J. G. Huang

Bio: J. G. Huang is an academic researcher from Nanyang Technological University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Resonator & Photonics. The author has an hindex of 5, co-authored 24 publications receiving 121 citations. Previous affiliations of J. G. Huang include Xi'an Jiaotong University & Agency for Science, Technology and Research.

Nano-optomechanical Actuator and Pull-Back Instability

Abstract: This paper studies the nonlinear behavior of a nano-optomechanical actuator, consisting of a free-standing arc in a ring resonator that is coupled to a bus waveguide through evanescent waves. The arc deflects when a control light of a fixed wavelength and optical power is pumped into the bus waveguide, while the amount of deflection is monitored by measuring the transmission spectrum of a broadband probe light. This nanoactuator achieves a maximal deflection of 43.1 nm, with a resolution of 0.28 nm. The optical force is a nonlinear function of the deflection of the arc, leading to pull-back instability when the control light is red-tuned. This instability is studied by a combination of experiment and modeling. Potential applications of the nanoactuator include bio-nanomotor, optical switches, and optomechanical memories.

A dissipative self-sustained optomechanical resonator on a silicon chip

Abstract: In this letter, we report the experimental demonstration of a dissipative self-sustained optomechanical resonator on a silicon chip by introducing dissipative optomechanical coupling between a vertically offset bus waveguide and a racetrack optical cavity. Different from conventional blue-detuning limited self-oscillation, the dissipative optomechanical resonator exhibits self-oscillation in the resonance and red detuning regime. The anti-damping effects of dissipative optomechanical coupling are validated by both numerical simulation and experimental results. The demonstration of the dissipative self-sustained optomechanical resonator with an extended working range has potential applications in optomechanical oscillation for on-chip signal modulation and processing.

Torsional frequency mixing and sensing in optomechanical resonators

Abstract: In this letter, a torsional optomechanical resonator for torque sensing and torsional mechanical frequency mixing is experimentally demonstrated. The torsional mechanical resonator is embedded into a split optical racetrack resonator, which provides high sensitivity in measuring torsional mechanical motion. Using this high sensitivity, torsional mechanical frequency mixing is observed without regenerative mechanical motion. The displacement noise floor of the torsional mechanical resonator is 50 fm/Hz0.5, which demonstrates a resonant torque sensitivity of 3.58 × 10−21 N m/Hz0.5. This demonstration will benefit potential applications for on-chip RF signal modulation using optical mechanical resonators.

A silicon-nanowire memory driven by optical gradient force induced bistability

Abstract: In this paper, a bistable optical-driven silicon-nanowire memory is demonstrated, which employs ring resonator to generate optical gradient force over a doubly clamped silicon-nanowire. Two stable deformation positions of a doubly clamped silicon-nanowire represent two memory states (“0” and “1”) and can be set/reset by modulating the light intensity (<3 mW) based on the optical force induced bistability. The time response of the optical-driven memory is less than 250 ns. It has applications in the fields of all optical communication, quantum computing, and optomechanical circuits.

An opto-mechanical coupled-ring reflector driven by optical force for lasing wavelength control

Abstract: In this paper, an opto-mechanical coupled-ring reflector driven by optical gradient force is applied in an external-cavity tunable laser. A pair of mutually coupled ring resonators with a free-standing arc serves as a movable reflector. It obtains a 13.3-nm wavelength tuning range based on an opto-mechanical lasing-wavelength tuning coefficient of 127 GHz/nm. The potential applications include optical network, on-chip optical trapping, sensing, and biology detection.

Nanomechanical motion measured with an imprecision below the standard quantum limit

Abstract: Nanomechanical oscillators are at the heart of ultrasensitive detectors of force, mass and motion. As these detectors progress to even better sensitivity, they will encounter measurement limits imposed by the laws of quantum mechanics. If the imprecision of a measurement of the displacement of an oscillator is pushed below a scale set by the standard quantum limit, the measurement must perturb the motion of the oscillator by an amount larger than that scale. Here we show a displacement measurement with an imprecision below the standard quantum limit scale. We achieve this imprecision by measuring the motion of a nanomechanical oscillator with a nearly shot-noise limited microwave interferometer. As the interferometer is naturally operated at cryogenic temperatures, the thermal motion of the oscillator is minimized, yielding an excellent force detector with a sensitivity of 0.51 aN Hz(-1/2). This measurement is a critical step towards observing quantum behaviour in a mechanical object.

An integrated silicon photonic chip platform for continuous-variable quantum key distribution

Abstract: Quantum key distribution (QKD) is a quantum communication technology that promises unconditional communication security. High-performance and cost-effective QKD systems are essential for the establishment of quantum communication networks1–3. By integrating all the optical components (except the laser source) on a silicon photonic chip, we have realized a stable, miniaturized and low-cost system for continuous-variable QKD (CV-QKD) that is compatible with the existing fibre optical communication infrastructure4. Here, the integrated silicon photonic chip is demonstrated for CV-QKD. It implements the widely studied Gaussian-modulated coherent state protocol that encodes continuous distributed information on the quadrature of laser light5,6. Our proof-of-principle chip-based CV-QKD system is capable of producing a secret key rate of 0.14 kbps (under collective attack) over a simulated distance of 100 km in fibre, offering new possibilities for low-cost, scalable and portable quantum networks. A sender and a receiver for continuous-variable quantum key distribution are packed onto separate silicon photonic chips. By using an external 1,550-nm laser, a secret key rate of 0.14 kbps is transmitted over a simulated distance of 100 km in fibre.

Ultralow dissipation optomechanical resonators on a chip

Abstract: Over recent years it has become experimentally possible to study the coupling of optical and mechanical modes by means of cavity-enhanced radiation pressure[1] which might enable ground state-cooling of macroscopic mechanical oscillators. For achieving this major goal in the field of cavity-optomechanics and for applications such as low-loss, narrowband ‘photonic clocks’ a combination of high optical finesse and high mechanical quality factors at mechanical oscillation frequencies exceeding the optical cavity's linewidth[1] is desirable. It has, however, so far not been possible to combine mechanical Q-factors comparable to those achieved in the field of nano- and microelectromechanical systems (e.g. [2]) with state-of-the-art values of optical finesse[3]. Here we show independent control over both optical and mechanical degrees of freedom in the same microscale optomechanical resonator[4].

Chip-based quantum key distribution

Abstract: Quantum key distribution is a matured quantum science and technology. Over the last 20 years, there has been substantial research and development in this area. Recently, silicon technology has offered tremendous promise in the field for improved miniaturization of quantum key distribution through integrated photonic chips. We expect further progress in this area both in terms of protocols, photon sources, and photon detectors. This review captures some of the recent advances in this area.

Parametric down-conversion photon pair source on a nanophotonic chip

Abstract: Quantum photonic chips, which integrate quantum light sources alongside active and passive optical elements, as well as single photon detectors, show great potential for photonic quantum information processing and quantum technology. Mature semiconductor nanofabrication processes allow for scaling such photonic integrated circuits to on-chip networks of increasing complexity. Second order nonlinear materials are the method of choice for generating photonic quantum states in the overwhelming part of linear optic experiments using bulk components but integration with waveguide circuitry on a nanophotonic chip proved to be challenging. Here we demonstrate such an on-chip parametric down-conversion source of photon pairs based on second order nonlinearity in an Aluminum nitride microring resonator. We show the potential of our source for quantum information processing by measuring high-visibility antibunching of heralded single photons with nearly ideal state purity. Our down conversion source operates with high brightness and low noise, yielding pairs of correlated photons at MHz-rates with high coincidence-to-accidental ratio. The generated photon pairs are spectrally far separated from the pump field, providing good potential for realizing sufficient on-chip filtering and monolithic integration of quantum light sources, waveguide circuits and single photon detectors.