Photonic van der Waals integration from 2D materials to 3D nanomembranes

Y Meng, J Feng, S Han, Z Xu, W Mao, T Zhang… - Nature Reviews …, 2023 - nature.com
The integration of functional nanomaterials and heterostructures with photonic architectures
has laid the foundation for important photonic and optoelectronic applications. The advent of …

Lithium niobate photonics: Unlocking the electromagnetic spectrum

A Boes, L Chang, C Langrock, M Yu, M Zhang, Q Lin… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Lithium niobate (LN), first synthesized 70 years ago, has been widely used in diverse
applications ranging from communications to quantum optics. These high-volume …

Integrated femtosecond pulse generator on thin-film lithium niobate

M Yu, D Barton III, R Cheng, C Reimer, P Kharel, L He… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Integrated femtosecond pulse and frequency comb sources are critical components for a
wide range of applications, including optical atomic clocks, microwave photonics …

[HTML][HTML] 3D integration enables ultralow-noise isolator-free lasers in silicon photonics

C Xiang, W Jin, O Terra, B Dong, H Wang, L Wu, J Guo… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Photonic integrated circuits are widely used in applications such as telecommunications and
data-centre interconnects,,,–. However, in optical systems such as microwave synthesizers …

[HTML][HTML] High density lithium niobate photonic integrated circuits

Z Li, RN Wang, G Lihachev, J Zhang, Z Tan… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Photonic integrated circuits have the potential to pervade into multiple applications
traditionally limited to bulk optics. Of particular interest for new applications are ferroelectrics …

Femtosecond laser writing of lithium niobate ferroelectric nanodomains

X Xu, T Wang, P Chen, C Zhou, J Ma, D Wei, H Wang… - Nature, 2022 - nature.com
Lithium niobate (LiNbO3) is viewed as a promising material for optical communications and
quantum photonic chips,. Recent breakthroughs in LiNbO3 nanophotonics have …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum networks based on color centers in diamond

M Ruf, NH Wan, H Choi, D Englund… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
With the ability to transfer and process quantum information, large-scale quantum networks
will enable a suite of fundamentally new applications, from quantum communications to …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated pockels laser

M Li, L Chang, L Wu, J Staffa, J Ling, UA Javid… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
The development of integrated semiconductor lasers has miniaturized traditional bulky laser
systems, enabling a wide range of photonic applications. A progression from pure III-V …

High‐Q Thin‐Film Lithium Niobate Microrings Fabricated with Wet Etching

R Zhuang, J He, Y Qi, Y Li - Advanced Materials, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Thin‐film lithium niobate (TFLN) has been widely used in electro‐optic modulators, acoustic‐
–optic modulators, electro‐optic frequency combs, and nonlinear wavelength converters …

Adapted poling to break the nonlinear efficiency limit in nanophotonic lithium niobate waveguides

PK Chen, I Briggs, C Cui, L Zhang, M Shah… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Nonlinear frequency mixing is a method to extend the wavelength range of optical sources
with applications in quantum information and photonic signal processing. Lithium niobate …