Matthew Peter Maksymowych

All Publications

• Transduction of large optomechanical amplitudes with racetrack-loaded Mach-Zehnder interferometers OPTICS EXPRESS Westwood-Bachman, J. N., Maksymowych, M. P., Van, V., Hiebert, W. K. 2020; 28 (15): 21835-21844

  Abstract

  Chip-integrated photonic devices have stimulated development in areas ranging from telecommunications to optomechanics. Racetrack resonators have gained popularity for optomechanical transduction due to their high sensitivity and cavity finesse. However, they lack sufficient dynamic range to read out large amplitude mechanical resonators, which are preferred for sensing applications. We present a robust photonic circuit based on a Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) combined with a racetrack resonator that increases linear range without compromising high transduction sensitivity. Optical and mechanical properties of combined MZI-racetrack devices are compared to lone racetracks with the same physical dimensions in the undercoupled, overcoupled and critical coupled regimes. We demonstrate an overall improvement in dynamic range, transduction responsivity, and mass sensitivity of up to 4x, 3x and 2.8x, respectively. Our highly phase sensitive MZI circuit also enables applications such as on-chip optical homodyning.

  View details for DOI 10.1364/OE.396971

  View details for Web of Science ID 000560926100042

  View details for PubMedID 32752455

• Optomechanical spring enhanced mass sensing APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS Maksymowych, M. P., Westwood-Bachman, J. N., Venkatasubramanian, A., Hiebert, W. K. 2019; 115 (10)

  View details for DOI 10.1063/1.5117159

  View details for Web of Science ID 000484671000028