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Electric field detection has been widely utilized in many fields such as scientific research and integrated circuits. To enhance the tuning sensitivity of E-field sensor, in this paper, we theoretically proposed a highly sensitive E-field…
Integrated thin film lithium niobate (TFLN) modulators are emerging as an appealing solution to high-speed data processing and transmission due to their high modulation speed and low driving voltage. The key step in fabricating integrated…
We present the design and characterisation of a guided-wave, bright and highly frequency non-degenerate parametric down-conversion source in thin-film lithium niobate. The source generates photon pairs with wavelengths of 815$\,\mathrm{nm}$…
Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) is an emerging platform for compact, low-power nonlinear-optical devices, and has been used extensively for near-infrared frequency conversion. Recent work has extended these devices to mid-infrared…
This paper presents a compact dual-arm thin film lithium niobate (TFLN) electro-optic phase modulator fabricated using the photolithography-assisted chemo-mechanical etching (PLACE) technique. The design of the device allows for complete…
Thin-film lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) has emerged as a superior integrated-photonics platform for linear, nonlinear, and electro-optics. Here we combine quasi-phase-matching, dispersion engineering, and tight mode confinement to…
Lithium niobate (LN) is an excellent nonlinear optical and electro-optic material that has found many applications in classical nonlinear optics, optical fiber communications and quantum photonics. Here we review the recent development of…
Thin-Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN) is an emerging integrated photonic platform showing great promise due to its large second-order nonlinearity at microwave and optical frequencies, cryogenic compatibility, large piezoelectric response, and…
Electro-optic modulators are utilized ubiquitously ranging from applications in data communication to photonic neural networks. While tremendous progress has been made over the years, efficient phase-shifting modulators are challenged with…
High-speed polarization management is highly desirable for many applications, such as remote sensing, telecommunication, and medical diagnosis. However, most of the approaches for polarization management rely on bulky optical components…
We demonstrate waveguide-integrated superconducting nanowire single-photon detectors on thin-film lithium niobate (LN). Using a 250 um-long NbN superconducting nanowire lithographically defined on top of a 125 um-long LN nanowaveguide,…
Integrated visible photonic engines for solid-state quantum defects provide a foundation for scalable quantum networks. While miniaturization is advancing, active manipulation remains limited by the difficulty of achieving simultaneous…
Many technologies in quantum photonics require cryogenic conditions to operate. However, the underlying platform behind active components such as switches, modulators and phase shifters must be compatible with these operating conditions. To…
Here we present an efficient, visible-light, gigahertz-frequency acousto-optic modulator fabricated on a 200 mm wafer in a volume CMOS foundry. Our device combines a piezoelectric transducer and a photonic waveguide within a single…
Lithium niobate (LN) is a promising material for future complex photonic-electronic circuits, with wide applications in fields like communications, sensing, quantum optics, and computation. LN took a great stride toward compact photonic…
Erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers have captured great attentions in recent years due to the rapid advance of photonic integration materials and fabrication techniques. In this work, a compact erbium-doped thin-film lithium niobate waveguide…
We investigate the dependence of photonic waveguide propagation loss on the thickness of the buried oxide layer in Y-cut lithium niobate on insulator substrate to identify trade-offs between optical losses and electromechanical coupling of…
Squeezed states are essential for continuous variable (CV) quantum information processing, with wide-ranging applications in computing, sensing and communications. Integrated photonic circuits provide a scalable, convenient platform for…
Electro-optic modulators (EOMs) are vital for optical imaging and information processing, with free-space devices enabling LiDAR and beam control. Lithium niobate (LN), powered by the strong Pockels effect and scalable LN-on-insulator…
Achieving low optical loss is critical for scaling complex photonic systems. Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) offers strong electro-optic and nonlinear properties in a compact platform, making it ideal for quantum and nonlinear optics.…