Emerging material platforms for integrated microcavity photonics

J Liu, F Bo, L Chang, CH Dong, X Ou, B Regan… - Science China Physics …, 2022 - Springer
Many breakthroughs in technologies are closely associated with the deep understanding
and development of new material platforms. As the main material used in microelectronics …

Quantum squeezing induced optical nonreciprocity

L Tang, J Tang, M Chen, F Nori, M Xiao, K Xia - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
We propose an all-optical approach to achieve optical nonreciprocity on a chip by quantum
squeezing one of two coupled resonator modes. By parametric pumping a χ (2)-nonlinear …

Sensing of arbitrary-frequency fields using a quantum mixer

G Wang, YX Liu, JM Schloss, ST Alsid, DA Braje… - Physical Review X, 2022 - APS
Quantum sensors such as spin defects in diamond have achieved excellent performance by
combining high sensitivity with spatial resolution. Unfortunately, these sensors can only …

[HTML][HTML] χ(2) nonlinear photonics in integrated microresonators

P Liu, H Wen, L Ren, L Shi, X Zhang - Frontiers of Optoelectronics, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Second-order (χ (2)) optical nonlinearity is one of the most common mechanisms for
modulating and generating coherent light in photonic devices. Due to strong photon …

Beating the 3 db limit for intracavity squeezing and its application to nondemolition qubit readout

W Qin, A Miranowicz, F Nori - Physical Review Letters, 2022 - APS
While the squeezing of a propagating field can, in principle, be made arbitrarily strong, the
cavity-field squeezing is subject to the well-known 3 dB limit, and thus has limited …

Planar-integrated magneto-optical trap

L Chen, CJ Huang, XB Xu, YC Zhang, DQ Ma, ZT Lu… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
The magneto-optical trap (MOT) is an essential tool for collecting and preparing cold atoms
with a wide range of applications. We demonstrate a planar-integrated MOT by combining …

Photon conversion and interaction in a quasi-phase-matched microresonator

JY Chen, Z Li, Z Ma, C Tang, H Fan, YM Sua… - Physical Review …, 2021 - APS
The conversion and interaction between quantum signals at the single-photon level are
essential for scalable quantum photonic information technology. Using a fully optimized …

Tunable nonreciprocal photon correlations induced by directional quantum squeezing

CP Shen, JQ Chen, XF Pan, YM Ren, XL Dong, XL Hei… - Physical Review A, 2023 - APS
We investigate nonreciprocal photon correlations in coupled microring resonators with
directional quantum squeezing (quantum parametric amplification). We show that the …

Efficient frequency doubling with active stabilization on chip

JY Chen, C Tang, M Jin, Z Li, Z Ma… - Laser & Photonics …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Thin‐film lithium niobate (TFLN) is superior for integrated nanophotonics due to its
outstanding properties in nearly all aspects: strong second‐order nonlinearity, fast and …

[HTML][HTML] Versatile Tunning of Compact Microring Waveguide Resonator Based on Lithium Niobate Thin Films

Q Lin, Y Hu, Y Li, H Chen, R Liu, G Tian, W Qiu, T Yang… - Photonics, 2023 - mdpi.com
With the advancement of modulation technology and the requirement for device
miniaturization and integration, lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) can be a versatile …