Huszka Gergely, Malpiece Nicolas, Naamoun Mehdi, Mereuta Alexandru, Caliman Andreï, Suruceanu Grigore, Gallo Pascal, Quack Niels (2020), Single crystal diamond gain mirrors for high performance vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers, in
Diamond and Related Materials, 104, 107744-107744.
Sattari Hamed, Takabayashi Alain, Zhang Yu, Verheyen Peter, Bogaerts Wim, Quack Niels (2020), Compact broadband suspended silicon photonic directional coupler, in
Optics Letters, 45(11), 2997-3000.
Errando-Herranz Carlos, Takabayashi Alain Yuji, Edinger Pierre, Sattari Hamed, Gylfason Kristinn B., Quack Niels (2020), MEMS for Photonic Integrated Circuits, in
{IEEE} Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 26(2), 1-16.
Quack Niels, Sattari Hamed, Takabayashi Alain Yuji, Zhang Yu, Verheyen Peter, Bogaerts Wim, Edinger Pierre, Errando-Herranz Carlos, Gylfason Kristinn B. (2020), MEMS-Enabled Silicon Photonic Integrated Devices and Circuits, in
{IEEE} Journal of Quantum Electronics, 56(1), 1-10.
Kiss Marcell, Graziosi Teodoro, Toros Adrien, Scharf Toralf, Santschi Christian, Martin Olivier J. F., Quack Niels (2019), High-quality single crystal diamond diffraction gratings fabricated by crystallographic etching, in
Optics Express, 27(21), 30371-30379.
Toros Adrien, Restori Nathanaël, Kiss Marcell, Scharf Toralf, Quack Niels (2019), Single crystal diamond blazed diffraction gratings and Fresnel microlens arrays with improved optical performance by high-resolution 3D laser lithography and pattern transfer by dry etching, in
OSA Continuum, 2(12), 3374-3380.
The goal of this project is to exploit micro- and nanofabrication techniques to efficiently harness the extraordinary combination of optical, mechanical and thermal material properties of high purity synthetic single crystal diamond at the micro- and nanoscale to engineer novel and high performance diamond photonic micro- and nanosystems. We propose in particular to investigate single crystal diamond for efficient generation, routing, and processing of optical signals on an integrated diamond nano-photonic platform, with a focus on the following three pillars:(1)develop and characterize single crystal diamond nano-photonic integrated circuits(2)couple mechanical and optical resonances in micro-/nano-scale optomechanical oscillators (3)exploit optically active color centers as integrated light sources in single crystal diamond.To achieve these goals, we will tackle the following challenges: (1) the preparation of large area high quality single crystalline diamond thin films on a substrate, by development of an ion implantation based layer transfer process, (2) the engineering of passive on-chip diamond photonic components, such as waveguides, interferometers, and freestanding nano-opto-mechanical resonators, and (3) develop and demonstrate on-chip diamond photonic sources. The successful developments in this project will constitute the basis for future quantum information processing photonic integrated circuits, low phase noise optomechanical frequency references, and harsh environment and biocompatible sensors. They are expected to find applications in in Advanced and Secure Information and Communications Technologies (ICT), Mobile and Personalized Health, Sensors for Autonomous Systems, and Industry 4.0 Instrumentation, impacting societal development and contributing to economic growth.