Menke T, Burns P S, Higginbotham A P, Kampel N S, Peterson R W, Cicak K, Simmonds R W, Regal C A, Lehnert K W
Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, USA.
JILA, University of Colorado and NIST, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA.
Rev Sci Instrum. 2017 Sep;88(9):094701. doi: 10.1063/1.5000973.
An electro-optomechanical device capable of microwave-to-optics conversion has recently been demonstrated, with the vision of enabling optical networks of superconducting qubits. Here we present an improved converter design that uses a three-dimensional microwave cavity for coupling between the microwave transmission line and an integrated LC resonator on the converter chip. The new design simplifies the optical assembly and decouples it from the microwave part of the setup. Experimental demonstrations show that the modular device assembly allows us to flexibly tune the microwave coupling to the converter chip while maintaining small loss. We also find that electromechanical experiments are not impacted by the additional microwave cavity. Our design is compatible with a high-finesse optical cavity and will improve optical performance.
一种能够实现微波到光学转换的电光机械装置最近已得到验证,其愿景是构建超导量子比特的光网络。在此,我们展示一种改进的转换器设计,该设计使用三维微波腔来实现微波传输线与转换器芯片上的集成LC谐振器之间的耦合。新设计简化了光学组件,并使其与装置的微波部分解耦。实验演示表明,模块化的装置组装使我们能够在保持低损耗的同时灵活调整与转换器芯片的微波耦合。我们还发现,机电实验不受额外微波腔的影响。我们的设计与高精细度光学腔兼容,并将改善光学性能。