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 …

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 …

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 …

Ultrafast tunable lasers using lithium niobate integrated photonics

V Snigirev, A Riedhauser, G Lihachev, M Churaev… - Nature, 2023 - nature.com
Early works and recent advances in thin-film lithium niobate (LiNbO3) on insulator have
enabled low-loss photonic integrated circuits,, modulators with improved half-wave voltage …

Applications of thin-film lithium niobate in nonlinear integrated photonics

MG Vazimali, S Fathpour - Advanced Photonics, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Photonics on thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) has emerged as one of the most pursued
disciplines within integrated optics. Ultracompact and low-loss optical waveguides and …

Sub-1 Volt and high-bandwidth visible to near-infrared electro-optic modulators

D Renaud, DR Assumpcao, G Joe… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Integrated electro-optic (EO) modulators are fundamental photonics components with utility
in domains ranging from digital communications to quantum information processing. At …

Electrically pumped laser transmitter integrated on thin-film lithium niobate

A Shams-Ansari, D Renaud, R Cheng, L Shao, L He… - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Integrated thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonics has emerged as a promising platform
for the realization of high-performance chip-scale optical systems. Of particular importance …

Integrated electro-optic isolator on thin-film lithium niobate

M Yu, R Cheng, C Reimer, L He, K Luke, E Puma… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Optical isolators are indispensable components of almost any optical system and are used
to protect a laser from unwanted reflections for phase-stable coherent operation. The …

Integrated Photonics Based on Rare‐Earth Ion‐Doped Thin‐Film Lithium Niobate

Y Jia, J Wu, X Sun, X Yan, R Xie… - Laser & Photonics …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Rare‐earth (RE) ion doped crystalline materials have a wide spectrum of applications in
lasers, amplifiers, sensors, as well as classical and quantum information processing. The …

Integrated passive nonlinear optical isolators

AD White, GH Ahn, KV Gasse, KY Yang, L Chang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Fibre and bulk optical isolators are widely used to stabilize laser cavities by preventing
unwanted feedback. However, their integrated counterparts have been slow to be adopted …