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 …

Electro‐optic frequency combs: Theory, characteristics, and applications

R Zhuang, K Ni, G Wu, T Hao, L Lu… - Laser & Photonics …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Optical frequency combs (OFCs) are a unique kind of light source, which are represented as
a series of equally spaced coherent spectral lines in the frequency domain. OFCs can …

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 …

Ultrafast mode-locked laser in nanophotonic lithium niobate

Q Guo, BK Gutierrez, R Sekine, RM Gray, JA Williams… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Mode-locked lasers (MLLs) generate ultrashort pulses with peak powers substantially
exceeding their average powers. However, integrated MLLs that drive ultrafast …

A power-efficient integrated lithium niobate electro-optic comb generator

K Zhang, W Sun, Y Chen, H Feng, Y Zhang… - Communications …, 2023 - nature.com
Integrated electro-optic (EO) frequency combs are essential components for future
applications in optical communications, light detection and ranging, optical computation …

Chip-scale high-performance photonic microwave oscillator

Y He, L Cheng, H Wang, Y Zhang, R Meade… - Science …, 2024 - science.org
Optical frequency division based on bulk or fiber optics provides unprecedented spectral
purity for microwave oscillators. To extend the applications of this approach, the challenges …

Spectral control of nonclassical light pulses using an integrated thin-film lithium niobate modulator

D Zhu, C Chen, M Yu, L Shao, Y Hu, CJ Xin… - Light: Science & …, 2022 - nature.com
Manipulating the frequency and bandwidth of nonclassical light is essential for implementing
frequency-encoded/multiplexed quantum computation, communication, and networking …

Clone-comb-enabled high-capacity digital-analogue fronthaul with high-order modulation formats

C Zhang, Y Zhu, B He, J Lin, R Liu, Y Xu, L Yi… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Access to the internet by mobile terminals relies on the transmission of information from the
optical fibre backbone to wireless networks. Fronthaul, as the last mile of fibre-wireless …

Integrated frequency-modulated optical parametric oscillator

HS Stokowski, DJ Dean, AY Hwang, T Park, OT Celik… - Nature, 2024 - nature.com
Optical frequency combs have revolutionized precision measurement, time-keeping and
molecular spectroscopy,,,,,–. A substantial effort has developed around 'microcombs' …

On-chip optical comb sources

A Hermans, K Van Gasse, B Kuyken - APL Photonics, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
On-chip integration of optical comb sources is crucial in enabling their widespread use.
Integrated photonic devices that can be mass-manufactured in semiconductor processing …