[HTML][HTML] Effective quality factor tuning mechanisms in micromechanical resonators

JML Miller, A Ansari, DB Heinz, Y Chen… - Applied Physics …, 2018 - pubs.aip.org
Quality factor (Q) is an important property of micro-and nano-electromechanical (MEM/NEM)
resonators that underlie timing references, frequency sources, atomic force microscopes …

Strong optical coupling through superfluid Brillouin lasing

X He, GI Harris, CG Baker, A Sawadsky, YL Sfendla… - Nature Physics, 2020 - nature.com
Brillouin scattering has applications ranging from signal processing,, sensing and
microscopy to quantum information and fundamental science,. Most of these applications …

Coherent vortex dynamics in a strongly interacting superfluid on a silicon chip

YP Sachkou, CG Baker, GI Harris, OR Stockdale… - Science, 2019 - science.org
Quantized vortices are fundamental to the two-dimensional dynamics of superfluids, from
quantum turbulence to phase transitions. However, surface effects have prevented direct …

Laser cooling and control of excitations in superfluid helium

GI Harris, DL McAuslan, E Sheridan, Y Sachkou… - Nature Physics, 2016 - nature.com
Superfluidity is a quantum state of matter that exists macroscopically in helium at low
temperatures. The elementary excitations in superfluid helium have been probed with great …

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 …

Layering transition in superfluid helium adsorbed on a carbon nanotube mechanical resonator

A Noury, J Vergara-Cruz, P Morfin, B Plaçais… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
Helium is recognized as a model system for the study of phase transitions. Of particular
interest is the superfluid phase in two dimensions. We report measurements on superfluid …

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 …

Engineered entropic forces allow ultrastrong dynamical backaction

A Sawadsky, RA Harrison, GI Harris… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
When confined within an optical cavity light can exert strong radiation pressure forces.
Combined with dynamical backaction, this enables important processes, such as laser …

Theoretical framework for thin film superfluid optomechanics: towards the quantum regime

CG Baker, GI Harris, DL McAuslan… - New Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Excitations in superfluid helium represent attractive mechanical degrees of freedom for
cavity optomechanics schemes. Here we numerically and analytically investigate the …

Counterflow-induced inverse energy cascade in three-dimensional superfluid turbulence

JI Polanco, G Krstulovic - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Finite-temperature quantum turbulence is often described in terms of two immiscible fluids
that can flow with a nonzero-mean relative velocity. Such out-of-equilibrium state is known …