Phonon lasing in a hetero optomechanical crystal cavity

Kaiyu Cui; Zhilei Huang; Ning Wu; Qiancheng Xu; Fei Pan; Jian Xiong; Xue Feng; Fang Liu; Wei Zhang; Yidong Huang

doi:10.1364/PRJ.403833

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