work provides an ideal platform for achieving ultimate performance of photonic-phononic hybrid systems with high efficiency, multiple functions, and large scalability.

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Grants

  1. DEPSCoR program award number FA9550-21-1-0225/United States Department of Defense | United States Army | U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command | Army Research Office (ARO)
  2. N00014-25-1-2130/United States Department of Defense | United States Navy | Office of Naval Research (ONR)
  3. Field Work Proposal ERKJ355/U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)

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