Advances in lithium niobate photonics: development status and perspectives

Chen, Guan-Yu; Li, Nanxi; Ng, Jun Da; Lin, Hong-Lin; Zhou, Yanyan; Fu, Yuan Hsing; Lee, Lennon Y. T.; Yu, Yu; Liu, Ai Qun; Danner, Aaron J.

doi:10.1117/1.ap.4.3.034003

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“…For the first part, EO modulators and EO frequency combs are covered. The modulators consist of classic interference- and resonance-based modulators. , Specifically, the interference-based modulators are often implemented by Mach–Zehnder interferometers (MZIs), which are usually developed as traveling-wave modulators due to the traveling-wave electrodes (TWEs) required to reach a broad EO bandwidth. Meanwhile, the resonance-based modulators are achieved by microcavities with a wide variety.…”

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Perspective on Lithium-Niobate-on-Insulator Photonics Utilizing the Electro-optic and Acousto-optic Effects

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For lithium niobate, electro-optics and acoustooptics are the most attractive areas due to the excellent electrooptic, piezoelectric, and photoelastic properties of the material. The past decade has witnessed tremendous breakthroughs of nanophotonic devices based on the emerging thin-film lithium niobate, making it a highly promising platform for new-generation integrated photonics. In this perspective, we focus on the electrooptics and acousto-optics in lithium niobate, reviewing the most recent advances and major challenges, meanwhile providing our insight on the exciting prospect of this emerging field.

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Perspective on Lithium-Niobate-on-Insulator Photonics Utilizing the Electro-optic and Acousto-optic Effects

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“…With the tremendous advance in LNOI passive devices and applications, LNOI-based photonics is regarded as an ideal platform for realizing multifunctional integrated photonic circuits. [22][23][24][25][26] On the other hand, active optical devices, such as lasers and amplifiers, on the LNOI platform have also been expected for a long time as an essential part of integrated photonics. Due to the inherent indirect bandgap structure, it is difficult for LN to achieve electroluminescence.…”

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Advances in lithium niobate thin-film lasers and amplifiers: a review

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.Lithium niobate (LN) thin film has received much attention as an integrated photonic platform, due to its rich and great photoelectric characteristics, based on which various functional photonic devices, such as electro-optic modulators and nonlinear wavelength converters, have been demonstrated with impressive performance. As an important part of the integrated photonic system, the long-awaited laser and amplifier on the LN thin-film platform have made a series of breakthroughs and important progress recently. In this review paper, the research progress of lasers and amplifiers realized on lithium niobate thin film platforms is reviewed comprehensively. Specifically, the research progress on optically pumped lasers and amplifiers based on rare-earth ions doping of LN thin films is introduced. Some important parameters and existing limitations of the current development are discussed. In addition, the implementation scheme and research progress of electrically pumped lasers and amplifiers on LN thin-film platforms are summarized. The advantages and disadvantages of optically and electrically pumped LN thin film light sources are analyzed. Finally, the applications of LN thin film lasers and amplifiers and other on-chip functional devices are envisaged.

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“…Although the integration problem has been greatly alleviated in these platforms, an integrated-OPA that meets these requirements simultaneously remains elusive because of the intrinsic limitations of the materials used. Recently, high-quality thin-film LN on insulator (LNOI) makes a breakthrough, which has paved the way for integrated LN photonics [24][25][26] . However, the current research results show that the integrated-OPA scheme is still subjected to critical trade-offs of the emitters numbers, the control electronics and the power consumption 1,[27][28][29] , and thus is unable to reach the full potential of the material.…”

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Advances in lithium niobate photonics: development status and perspectives

Cited by 86 publications

References 338 publications

Perspective on Lithium-Niobate-on-Insulator Photonics Utilizing the Electro-optic and Acousto-optic Effects

Perspective on Lithium-Niobate-on-Insulator Photonics Utilizing the Electro-optic and Acousto-optic Effects

Advances in lithium niobate thin-film lasers and amplifiers: a review

Cascaded periodically poled electro-optical crystal optical phased array

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