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Thin film lithium niobate (LN) has recently emerged as a playground for chip-scale nonlinear optics and leads to highly efficient frequency conversions from near infrared to near-visible bands. For many nonlinear and quantum photonics…

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Many channel arbitrary pulse sequence generation is required for the electro-optic reconfiguration of optical waveguide networks in Lithium Niobate. Here we describe a scalable solution to the requirement for mid-power bipolar parallel…

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We present an integrated semiconductor-dielectric hybrid dual-frequency laser operating in the 1.5 $\mu$m wavelength range for microwave and terahertz (THz) generation. Generating a microwave beat frequency near 11 GHz, we observe a…

The generation of tunable narrowband pulses is increasingly being pursued in terahertz science, for example to study the nonlinear response of individual modes of solids and molecules. Here, we extend the chirp-and-delay method to achieve…

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High-energy (mJ) and high-peak-power (MW) multicycle terahertz (THz) pulses are essential for nonlinear THz spectroscopy and compact accelerator technologies, yet their generation by nonlinear optical frequency conversion remains…

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Generating energetic femtosecond mid-IR pulses is crucial for ultrafast spectroscopy, and currently relies on parametric processes that, while efficient, are also complex. Here we experimentally show a simple alternative that uses a single…

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Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) enables extremely high-efficiency second-order nonlinear optical effects due to large nonlinear coefficient d33 and strong optical field localization. Here, we first designed and fabricated a…

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Conventional approaches to terahertz (THz) pulse generation are restricted by the Fourier-transform limit, which hinders the creation of sources that combine long duration with broad bandwidth--a capability crucial for many spectroscopic…

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The effect of terahertz (THz) pulse generation has revolutionized broadband coherent spectroscopy and imaging at THz frequencies. However, THz pulses typically lack spatial structure, whereas structured beams are becoming essential for…

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The ideal laser source for the emerging research field of nonlinear Terahertz (THz) spectroscopy should offer radiation with a large versatility and deliver both ultra-intense multi-octave spanning single-cycle pulses and user-selectable…