Integrated phononic waveguide on thin-film lithium niobate on diamond

S Sultan Malik F Felix M. Mayor W Wentao Jiang (School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of High-Resolution Electron Microscopy, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices) H Hyunseok Oh (Department of Physics, University of California 2 , Santa Barbara, California 93106,) C Carl Padgett (Department of Physics, University of California 2 , Santa Barbara, California 93106,) V Viraj Dharod (Department of Physics, University of California 2 , Santa Barbara, California 93106,) J Jayameenakshi Venkatraman (Department of Physics, University of California 2 , Santa Barbara, California 93106,) A Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich A Amir H. Safavi-Naeini

Abstract

We demonstrate wavelength-scale phononic waveguides formed by transfer-printed thin-film lithium niobate (LN) on bulk diamond, a material stack that combines the strong piezoelectricity of LN with the high acoustic velocity and color-center compatibility of diamond. We characterize a delay line based on a 100 μm long phononic waveguide at room and cryogenic temperatures. The total insertion loss through the device at 4 K is −5.8 dB, corresponding to a >50 % transducer efficiency, at a frequency of 2.8 GHz. Our work represents a step toward phonon-mediated hybrid quantum systems consisting of strain-sensitive color centers in diamond.

Article Details

Volume / Issue Vol. 127, Issue 15
Published October 13, 2025
ISSN 0003-6951
Publisher American Institute of Physics

Journal Info

Applied Physics Letters

American Institute of Physics

ISSN: 0003-6951 Physical Sciences

Authors (9)

S

Sultan Malik

F

Felix M. Mayor

W

Wentao Jiang

School of Physical Science and Technology, Shanghai Key Laboratory of High-Resolution Electron Microscopy, State Key Laboratory of Advanced Medical Materials and Devices

H

Hyunseok Oh

Department of Physics, University of California 2 , Santa Barbara, California 93106,

C

Carl Padgett

Department of Physics, University of California 2 , Santa Barbara, California 93106,

V

Viraj Dharod

Department of Physics, University of California 2 , Santa Barbara, California 93106,

J

Jayameenakshi Venkatraman

Department of Physics, University of California 2 , Santa Barbara, California 93106,

A

Ania C. Bleszynski Jayich

A

Amir H. Safavi-Naeini