Gallery

“Coherent vortex dynamics in a strongly interacting superfluid on a silicon chip” [Science, vol. 366, 6472, p. 1480, Dec 2019]

Scanning electron micrograph of a fabricated electrically tunable double-disk device. [Opt. Express, 26, 33649, 2018]

“Laser cooling and control of excitations in superfluid helium,” [Nature Phys, 12, 788, 2016]

“High bandwidth on-chip capacitive tuning of microtoroid resonators,” [Optics Express, 24, 20400, 2016], see also [Optica, 4, 1196, 2017].

“On-chip nano-optomechanical whispering gallery resonators”, [PhD thesis]

“Injection locking of an electro-optomechanical device,” [Optica, 4, 1196-1204, 2017]

“Nondestructive Profilometry of Optical Nanofibers,” [Nano Letters, 16, 7333, 2016]

“Scalable high-precision tuning of photonic resonators by resonant cavity-enhanced photoelectrochemical etching,” [Nature Comms, 8, 14267, 2017]

“Free spectral range electrical tuning of a high quality on-chip microcavity,” [Opt. Express, 26, 33649, 2018]

“High-frequency nano-optomechanical disk resonators in liquids,” [Nature Nano, 10, 810–816, 2015]

“Light-Mediated Cascaded Locking of Multiple Nano-Optomechanical Oscillators,” [PRL, 118, 063605, 2017]

“Microphotonic Forces from Superfluid Flow,” [Phys Rev X, 6, 021012, 2016]

“High-frequency nano-optomechanical disk resonators in liquids,” [Nature Nano, 10, 810–816, 2015]

“Microphotonic Forces from Superfluid Flow,” [Phys Rev X, 6, 021012, 2016]

“Injection locking of an electro-optomechanical device,” [Optica, 4, 1196-1204, 2017]

[Physical Review Applied, vol. 11, no. 6, Jun. 2019] – Phononic setup, Credit: E. Romero.

Credit: E. Romero.

“Light-Mediated Cascaded Locking of Multiple Nano-Optomechanical Oscillators,” [PRL, 118, 063605, 2017]

[Physical Review Applied, vol. 11, no. 6, Jun. 2019], Credit: E. Romero.

“On-chip nano-optomechanical whispering gallery resonators”, [PhD thesis]

“Light-Mediated Cascaded Locking of Multiple Nano-Optomechanical Oscillators,” [PRL, 118, 063605, 2017]

“Microphotonic Forces from Superfluid Flow,” [Phys Rev X, 6, 021012, 2016]

“Laser cooling and control of excitations in superfluid helium,” [Nature Phys, 12, 788, 2016]

“Ultrahigh Q-frequency product for optomechanical disk resonators with a mechanical shield,” [APL, 103, 24, 241112, 2013]

Photonic crystal

SOI grating coupler

SOI grating coupler

Silica microdisk

Artistic representation of a cluster of vortices orbiting a macroscopic circulation of opposite sign, Science, 366, p. 1480, Dec 2019

Clockwise rotating superfluid third sound mode

Counter-clockwise rotating third sound mode

Mirror on spring animation

“Light-Mediated Cascaded Locking of Multiple Nano-Optomechanical Oscillators,” [PRL, 118, 063605, 2017]

WGM optomechanical resonators with integrated coupling waveguides and inverted tapers.

“Light-Mediated Cascaded Locking of Multiple Nano-Optomechanical Oscillators,” [PRL, 118, 063605, 2017]

Slotted microtoroid. From “High bandwidth on-chip capacitive tuning of microtoroid resonators,” [Optics Express, 24, 20400, 2016].

“High bandwidth on-chip capacitive tuning of microtoroid resonators,” [Optics Express, 24, 20400, 2016].

“Strong optical coupling through superfluid Brillouin lasing,” Nature Physics (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-0785-0

“Strong optical coupling through superfluid Brillouin lasing,”Nature Physics (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41567-020-0785-0

Bluefors dilution refrigerator

Dilution refrigerator for superfluid experiments

Electro-Optomechanical Modulation Instability in a Semiconductor Resonator, Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 243901 (2021).

Superfluid third sound mode confined to an acoustic phononic crystal defect.

The 3D renderings shown in the gallery are made with the open-source software Blender 3D. The source files for these 3D models can be downloaded, along with a short explanation, under the Blender 3D section (link).