Cavity piezomechanical strong coupling and frequency conversion on an aluminum nitride chip

Physical Review A

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Zou, Chang Ling ^a   Han, Xu ^a   Jiang, Liang ^a   Tang, Hong X ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM NITRIDE; NITRIDES; PIEZOELECTRICITY; QUANTUM OPTICS; SUPERCONDUCTING RESONATORS;

COPLANAR RESONATORS; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; MICROWAVE CAVITY; OPTICAL MODES; OPTO-MECHANICS; QUANTUM SYSTEM; STRONG COUPLING; STRONG-COUPLING REGIME;

MICROWAVE RESONATORS;

EID: 84978136543     PISSN: 24699926     EISSN: 24699934     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.94.013812     Document Type: Article

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