Waveguide cavity optomagnonics for microwave-to-optics conversion
Abstract
Cavity optomagnonics has emerged as a promising platform for studying coherent photon-spin interactions as well as tunable microwave-to-optical conversion. However, current implementation of cavity optomagnonics in ferrimagnetic crystals remains orders of magnitude larger in volume than state-of-the-art cavity optomechanical devices, resulting in very limited magneto-optical interaction strength. Here, we demonstrate a cavity optomagnonic device based on integrated waveguides and its application for microwave-to-optical conversion. By designing a ferrimagnetic rib waveguide to support multiple magnon modes with maximal mode overlap to the optical field, we realize a high magneto-optical cooperativity, which is three orders of magnitude higher compared to previous records of the magneto-optical cooperativity obtained on polished yttrium iron garnet spheres. Furthermore, we achieve tunable conversion of microwave photons at around 8.45 GHz to 1550 nm light with a broad conversion bandwidth as large as 16.1 MHz. The unique features of the system point to novel applications at the crossroad between quantum optics and magnonics.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Sep 29, 2020
- Source ID
- 10.1364/optica.397967
Entities
People
- Chang-Ling Zou
- Changchun Zhong
- Chiao-Hsuan Wang
- Hong X Tang
- Liang Jiang
- Na Zhu
- Xu Han
- Xufeng Zhang
Organizations
- Army Research Office
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- National Science Foundation