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We demonstrate a novel approach to all-optical wavelength conversion (AOWC) using a monolithically integrated InP multi-wavelength laser (MWL). By exploiting carrier-induced gain modulation and intermodal coupling within the common gain…
Fast scanning-speed and low-power-consumption are becoming progressively more and more important in realizing high-performance chiplet optical phased arrays (OPAs). Here, we establish an integrated OPA based on thin-film lithium…
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Optical parametric oscillators (OPOs) have been widely used for decades as tunable, narrow linewidth, and coherent light sources for reaching long wavelengths and are attractive for applications such as quantum random number generation and…
Advancements in photonic platforms have enabled the precise control of light's spectral and temporal degrees of freedom, a capability crucial for the development of scalable quantum information systems. In this work, we address the…
We here propose and demonstrate a point-by-point programmable broadband microwave spectrum processor with high-resolution up to tens of MHz. We achieve this by bandwidth-minified mapping a programmable optical spectrum processor, which has…
Lightwave pulse shaping in the picosecond regime has remained unaddressed because it resides beyond the limits of state-of-the-art techniques, either due to its inherently narrow spectral content or fundamental speed limitations in…