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Shaking the phase of light

High-amplitude optical phase modulation has been challenging to achieve in nanophotonic integrated structures. Coherently combining multiple optomechanical modulators on a nanophotonic chip offers an approach to address this challenge.

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Fig. 1: Optomechanical quasi-phase-modulation.

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Karpiński, M. Shaking the phase of light. Nat. Photonics 13, 306–308 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-019-0418-2

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