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 …

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 …

Ion-cut lithium niobate on insulator technology: Recent advances and perspectives

Y Jia, L Wang, F Chen - Applied Physics Reviews, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Lithium niobate (LiNbO3 or LN) is a well-known multifunctional crystal that has been widely
applied in various areas of photonics, electronics, and optoelectronics. In the past …

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 …

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 …

Advances in on-chip photonic devices based on lithium niobate on insulator

J Lin, F Bo, Y Cheng, J Xu - Photonics Research, 2020 - opg.optica.org
Crystalline lithium niobate (LN) is an important optical material because of its broad
transmission window that spans from ultraviolet to mid-infrared and its large nonlinear and …

Ultrahigh-efficiency wavelength conversion in nanophotonic periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides

C Wang, C Langrock, A Marandi, M Jankowski… - Optica, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Periodically poled lithium niobate (PPLN) waveguides are a powerful platform for efficient
wavelength conversion. Conventional PPLN converters, however, typically require long …

Microstructure and domain engineering of lithium niobate crystal films for integrated photonic applications

D Sun, Y Zhang, D Wang, W Song, X Liu… - Light: Science & …, 2020 - nature.com
Recently, integrated photonics has attracted considerable interest owing to its wide
application in optical communication and quantum technologies. Among the numerous …

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 …