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 …

Integrated photonics on thin-film lithium niobate

D Zhu, L Shao, M Yu, R Cheng, B Desiatov… - Advances in Optics …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
Lithium niobate (LN), an outstanding and versatile material, has influenced our daily life for
decades—from enabling high-speed optical communications that form the backbone of the …

Electro-optic modulation in integrated photonics

G Sinatkas, T Christopoulos, O Tsilipakos… - Journal of Applied …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Electro-optic modulators are an indispensable part of photonic communication systems,
largely dictating the achievable transmission rate. Recent advances in materials and …

Status and potential of lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) for photonic integrated circuits

A Boes, B Corcoran, L Chang… - Laser & Photonics …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) technology is revolutionizing the lithium niobate industry,
enabling higher performance, lower cost and entirely new devices and applications. The …

Integrated lithium niobate photonics

Y Qi, Y Li - Nanophotonics, 2020 - degruyter.com
Lithium niobate (LiNbO3) on insulator (LNOI) is a promising material platform for integrated
photonics due to single crystal LiNbO3 film's wide transparent window, high refractive index …

Bonded thin film lithium niobate modulator on a silicon photonics platform exceeding 100 GHz 3-dB electrical modulation bandwidth

PO Weigel, J Zhao, K Fang, H Al-Rubaye, D Trotter… - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrate an ultra-high-bandwidth Mach-Zehnder electro-optic modulator (EOM),
based on foundry-fabricated silicon (Si) photonics, made using conventional lithography and …

Integrated microwave photonics

D Marpaung, J Yao, J Capmany - Nature photonics, 2019 - nature.com
Recent advances in photonic integration have propelled microwave photonic technologies
to new heights. The ability to interface hybrid material platforms to enhance light–matter …

Rejuvenating a versatile photonic material: thin‐film lithium niobate

A Honardoost, K Abdelsalam… - Laser & Photonics …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The excellent optical and unique material properties of lithium niobate have long
established it as a prevailing photonic material, especially for the long‐haul telecom …

Thin film lithium niobate electro-optic modulator with terahertz operating bandwidth

AJ Mercante, S Shi, P Yao, L Xie, RM Weikle… - Optics express, 2018 - opg.optica.org
We present a thin film crystal ion sliced (CIS) LiNbO_3 phase modulator that demonstrates
an unprecedented measured electro-optic (EO) response up to 500 GHz. Shallow rib …

Heterogeneous silicon photonic integrated circuits

T Komljenovic, M Davenport, J Hulme… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We review recent breakthroughs in the silicon photonic technology and components, and
describe progress in silicon photonic integrated circuits. Heterogeneous silicon photonics …