Multifunctional optomechanical dynamics in integrated silicon photonics
2015-02
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Multifunctional optomechanical dynamics in integrated silicon photonics
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Light can generate forces on matter. The nature of these forces is electromagnetic force, or Lorentz force. The emergence and rapid progress of nanotechnology provided an unprecedented platform where the very feeble optical forces began to play significant roles. The interactions between light and matter in nanoscale has been the focus of almost a decade of active theoretical and experimental investigations, which are still ongoing and constitute a whole new burgeoning branch of nanotechnology, nano-optomechanical systems (NOMS). In such context, the general goal of my research is to generate, enhance and control optical forces on silicon photonics platforms, with a focus on developing new functionalities and demonstrating novel effects, which will potentially lead to a new class of silicon photonic devices for a broad spectrum of applications. In this dissertation, the concept of optical force and the general background of the NOMS research area are first introduced. The general goal of the silicon photonics research area and the research presented in this dissertation is then described. Subsequently, the fundamental theory for optical force is summarized. The different methods to calculate optical forces are enumerated and briefly reviewed. Integrated hybrid plasmonic waveguide (HPWG) devices have been successfully fabricated and the enhanced optical forces experimentally measured for the first time. All-optical amplification of RF signals has been successfully demonstrated. The optical force generated by one laser is used to mechanically change the optical path and hence the output power of another laser. In addition, completely optically tunable mechanical nonlinear behavior has been demonstrated for the first time and systematically studied. Optomechanical photon shuttling between photonic cavities has been demonstrated with a "photon see-saw" device. This photon see-saw is a novel multicavity optomechanical device which consists of two photonic crystal nanocavities, one on each side of it. Pumping photons into one cavity excites torsional optomechanical self-oscillation, which shuttles photons to the other empty cavity during every oscillation cycle in a well-regulated fashion. Last but not least, the effort made to develop reliable fabrication processes for NOMS devices is summarized.
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University of Minnesota Ph.D. dissertation. February 2015. Major:Electrical Engineering. Advisor: Mo Li. 1 computer file (PDF); iv, 156 pages, appendix A.
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Li, Huan. (2015). Multifunctional optomechanical dynamics in integrated silicon photonics. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/171427.
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