Large-bandwidth,high-sensitivity,and large dynamic range electric field sensors are gradually replacing their traditional counterparts.The lithium-niobate-on-insulator(LNOI)material has emerged as an ideal platform fo...Large-bandwidth,high-sensitivity,and large dynamic range electric field sensors are gradually replacing their traditional counterparts.The lithium-niobate-on-insulator(LNOI)material has emerged as an ideal platform for developing such devices,owing to its low optical loss,high electro-optical modulation efficiency,and significant bandwidth potential.In this paper,we propose and demonstrate an electric field sensor based on LNOI.The sensor consists of an asymmetric Mach–Zehnder interferometer(MZI)and a tapered dipole antenna array.The measured fiber-to-fiber loss is less than−6.7 dB,while the MZI structure exhibits an extinction ratio of greater than 20 dB.Moreover,64-QAM signals at 2 GHz were measured,showing an error vector magnitude(EVM)of less than 8%.展开更多
We propose and demonstrate an integrated microwave photonic sideband selector based on the thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN)platform by integrating an electro-optic Mach-Zehnder modulator(MZM)and a thermo-optic tunable ...We propose and demonstrate an integrated microwave photonic sideband selector based on the thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN)platform by integrating an electro-optic Mach-Zehnder modulator(MZM)and a thermo-optic tunable flat-top microring filter.The sideband selector has two functions:electro-optic modulation of wideband RF signal and sideband selection.The microwave photonic sideband selector supports processing RF signals up to 40 GHz,with undesired sidebands effectively suppressed by more than 25 d B.The demonstrated device shows great potential for TFLN integrated technology in microwave photonic applications,such as mixing and frequency measurement.展开更多
Broadband,low-drive voltage electro-optic modulators are crucial optoelectronic components in the new-generation microwave photonic links and broadband optical interconnect network applications.In this paper,we fabric...Broadband,low-drive voltage electro-optic modulators are crucial optoelectronic components in the new-generation microwave photonic links and broadband optical interconnect network applications.In this paper,we fabricate a low-loss thinfilm lithium niobate complementary dual-output electro-optic modulator chip with a 3 dB electro-optic bandwidth of 59 GHz and a half-wave voltage(Vπ)of 2.5 V.The insert-loss of the packaged modulator is 4.2 dB after coupling with polarizationmaintaining fiber.The complementary dual-output modulator also shows a common-mode rejection ratio of 18 dB and a signal enhancement of 6.2 dB when adapted in microwave photonic links,comparable to commercial bulk lithium niobate devices.展开更多
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2021YFB2800104)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62175079 and 62205119).
文摘Large-bandwidth,high-sensitivity,and large dynamic range electric field sensors are gradually replacing their traditional counterparts.The lithium-niobate-on-insulator(LNOI)material has emerged as an ideal platform for developing such devices,owing to its low optical loss,high electro-optical modulation efficiency,and significant bandwidth potential.In this paper,we propose and demonstrate an electric field sensor based on LNOI.The sensor consists of an asymmetric Mach–Zehnder interferometer(MZI)and a tapered dipole antenna array.The measured fiber-to-fiber loss is less than−6.7 dB,while the MZI structure exhibits an extinction ratio of greater than 20 dB.Moreover,64-QAM signals at 2 GHz were measured,showing an error vector magnitude(EVM)of less than 8%.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2021YFB2800104)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62175079 and 62205119)。
文摘We propose and demonstrate an integrated microwave photonic sideband selector based on the thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN)platform by integrating an electro-optic Mach-Zehnder modulator(MZM)and a thermo-optic tunable flat-top microring filter.The sideband selector has two functions:electro-optic modulation of wideband RF signal and sideband selection.The microwave photonic sideband selector supports processing RF signals up to 40 GHz,with undesired sidebands effectively suppressed by more than 25 d B.The demonstrated device shows great potential for TFLN integrated technology in microwave photonic applications,such as mixing and frequency measurement.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(No.2021YFB2800104)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.62175079 and 62205119).
文摘Broadband,low-drive voltage electro-optic modulators are crucial optoelectronic components in the new-generation microwave photonic links and broadband optical interconnect network applications.In this paper,we fabricate a low-loss thinfilm lithium niobate complementary dual-output electro-optic modulator chip with a 3 dB electro-optic bandwidth of 59 GHz and a half-wave voltage(Vπ)of 2.5 V.The insert-loss of the packaged modulator is 4.2 dB after coupling with polarizationmaintaining fiber.The complementary dual-output modulator also shows a common-mode rejection ratio of 18 dB and a signal enhancement of 6.2 dB when adapted in microwave photonic links,comparable to commercial bulk lithium niobate devices.
