Cryogenic and hermetically sealed packaging of photonic chips for optomechanics

WW Wasserman, RA Harrison, GI Harris… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate a hermetically sealed packaging system for integrated photonic devices at
cryogenic temperatures with plug-and-play functionality. This approach provides the ability …

Three-tone coherent microwave electromechanical measurement of a superfluid Helmholtz resonator

S Spence, E Varga, CA Potts, JP Davis - Applied Physics Letters, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate electromechanical coupling between a superfluid mechanical mode and a
microwave mode formed by a patterned microfluidic chip and a 3D cavity. The electric field …

Third sound detectors in accelerated motion

CRD Bunney, VS Barroso, S Biermann… - New Journal of …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
An accelerated observer moving through empty space sees particles appearing and
disappearing, while an observer with a constant velocity does not register any particles. This …

Phononic crystals in superfluid thin-film helium

AR Korsch, N Fiaschi, S Gröblacher - Physical Review Applied, 2024 - APS
In recent years, nanomechanical oscillators in thin films of superfluid helium have attracted
attention in the field of optomechanics due to their exceptionally low mechanical dissipation …

On the Interaction of Massive Photons and Mechanical Oscillators in Cavity Optomechanics: Basic Model and Quantization

S Mikki - Annalen der Physik, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
This study investigates the theoretical aspects of the interaction between photons with mass
and a mechanical oscillator as drawn within the framework of cavity optomechanics. The …

Turbulent dissipative coupling in nanoscale multimode superfluid acoustics

F Novotný, M Talíř, E Varga - arxiv preprint arxiv:2412.15110, 2024 - arxiv.org
Superfluid helium, the inviscid low-temperature phase of liquid\4He, enables investigation of
flows with reduced dimensionality since, due to the vanishing viscosity, sub-micron flow …

Superfluid SBS

WP Bowen, CG Baker, JGE Harris - Semiconductors and Semimetals, 2022 - Elsevier
In this chapter, we provide an overview of Brillouin scattering from a quantum fluid,
superfluid helium. Its vanishing viscosity at low temperatures, combined with other extreme …

[PDF][PDF] Third Year Report

S Spence - 2021 - pure.royalholloway.ac.uk
This report covers the bulk of work in the PhD's third year. Covering technical development
of the experimental dilution fridge platform, with focus on the microwave measurement …