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 …

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 …

Octave-spanning tunable infrared parametric oscillators in nanophotonics

L Ledezma, A Roy, L Costa, R Sekine, R Gray… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
Widely tunable coherent sources are desirable in nanophotonics for a multitude of
applications ranging from communications to sensing. The mid-infrared spectral region …

Single-mode squeezed-light generation and tomography with an integrated optical parametric oscillator

T Park, H Stokowski, V Ansari, S Gyger… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Quantum optical technologies promise advances in sensing, computing, and
communication. A key resource is squeezed light, where quantum noise is redistributed …

Architecture for microcomb-based GHz-mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy

C Bao, Z Yuan, L Wu, MG Suh, H Wang, Q Lin… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
Dual-comb spectroscopy (DCS) offers high sensitivity and wide spectral coverage without
the need for bulky spectrometers or mechanical moving parts. And DCS in the mid-infrared …

Integrated quantum optical phase sensor in thin film lithium niobate

HS Stokowski, TP McKenna, T Park, AY Hwang… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
The quantum noise of light, attributed to the random arrival time of photons from a coherent
light source, fundamentally limits optical phase sensors. An engineered source of squeezed …

Nonlinear and quantum photonics using integrated optical materials

A Dutt, A Mohanty, AL Gaeta, M Lipson - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Integrated nonlinear photonics provides transformative capabilities for controlling,
enhancing and manipulating material nonlinearities in miniaturized on-chip platforms. The …

Quasi-static optical parametric amplification

M Jankowski, N Jornod, C Langrock, B Desiatov… - Optica, 2022 - opg.optica.org
High-gain optical parametric amplification is an important nonlinear process used both as a
source of coherent infrared light and as a source of nonclassical light. In this work, we …

High-efficiency second harmonic generation of blue light on thin-film lithium niobate

T Park, HS Stokowski, V Ansari, TP McKenna… - Optics Letters, 2022 - opg.optica.org
The strength of interactions between photons in a χ^(2) nonlinear optical waveguide
increases at shorter wavelengths. These larger interactions enable coherent spectral …