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This work reports an acoustic filter at 23.5 GHz with a low insertion loss (IL) of 2.38 dB and a 3-dB fractional bandwidth (FBW) of 18.2%, significantly surpassing the state-of-the-art. The device leverages electrically coupled acoustic…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-07 Omar Barrera , Sinwoo Cho , Lezli Matto , Jack Kramer , Kenny Huynh , Vakhtang Chulukhadze , Yen-Wei Chang , Mark S. Goorsky , Ruochen Lu

In this work, a 38.7 GHz acoustic wave ladder filter exhibiting insertion loss (IL) of 5.63 dB and 3-dB fractional bandwidth (FBW) of 17.6% is demonstrated, pushing the frequency limits of thin-film piezoelectric acoustic filter technology.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-13 Omar Barrera , Sinwoo Cho , Jack Kramer , Vakhtang Chulukhadze , Joshua Campbell , Ruochen Lu

Microwave-frequency acoustic waves in solids have emerged as a versatile platform for both classical and quantum applications. While phononic integrated devices and circuits are being developed on various material platforms, an ideal…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-03-31 Jun Ji , Joseph G Thomas , Zichen Xi , Ruxuan Liu , Kinson Fang , Yuan Qin , Andreas Beling , Xu Yi , Yizheng Zhu , Linbo Shao

Achieving monolithic integration of passive acoustic wave devices, in particular RF filters, with active devices such as RF amplifiers and switches, is the optimal solution to meet the challenging communication requirements of mobile…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-06-22 Mahmut Bicer , Stefano Valle , Jacob Brown , Martin Kuball , Krishna C. Balram

This article presents an approach to control the operating frequency and fractional bandwidth (FBW) of miniature acoustic filters in thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN). More specifically, we used first-order antisymmetric (A1) mode…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Taran Anusorn , Omar Barrera , Jack Kramer , Ian Anderson , Ziqian Yao , Vakhtang Chulukhadze , Ruochen Lu

We demonstrate a robust low-loss optical interface by tiling passive (i.e., without doping of active ions) thin film lithium niobate (TFLN) and active (i.e., doped with rare earth ions) TFLN substrates for monolithic integration of…

As 5G connectivity proliferates, signal processing applications at 6G centimeter bands have gained attention for urban wireless capacity expansion. At sub-5 GHz, acoustic resonators operating in the fundamental symmetric (S0) Lamb mode hold…

We demonstrate an ultralow loss monolithic integrated lithium niobate photonic platform consisting of dry-etched subwavelength waveguides. We show microring resonators with a quality factor of 10$^7$ and waveguides with propagation loss as…

This paper reports the first high-performance acoustic filters toward millimeter wave (mmWave) bands using transferred single-crystal thin film lithium niobate (LiNbO3). By transferring LiNbO3 on the top of silicon (Si) and sapphire (Al2O3)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-31 Omar Barrera , Sinwoo Cho , Kenny Hyunh , Jack Kramer , Michael Liao , Vakhtang Chulukhadze , Lezli Matto , Mark S. Goorsky , Ruochen Lu

Acoustic filters are preferred front-end solutions at sub-6 GHz due to their superior frequency selectivity compared to electromagnetic (EM) counterparts. With the ongoing development of 5G and the evolution toward 6G, there is a growing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-05 Omar Barrera , Sinwoo Cho , Jack Kramer , Vakhtang Chulukhadze , Tzu-Hsuan Hsu , Ruochen Lu

This paper presents a new class of micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) C-band filters for 5G front-ends. The filter is comprised of resonators based on the first-order asymmetric Lamb wave (A1) mode in thin film lithium niobate. Two…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-17 Yansong Yang , Ruochen Lu , Liuqing Gao , Songbin Gong

Compact, high-performance components in millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems demand new acoustic filter technology at increasingly higher frequencies. Among various promising mmWave platforms, first-order antisymmetric (A1) mode…

This letter presents miniature millimeter wave (mmWave, above 30 GHz) acoustic resonators based on a single-layer thin-film lithium niobate (LN) platform. More specifically, we present high performance third-order antisymmetric (A3) mode…

Applied Physics · Physics 2026-02-13 Vakhtang Chulukhadze , Jack Kramer , Tzu-Hsuan Hsu , Omar Barrera , Ruochen Lu

In this work, we investigate the frequency scaling of shear-horizontal (S.H.) surface acoustic wave (SAW) resonators based on a lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) substrate into the centimeter bands for 6G wireless systems. Prototyped…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-28 Tzu-Hsuan Hsu , Joshua Campbell , Jack Kramer , Sinwoo Cho , Zhi-Qiang Lee , Ming-Huang Li , Ruochen Lu

Lithium niobate on insulator emerges as a promising platform for integrated microwave photonics because of its capability of ultralow-loss guidance and high-efficiency modulation of light. Chip-level integration of microwave filters is…

Optics · Physics 2022-09-19 Yue Yu , Xiankai Sun

Lithium niobate (LNO) is a well established material for surface acoustic wave (SAW) devices including resonators, delay lines and filters. Recently, multi-layer substrates based on LNO thin films have become commercially available. Here,…

This paper reports the first piezoelectric acoustic filter in periodically poled piezoelectric film (P3F) lithium niobate (LiNbO3) at 23.8 GHz with low insertion loss (IL) of 1.52 dB and 3-dB fractional bandwidth (FBW) of 19.4%. The filter…

Research on microwave signal measurement techniques is risen, driven by the expanding urgent demands of wireless communication, global positioning systems, remote sensing and 6G networks. In stark contrast with traditional electronic-based…

Data rates and volume for mobile communication are ever-increasing with the growing number of users and connected devices. With the deployment of 5G and 6G on the horizon, wireless communication is advancing to higher frequencies and larger…

Applied Physics · Physics 2025-07-09 Silvan Stettler , Luis Guillermo Villanueva

In this work, we demonstrate a C-band shear-horizontal surface acoustic wave (SH-SAW) resonator with high electromechanical coupling (kt2) of 22% and a quality factor (Q) of 565 based on a thin-film lithium niobate (LN) on silicon carbide…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-06 Tzu-Hsuan Hsu , Joshua Campbell , Jack Kramer , Sinwoo Cho , Ming-Huang Li , Ruochen Lu
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