Integrated lithium niobate electro-optic modulators: when performance meets scalability

M Zhang, C Wang, P Kharel, D Zhu, M Lončar - Optica, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Electro-optic modulators (EOMs) convert signals from the electrical to the optical domain.
They are at the heart of optical communication, microwave signal processing, sensing, and …

Nanophotonic lithium niobate electro-optic modulators

C Wang, M Zhang, B Stern, M Lipson, M Lončar - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Since the emergence of optical fiber communications, lithium niobate (LN) has been the
material of choice for electro-optic modulators, featuring high data bandwidth and excellent …

Breaking voltage–bandwidth limits in integrated lithium niobate modulators using micro-structured electrodes

P Kharel, C Reimer, K Luke, L He, M Zhang - Optica, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Electro-optic modulators with low voltages and large bandwidths are crucial for both analog
and digital communication. Recently, thin-film lithium niobate modulators have emerged as …

Compact lithium niobate electrooptic modulators

A Rao, S Fathpour - IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Lithium niobate (LN), spurred by its success for fiber-optic communications, has remained
the material of choice for high-performance electrooptic (EO) modulators. The past decade …

Integrated lithium niobate electro-optic modulators operating at CMOS-compatible voltages

C Wang, M Zhang, X Chen, M Bertrand… - Nature, 2018 - nature.com
Electro-optic modulators translate high-speed electronic signals into the optical domain and
are critical components in modern telecommunication networks, and microwave-photonic …

Design of high-bandwidth, low-voltage and low-loss hybrid lithium niobate electro-optic modulators

PO Weigel, F Valdez, J Zhao, H Li… - Journal of physics …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
The past decade has seen significant growth in the field of thin film lithium niobate electro-
optic modulators, which promise reduced voltage requirements and higher modulation …

Relaxation of the electro-optic response in thin-film lithium niobate modulators

J Holzgrafe, E Puma, R Cheng, H Warner… - Optics …, 2024 - opg.optica.org
Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) is a promising electro-optic (EO) photonics platform with
high modulation bandwidth, low drive voltage, and low optical loss. However, EO …

Monolithic thin film lithium niobate electro-optic modulator with over 110 GHz bandwidth

F Yang, X Fang, X Chen, L Zhu, F Zhang… - Chinese Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
High-performance thin film lithium niobate (LN) electro-optic modulators with low cost are in
demand. Based on photolithography and wet etching, we experimentally demonstrate a thin …

Advances in lithium niobate photonics: development status and perspectives

G Chen, N Li, JD Ng, HL Lin, Y Zhou, YH Fu… - Advanced …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Lithium niobate (LN) has experienced significant developments during past decades due to
its versatile properties, especially its large electro-optic (EO) coefficient. For example, bulk …

Ultra-high-linearity integrated lithium niobate electro-optic modulators

H Feng, K Zhang, W Sun, Y Ren, Y Zhang… - Photonics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Integrated lithium niobate (LN) photonics is a promising platform for future chip-scale
microwave photonics systems owing to its unique electro-optic properties, low optical loss …