Coherent phonon frequency comb generated by few-cycle femtosecond pulses in Si

Hase, Muneaki; Katsuragawa, M.; Constantinescu, A; Petek, Hrvoje

doi:10.1051/epjconf/20133104020

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“…Moreover, both bulk and surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices have been used for spectroscopy, detection and sensing [65]. Nonlinear dynamics of BAW and SAW mechanical systems, including FC generation, has also become a subject of theoretical research [66,67].…”

Section: Phononic Frequency Combs In Bulk Acoustic Wave Systemsmentioning

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Acoustic, Phononic, Brillouin Light Scattering and Faraday Wave Based Frequency Combs: Physical Foundations and Applications

Maksymov¹,

Nguyen²,

Pototsky³

et al. 2022

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Frequency combs (FCs)—spectra containing equidistant coherent peaks—have enabled researchers and engineers to measure the frequencies of complex signals with high precision thereby revolutionising the areas of sensing, metrology and communications and also benefiting the fundamental science. Although mostly optical FCs have found widespread applications thus far, in general FCs can be generated using waves other than light. Here, we review and summarise recent achievements in the emergent field of acoustic frequency combs (AFCs) including phononic FCs and relevant acousto-optical, Brillouin light scattering and Faraday wave-based techniques that have enabled the development of phonon lasers, quantum computers and advanced vibration sensors. In particular, our discussion is centred around potential applications of AFCs in precision measurements in various physical, chemical and biological systems in conditions, where using light, and hence optical FCs, faces technical and fundamental limitations, which is, for example, the case in underwater distance measurements and biomedical imaging applications. This review article will also be of interest to readers seeking a discussion of specific theoretical aspects of different classes of AFCs. To that end, we support the mainstream discussion by the results of our original analysis and numerical simulations that can be used to design the spectra of AFCs generated using oscillations of gas bubbles in liquids, vibrations of liquid drops and plasmonic enhancement of Brillouin light scattering in metal nanostructures. We also discuss the application of non-toxic room-temperature liquid-metal alloys in the field of AFC generation.

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Section: Phononic Frequency Combs In Bulk Acoustic Wave Systemsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Acoustic, Phononic, Brillouin Light Scattering and Faraday Wave Based Frequency Combs: Physical Foundations and Applications

Maksymov¹,

Nguyen²,

Pototsky³

et al. 2022

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Generation of ultralow power phononic combs

Goryachev

Galliou

Tobar

2020

Phys. Rev. Research

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We demonstrate excitation of phononic frequency combs in a Bulk Acoustic Wave system at a temperature of 20mK using a single tone low power signal source. The observed ultra low power threshold is due to a combination of very high quality factor of 4.2 × 10 8 and relatively strong nonlinear effects. The observed repetition rate of the comb varies from 0.7 to 2Hz and spans over tens of Hz. The demonstrated system is fully excited via piezoelectricity and does not require mode spectra engineering and external optical or microwave signals. It is shown that the comb profile significantly depends on geometry of excitation and detection electrodes. Observed strong Duffing nonlinearity below the generation threshold suggests that the system is a phononic analogue to Kerr frequency combs excited in monolithic optical microresonators. The ultra-low power regime opens a way of integrating this phononic system with quantum hybrid systems such as impurity defects and superconducting qubits.Photonic frequency combs generators are an important tool used for many scientific applications allowing to couple distant parts of frequency spectrum 1 . Amongst others, these important applications include ultra stable clocks and frequency metrology 2-4 and spectroscopy 5,6 . All of these system are photonic mostly utilising a carrier signal at an optical frequency and RF or microwave repetition rates. The most popular ways to generate such combs include mode-locked lasers 7 , (four)wave mixing/Kerr nonlinearity [8][9][10][11] . Despite the fact that phononic systems also play an important role in metrology and spectroscopy, demonstration of phononic or acoustic wave combs have been sporadic 12 . Moreover, their complexity, requirements to design a certain mode structure, very high threshold powers 13 and requirement for extra laser sources 14 make these systems inapplicable for many low energy applications. In these applications Bulk Acoustic Wave (BAW) devices found very extensive use, e.g. frequency metrology 15 , quantum hybrid systems 16-18 and fundamental physics tests [19][20][21][22] . Additionally both bulk and surface acoustic wave devices are utilised for spectroscopy 23 , detection and sensors [24][25][26] . Recently nonlinear dynamics of mechanical systems including comb generation has also became a subject of theoretical research 27 . All these areas could benefit from designing devices with frequency comb functionality.To excite frequency combs at low power levels, one needs a system with low losses and strong nonlinear effects. For these reasons, in this work, we employ a phonon trapping 28 SC-cut 29 quartz BAW cavity 30 operating at 20mK. The device is an SC-cut plano-convex shaped plate of 1mm thickness, 23mm diameter and 300mm the radius of curvature. Quartz BAW cavities have demonstrated extremely high values of Quality factors at cryogenic temperatures reaching the level of a) Electronic mail: maxim.goryachev@uwa.edu.au 8 × 10 919,30 . In the same time these devices are able to demonstrate a significant levels of non...

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Coherent phonon frequency comb generated by few-cycle femtosecond pulses in Si

Cited by 2 publications

References 8 publications

Acoustic, Phononic, Brillouin Light Scattering and Faraday Wave Based Frequency Combs: Physical Foundations and Applications

Acoustic, Phononic, Brillouin Light Scattering and Faraday Wave Based Frequency Combs: Physical Foundations and Applications

Generation of ultralow power phononic combs

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