Photonics Research, Volume. 9, Issue 6, 937(2021)

Phonon lasing in a hetero optomechanical crystal cavity

Kaiyu Cui1,2、†,*, Zhilei Huang1、†, Ning Wu1,2, Qiancheng Xu1,2, Fei Pan1,2, Jian Xiong1,2, Xue Feng1,2, Fang Liu1,2, Wei Zhang1,2,3, and Yidong Huang1,2,3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Department of Electronic Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 2Beijing National Research Center for Information Science and Technology (BNRist), Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, China
  • 3Beijing Academy of Quantum Information Science, Beijing, China
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    Paper Information

    Category: Nanophotonics and Photonic Crystals

    Received: Jul. 30, 2020

    Accepted: Mar. 1, 2021

    Published Online: May. 19, 2021

    The Author Email: Kaiyu Cui (kaiyucui@tsinghua.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.403833

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