Advanced laser technology for quantum communications (tutorial review)

TK Paraïso, RI Woodward… - Advanced Quantum …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Quantum communications is the art of exchanging and manipulating information beyond the
capabilities of the conventional technologies using the laws of quantum mechanics. With …

Integrated dual-laser photonic chip for high-purity carrier generation enabling ultrafast terahertz wireless communications

S Jia, MC Lo, L Zhang, O Ozolins, A Udalcovs… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Abstract Photonic generation of Terahertz (THz) carriers displays high potential for THz
communications with a large tunable range and high modulation bandwidth. While many …

Harnessing the capabilities of VCSELs: unlocking the potential for advanced integrated photonic devices and systems

G Pan, M Xun, X Zhou, Y Sun, Y Dong… - Light: Science & …, 2024 - nature.com
Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs) have emerged as a versatile and promising
platform for developing advanced integrated photonic devices and systems due to their low …

Communications with guaranteed bandwidth and low latency using frequency-referenced multiplexing

Z Zhou, J Wei, Y Luo, KA Clark, E Sillekens… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Emerging cloud applications such as virtual reality and connected car fleets demand
guaranteed connections, as well as low and stable latency, to edge data centres. Currently …

Frequency comb distillation for optical superchannel transmission

C Prayoonyong, A Boes, X Xu, M Tan… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Optical frequency combs can potentially provide an efficient light source for multi-terabit-per-
second optical superchannels. However, as the bandwidth of these multi-wavelength light …

Photonic comb-rooted synthesis of ultra-stable terahertz frequencies

DC Shin, BS Kim, H Jang, YJ Kim, SW Kim - Nature Communications, 2023 - nature.com
Stable terahertz sources are required to advance high-precision terahertz applications such
as molecular spectroscopy, terahertz radars, and wireless communications. Here, we …

Brillouin laser-driven terahertz oscillator up to 3 THz with femtosecond-level timing jitter

BM Heffernan, J Greenberg, T Hori, T Tanigawa… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
The terahertz (THz) frequency range, spanning from 0.1 to 10.0 THz, is a field ripe for
innovation with vast, developing potential in areas like wireless communication and …

Giant enhancement of nonlinear harmonics of an optical-tweezer phonon laser

G Xiao, T Kuang, Y He, X Chen, W Xiong, X Han, Z Tan… - eLight, 2024 - Springer
Phonon lasers, as mechanical analogues of optical lasers, are unique tools for not only
fundamental studies of the emerging field of phononics but also diverse applications such as …

Dual-laser self-injection locking to an integrated microresonator

DA Chermoshentsev, AE Shitikov, EA Lonshakov… - Optics …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
Diode laser self-injection locking (SIL) to a whispering gallery mode of a high quality factor
resonator is a widely used method for laser linewidth narrowing and high-frequency noise …

High-coherence parallelization in integrated photonics

X Zhang, Z Zhou, Y Guo, M Zhuang, W Jin… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
Coherent optics has profoundly impacted diverse applications ranging from
communications, LiDAR to quantum computations. However, developing coherent systems …