Photonic neural networks(PNNs)of sufficiently large physical dimensions and high operation accuracies are envisaged as ideal candidates for breaking the major bottlenecks in the current artificial intelligence archite...Photonic neural networks(PNNs)of sufficiently large physical dimensions and high operation accuracies are envisaged as ideal candidates for breaking the major bottlenecks in the current artificial intelligence architectures in terms of latency,energy efficiency,and computational power.To achieve this vision,it is of vital importance to scale up the PNNs while simultaneously reducing the high demand on the dimensions required by them.The underlying cause of this strategy is the enormous gap between the scales of photonic and electronic integrated circuits.Here,we demonstrate monolithically integrated optical convolutional processors on thin film lithium niobate(TFLN)that harness inherent parallelism in photonics to enable large-scale programmable convolution kernels and,in turn,greatly reduce the dimensions required by subsequent fully connected layers.Experimental validation achieves high classification accuracies of 96%(86%)on the MNIST(Fashion-MNIST)dataset and 84.6%on the AG News dataset while dramatically reducing the required subsequent fully connected layer dimensions to 196×10(from 784×10)and 175×4(from 800×4),respectively.Furthermore,our devices can be driven by commercial field-programmable gate array systems;a unique advantage in addition to their scalable channel number and kernel size.Our architecture provides a solution to build practical machine learning photonic devices.展开更多
Lithium niobate(LN)has remained at the forefront of academic research and industrial applications due to its rich material properties,which include second-order nonlinear optic,electro-optic,and piezoelectric properti...Lithium niobate(LN)has remained at the forefront of academic research and industrial applications due to its rich material properties,which include second-order nonlinear optic,electro-optic,and piezoelectric properties.A further aspect of LN’s versatility stems from the ability to engineer ferroelectric domains with micro and even nano-scale precision in LN,which provides an additional degree of freedom to design acoustic and optical devices with improved performance and is only possible in a handful of other materials.In this review paper,we provide an overview of the domain engineering techniques developed for LN,their principles,and the typical domain size and pattern uniformity they provide,which is important for devices that require high-resolution domain patterns with good reproducibility.It also highlights each technique's benefits,limitations,and adaptability for an application,along with possible improvements and future advancement prospects.Further,the review provides a brief overview of domain visualization methods,which is crucial to gain insights into domain quality/shape and explores the adaptability of the proposed domain engineering methodologies for the emerging thin-film lithium niobate on an insulator platform,which creates opportunities for developing the next generation of compact and scalable photonic integrated circuits and high frequency acoustic devices.展开更多
In this paper,a novel self-designed inverted-triangular lithium niobate tuning fork(LiNTF)was used to construct gas sensing system for the first time.The optimal ratio of the upper and lower boundaries of the inverted...In this paper,a novel self-designed inverted-triangular lithium niobate tuning fork(LiNTF)was used to construct gas sensing system for the first time.The optimal ratio of the upper and lower boundaries of the inverted-triangular LiNTF is found by scanning through finite element analysis(FEA).The surface charge density and stress value of the inverted-triangular LiNTF are both higher than those of the standard quartz tuning fork(QTF).In the lithium niobate-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy(LiNPAS)sensing system,the 2f peak and signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)of the inverted-triangular LiNTF are 7.41 times and 5.89 times those of the standard QTF,respectively.After forming acoustic standing wave field with the acoustic micro-resonator(AmR),the LiNPAS system achieves an SNR 56.16 times higher than without the AmR.Based on Allan variance analysis,the system achieves a minimum detection limit(MDL)of 7.25 ppb with an averaging time of 800 seconds.In the light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy(LITES)sensing system,the 2f peak and SNR of the inverted-triangular LiNTF are 7.82 times and 6.03 times those of the standard QTF,respectively.When the averaging time reaches 100 s,the MDL of the system is found to be 25.78 ppb.展开更多
We report the fabrication of an 8-meter-long thin-flm lithium niobate optical true delay line using the photolithography-assisted chemomechanical etching technique,showing a low transmission loss of 0.036 dB/cm in the...We report the fabrication of an 8-meter-long thin-flm lithium niobate optical true delay line using the photolithography-assisted chemomechanical etching technique,showing a low transmission loss of 0.036 dB/cm in the conventional telecom band.展开更多
Thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN)has emerged as a powerful platform for integrated photonics,offering outstanding electro-optic,nonlinear optical,and ferroelectric properties.These unique material characteristics have o...Thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN)has emerged as a powerful platform for integrated photonics,offering outstanding electro-optic,nonlinear optical,and ferroelectric properties.These unique material characteristics have opened new opportunities for developing high-performance photodetectors with broad spectral response,high sensitivity,and compact integration.This review provides a comprehensive overview of recent progress in TFLN-based detectors,focusing on the underlying physical mechanisms and diverse device architectures.We first discuss the spontaneous polarization,bulk photovoltaic effect,and pyroelectric effect and frequency up-conversion in lithium niobate,which enable unconventional lightto-electricity conversion without external bias.Then,we introduce heterogeneously integrated photodetectors that combine TFLN with III-V semiconductors,silicon,and two-dimensional materials,under both free-space illumination and waveguide coupling configurations.We further highlight advances in integrating single-photon detectors on TFLN platforms,a key step toward scalable quantum photonic systems.In addition,we discuss the direct modification strategies such as ferroelectric domain engineering,doping,and ion implantation modification to enhance the photodetection performance of TFLN devices.Finally,we summarize the existing challenges and present perspectives on the future development of multifunctional,low-power,and quantum-compatible photodetectors based on the TFLN platform.展开更多
Thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN)possesses great potential because it enables high-speed modulation by voltage,which allows higher resolution and lower power consumption for laser beam scanning than direct laser modulat...Thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN)possesses great potential because it enables high-speed modulation by voltage,which allows higher resolution and lower power consumption for laser beam scanning than direct laser modulation.To achieve these functions,a red,green,and blue(RGB)multiplexer using TFLN is required as an important building block for photonic integrated circuits.We fabricated an RGB multiplexer using TFLN and experimentally confirmed its operation.Three different laser lights of red(λ=638 nm),green(λ=520 nm),and blue(λ=473 nm)were successfully coupled as a single laser beam by an RGB multiplexer composed of multimode interferometers.Furthermore,the TFLN was fabricated by sputter deposition,whereas conventionally,it is fabricated via bulk-lithium niobate adhesion to the substrate.The sputterdeposited TFLN is advantageous for large-volume mass production.展开更多
Microring resonators,as essential components of photonic integrated circuits,offer compact size,wavelength selectivity,and strong resonance effects,making them invaluable in optical computing,on-chip interconnects,and...Microring resonators,as essential components of photonic integrated circuits,offer compact size,wavelength selectivity,and strong resonance effects,making them invaluable in optical computing,on-chip interconnects,and quantum photonics.The proposal of the pulley-type microring enhances the coupling strength,but also brings about issues such as mode mismatch and the excitation of higher-order modes.Here,a lithium niobate microring resonator coupled with a pulley bus waveguide based on modified Euler curves is proposed.This Euler-modified pulley bus minimizes mode mismatch at bending junctions,effectively suppressing higher-order mode excitation.The design achieves a high Q factor(exceeding 105)and strong coupling efficiency(83%)within a compact structure of 70μm radius.Due to its simple structure and ease of fabrication,the Euler-modified pulley-type microring holds practical value for applications requiring high-quality microring resonators.展开更多
Due to its broken out-of-plane symmetry,z-cut periodically poled lithium niobate(PPLN)has exhibited ultrahigh second-order optical nonlinearity.Precise quantification of the domain structure of z-cut PPLN plays a crit...Due to its broken out-of-plane symmetry,z-cut periodically poled lithium niobate(PPLN)has exhibited ultrahigh second-order optical nonlinearity.Precise quantification of the domain structure of z-cut PPLN plays a critical role during poling fabrication.To enhance the imaging detection efficiency of the domain structure in z-cut PPLN,we have developed a second-harmonic generation microscope system specifically designed to produce a longitudinal electric field in foci for the imaging domain inversion.We demonstrated that imaging using a longitudinal electric field can achieve a contrast ratio enhancement by a factor of 1.77,showing high imaging efficiency and making the proposed method suitable for in situ monitoring of the z-cut PPLN poling process.展开更多
Controlling the construction of physical colors on the surfaces of transparent dielectric crystals is crucial for surface coloration and anti-counterfeiting applications.In this study,we present a novel approach to cr...Controlling the construction of physical colors on the surfaces of transparent dielectric crystals is crucial for surface coloration and anti-counterfeiting applications.In this study,we present a novel approach to creating stable physical colors on the surface of lithium niobate crystals by combining gold ion implantation with laser direct writing technologies.The interaction between the laser,the implanted gold nanoparticles,and the crystal lattice induces permanent,localized modifications on the crystal surface.By fine-tuning the laser direct writing parameters,we reshaped the gold nanoparticles into spheres of varying sizes on the crystal surface,resulting in the display of red,green,blue,and pale-yellow colors.We investigated the influence of the implanted Au nanoparticles-particularly their localized surface plasmon resonances-on the modifications of the lithium niobate crystal lattice during the laser writing process using confocal Raman spectroscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.Our findings reveal that the embedded Au nanoparticles play a pivotal role in altering the conventional light-matter interaction between the crystal lattice and the laser,thereby facilitating the generation of surface colors.This work opens new avenues for the development of vibrant surface colors on transparent dielectric crystals.展开更多
Conventional approaches for obtaining the second and third harmonics typically employ several nonlinear crystals to generate them,which is restricted in application due to the complexity of the optical path and the bu...Conventional approaches for obtaining the second and third harmonics typically employ several nonlinear crystals to generate them,which is restricted in application due to the complexity of the optical path and the bulkiness of the device.In this work,we present a comprehensive theoretical and numerical investigation of the simultaneous generation and competition between the second harmonic waves(SHW)and the third harmonic waves(THW)in a single nonlinear crystal.Through analyzing both small-signal and large-signal regimes,we reveal the complex coupling mechanisms between SHW and THW generation processes.Using periodically poled lithium niobate as an example,we demonstrate that the relative conversion efficiencies between SHW and THW can be freely adjusted by controlling the input fundamental wave power.This work provides new insights for designing efficient frequency converters capable of generating both SHW and THW outputs with controllable intensity ratios.展开更多
We present a compact optical delay line(ODL)with wide-range continuous tunability on thin-film lithium niobate platform.The proposed device integrates an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer(MZI)architecture with du...We present a compact optical delay line(ODL)with wide-range continuous tunability on thin-film lithium niobate platform.The proposed device integrates an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer(MZI)architecture with dual tunable couplers,where each coupler comprises two 2×2 multimode interferometers and a MZI phase-tuning section.Experimental results demonstrate continuous delay tuning from 0 to 293 ps through synchronized control of coupling coefficients,corresponding to a 4 cm path difference between interferometer arms.The measured delay range exhibits excellent agreement with theoretical predictions derived from ODL waveguide parameters.This result addresses critical challenges in integrated photonic systems that require precise temporal control,particularly for applications in optical communications and quantum information processing,where a wide tuning range is paramount.展开更多
Optical isolators,the photonic analogs of electronic diodes,are essential for ensuring the unidirectional flow of light in optical systems,thereby mitigating the destabilizing effects of back reflections.Thin-film lit...Optical isolators,the photonic analogs of electronic diodes,are essential for ensuring the unidirectional flow of light in optical systems,thereby mitigating the destabilizing effects of back reflections.Thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN),hailed as“the silicon of photonics,”has emerged as a pivotal material in the realm of chip-scale nonlinear optics,propelling the demand for compact optical isolators.We report a breakthrough in the development of a fully passive,integrated optical isolator on the TFLN platform,leveraging the Kerr effect to achieve an impressive 10.3 dB of isolation with a minimal insertion loss of 1.87 dB.Further theoretical simulations have demonstrated that our design,when applied to a microring resonator with a Q factor of 5×10^(6),can achieve 20 dB of isolation with an input power of merely 8 mW.This advancement underscores the immense potential of lithium niobate-based Kerr-effect isolators in propelling the integration and application of high-performance on-chip lasers,heralding a new era in integrated photonics.展开更多
Miniaturized erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers attracted great interests in recent decades due to their high gain-efficiency and function-scalability in the telecom C-band.In this work,an erbium-doped thin film lithiu...Miniaturized erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers attracted great interests in recent decades due to their high gain-efficiency and function-scalability in the telecom C-band.In this work,an erbium-doped thin film lithium niobate waveguide amplifier achieving>10 dB off-chip(fiber-to-fiber)net gain and>20 mW fiber-output amplified power is demonstrated,thanks to the low-propagation-loss waveguides and robust waveguide edge-couplers prepared by the photolithography assisted chemomechanical etching technique.Systematic investigation on the fabricated waveguide amplifiers reveals remarkable optical gain around the peak wavelength of 1532 nm as well as the low fiber-coupling loss of-1.2 dB/facet.A fiber Bragg-grating based waveguide laser is further demonstrated using the fabricated waveguide amplifier as the external gain chip,which generates>2 mW off-chip power continuous-wave lasing around the gain peak at 1532 nm.The unambiguous demonstration of fiber-to-fiber net gain of the erbium-doped thinfilm lithium niobate(TFLN)waveguide amplifier as well as its external gain chip application will benefit diverse fields demanding scalable gain elements with highspeed tunability.展开更多
This article introduces a method of achieving high polarization extinction ratio using a subwavelength grating structure on a lithium niobate thin film platform,and the chip is formed on the surface of the lithium nio...This article introduces a method of achieving high polarization extinction ratio using a subwavelength grating structure on a lithium niobate thin film platform,and the chip is formed on the surface of the lithium niobate thin film.The chip,with a length of just 20μm,achieved a measured polarization extinction ratio of 29 dB at 1550 nm wavelength.This progress not only proves the possibility of achieving a high extinction ratio on a lithium niobate thin film platform,but also offers important technical references for future work on polarization beam splitters,integrated fiber optic gyroscopes,and so on.展开更多
This paper reports a continuous-wave （CW） mid-infrared intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate （PPLN） pumped by a diode-end-pumped CW Nd：YVO4 laser. C...This paper reports a continuous-wave （CW） mid-infrared intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate （PPLN） pumped by a diode-end-pumped CW Nd：YVO4 laser. Considering the thermal lens effects, it adopted an optical ballast lens and the near-concentric cavity for better operation. At the PPLN＇s grating period of 28.5 μm and the temperature of 140℃, the maximum idler output power of 155 mW at 3.86 μm has been achieved when the 808 nm pump power is 8.5 W, leading to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 1.82%.展开更多
In this paper we report on a continuous-wave （CW） intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator （ICSRO） based on periodically poled LiNbO3 （PPLN） pumped by a diode-end-pumped CW Nd：YVO4 laser. Consi...In this paper we report on a continuous-wave （CW） intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator （ICSRO） based on periodically poled LiNbO3 （PPLN） pumped by a diode-end-pumped CW Nd：YVO4 laser. Considering the thermal lens effects and diffraction loss, an optical ballast lens and a near-concentric cavity are adopted for better operation. Through varying the grating period and the temperature, the tunable signal output from 1406 nm to 1513 nm is obtained. At a PPLN grating period of 29 pm and a temperature of 413 K, a maximum signal output power of 820 mW at 1500 nm is achieved when the 808 nm pump power is 10.9 W, leading to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 7.51%.展开更多
Multi-lane integrated transmitter chips are key components in future compact optical modules to realize high-speed optical interconnects.Thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN)photonics have emerged as a promising platform fo...Multi-lane integrated transmitter chips are key components in future compact optical modules to realize high-speed optical interconnects.Thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN)photonics have emerged as a promising platform for achieving high-performance chip-scale optical systems.Combining a coarse wavelength-division multiplexing(CWDM)devices using fabrication-tolerant angled multimode interferometer structure and high-performance electro-optical modulators,we demonstrate monolithic on-chip four-channel CWDM transmitter on the TFLN platform for the first time.The four-channel CWDM transmitter enables high-speed transmissions of 100 Gb/s data rate per wavelength channel(i.e.,an aggregated date rate of 400 Gb/s).展开更多
Tunable coherent emission is generated in a single-pass, cascaded wavelength conversion process from mode-locked laser-pumped monolithic periodically poled lithium niobate（PPLN）. Three ranges of wavelength, includin...Tunable coherent emission is generated in a single-pass, cascaded wavelength conversion process from mode-locked laser-pumped monolithic periodically poled lithium niobate（PPLN）. Three ranges of wavelength, including visible output from 628 nm to 639 nm, near-infrared output from 797 nm to 816 nm, and mid-infrared output from 3167 nm to 3459 nm,were obtained from the monolithic PPLN, which consists of a 10-mm section for 532-nm-pumped optical parametric generation（OPG） and a 7-mm section for 1064-nm-pumped sum frequency generation（SFG）. A pump-to-signal conversion efficiency of 23.4% for OPG at 50°C and a quantum efficiency of 26.2% for SFG at 200°C were obtained.展开更多
Lithium niobate on insulator(LNOI)is rising as one of the most promising platforms for integrated photonics due to the high-index-contrast and excellent material properties of lithium niobate,such as wideband transpar...Lithium niobate on insulator(LNOI)is rising as one of the most promising platforms for integrated photonics due to the high-index-contrast and excellent material properties of lithium niobate,such as wideband transparency from visible to mid-infrared,large electro-optic,piezoelectric,and second-order harmonic coefficients.The fast-developing micro-and nanostructuring techniques on LNOI have enabled various structure,devices,systems,and applications.In this contribution,we review the latest developments in this platform,including ultra-high speed electro-optic modulators,optical frequency combs,opto-electro-mechanical system on chip,second-harmonic generation in periodically poled LN waveguides,and efficient edge coupling for LNOI.展开更多
We study the effect of waveguide thickness variations on the frequency spectrum of spontaneous parametric downconversion in the periodically-poled lithium niobate on insulator(LNOI)waveguide.We analyze several variati...We study the effect of waveguide thickness variations on the frequency spectrum of spontaneous parametric downconversion in the periodically-poled lithium niobate on insulator(LNOI)waveguide.We analyze several variation models and our simulation results show that thickness variations in several nanometers can induce distinct effects on the central peak of the spectrum,such as narrowing,broadening,and splitting.We also prove that the effects of positive and negative variations can be canceled and thus lead to a variation-robust feature and an ultra-broad bandwidth.Our study may promote the development of on-chip photon sources in the LNOI platform,as well as opens up a way to engineer photon frequency state.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos.12192251,12334014,62335019,12134001,1230441812474378)+1 种基金the Quantum Science and Technology National Science and Technology Major Project(Grant No.2021ZD0301403)the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project (Grant No.2019SHZDZX01)。
文摘Photonic neural networks(PNNs)of sufficiently large physical dimensions and high operation accuracies are envisaged as ideal candidates for breaking the major bottlenecks in the current artificial intelligence architectures in terms of latency,energy efficiency,and computational power.To achieve this vision,it is of vital importance to scale up the PNNs while simultaneously reducing the high demand on the dimensions required by them.The underlying cause of this strategy is the enormous gap between the scales of photonic and electronic integrated circuits.Here,we demonstrate monolithically integrated optical convolutional processors on thin film lithium niobate(TFLN)that harness inherent parallelism in photonics to enable large-scale programmable convolution kernels and,in turn,greatly reduce the dimensions required by subsequent fully connected layers.Experimental validation achieves high classification accuracies of 96%(86%)on the MNIST(Fashion-MNIST)dataset and 84.6%on the AG News dataset while dramatically reducing the required subsequent fully connected layer dimensions to 196×10(from 784×10)and 175×4(from 800×4),respectively.Furthermore,our devices can be driven by commercial field-programmable gate array systems;a unique advantage in addition to their scalable channel number and kernel size.Our architecture provides a solution to build practical machine learning photonic devices.
基金supported by the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence in Optical Microcombs for Breakthrough Science COMBS(CE230100006)the Australian Research Council grants DP220100488 and DE230100964funded by the Australian Government.
文摘Lithium niobate(LN)has remained at the forefront of academic research and industrial applications due to its rich material properties,which include second-order nonlinear optic,electro-optic,and piezoelectric properties.A further aspect of LN’s versatility stems from the ability to engineer ferroelectric domains with micro and even nano-scale precision in LN,which provides an additional degree of freedom to design acoustic and optical devices with improved performance and is only possible in a handful of other materials.In this review paper,we provide an overview of the domain engineering techniques developed for LN,their principles,and the typical domain size and pattern uniformity they provide,which is important for devices that require high-resolution domain patterns with good reproducibility.It also highlights each technique's benefits,limitations,and adaptability for an application,along with possible improvements and future advancement prospects.Further,the review provides a brief overview of domain visualization methods,which is crucial to gain insights into domain quality/shape and explores the adaptability of the proposed domain engineering methodologies for the emerging thin-film lithium niobate on an insulator platform,which creates opportunities for developing the next generation of compact and scalable photonic integrated circuits and high frequency acoustic devices.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.62335006,62275065,62022032,62405078,and 62505066)Open Subject of Hebei Key Laboratory of Advanced Laser Technology and Equipment(Grant No.HBKL-ALTE2025001)+2 种基金Heilongjiang Postdoctoral Fund(Grant No.LBH-Z23144 and LBH-Z24155)Natural Science Foundation of Heilongjiang Province(Grant No.LH2024F031)China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2024M764172).
文摘In this paper,a novel self-designed inverted-triangular lithium niobate tuning fork(LiNTF)was used to construct gas sensing system for the first time.The optimal ratio of the upper and lower boundaries of the inverted-triangular LiNTF is found by scanning through finite element analysis(FEA).The surface charge density and stress value of the inverted-triangular LiNTF are both higher than those of the standard quartz tuning fork(QTF).In the lithium niobate-enhanced photoacoustic spectroscopy(LiNPAS)sensing system,the 2f peak and signal-to-noise ratio(SNR)of the inverted-triangular LiNTF are 7.41 times and 5.89 times those of the standard QTF,respectively.After forming acoustic standing wave field with the acoustic micro-resonator(AmR),the LiNPAS system achieves an SNR 56.16 times higher than without the AmR.Based on Allan variance analysis,the system achieves a minimum detection limit(MDL)of 7.25 ppb with an averaging time of 800 seconds.In the light-induced thermoelastic spectroscopy(LITES)sensing system,the 2f peak and SNR of the inverted-triangular LiNTF are 7.82 times and 6.03 times those of the standard QTF,respectively.When the averaging time reaches 100 s,the MDL of the system is found to be 25.78 ppb.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12192251,12334014,92480001,12134001,12304418,12274130,12274133,12474378,and 12404378)the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant Nos.2022YFA1404600 and 2022YFA1205100)+2 种基金Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(Grant No.2019SHZDZX01)the Innovation Program for Quantum Science and Technology(Grant No.2021ZD0301403)the Engineering Research Center for Nanophotonics&Advanced Instrument,Ministry of Education,East China Normal University(Grant No.2023nmc005)。
文摘We report the fabrication of an 8-meter-long thin-flm lithium niobate optical true delay line using the photolithography-assisted chemomechanical etching technique,showing a low transmission loss of 0.036 dB/cm in the conventional telecom band.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.12235009,12134009)Open fund(SKLMRD-K202522)of the State Key Laboratory of Chemical Reaction Dynamics in DICP,CAS+1 种基金support from Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Provincesupport from"Qilu Young Scholar Program"of Shandong University,China.
文摘Thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN)has emerged as a powerful platform for integrated photonics,offering outstanding electro-optic,nonlinear optical,and ferroelectric properties.These unique material characteristics have opened new opportunities for developing high-performance photodetectors with broad spectral response,high sensitivity,and compact integration.This review provides a comprehensive overview of recent progress in TFLN-based detectors,focusing on the underlying physical mechanisms and diverse device architectures.We first discuss the spontaneous polarization,bulk photovoltaic effect,and pyroelectric effect and frequency up-conversion in lithium niobate,which enable unconventional lightto-electricity conversion without external bias.Then,we introduce heterogeneously integrated photodetectors that combine TFLN with III-V semiconductors,silicon,and two-dimensional materials,under both free-space illumination and waveguide coupling configurations.We further highlight advances in integrating single-photon detectors on TFLN platforms,a key step toward scalable quantum photonic systems.In addition,we discuss the direct modification strategies such as ferroelectric domain engineering,doping,and ion implantation modification to enhance the photodetection performance of TFLN devices.Finally,we summarize the existing challenges and present perspectives on the future development of multifunctional,low-power,and quantum-compatible photodetectors based on the TFLN platform.
文摘Thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN)possesses great potential because it enables high-speed modulation by voltage,which allows higher resolution and lower power consumption for laser beam scanning than direct laser modulation.To achieve these functions,a red,green,and blue(RGB)multiplexer using TFLN is required as an important building block for photonic integrated circuits.We fabricated an RGB multiplexer using TFLN and experimentally confirmed its operation.Three different laser lights of red(λ=638 nm),green(λ=520 nm),and blue(λ=473 nm)were successfully coupled as a single laser beam by an RGB multiplexer composed of multimode interferometers.Furthermore,the TFLN was fabricated by sputter deposition,whereas conventionally,it is fabricated via bulk-lithium niobate adhesion to the substrate.The sputterdeposited TFLN is advantageous for large-volume mass production.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2024YFB2808300)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.62293523,62288101,62305156,92463304,92463308,12304421,and 12341403)+2 种基金Zhangjiang Laboratory(Grant No.ZJSP21A001)Program of Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation(Grant Nos.BK20230770 and BK20232033)Guangdong Major Project of Basic and Applied Basic Re-search(Grant No.2020B0301030009).
文摘Microring resonators,as essential components of photonic integrated circuits,offer compact size,wavelength selectivity,and strong resonance effects,making them invaluable in optical computing,on-chip interconnects,and quantum photonics.The proposal of the pulley-type microring enhances the coupling strength,but also brings about issues such as mode mismatch and the excitation of higher-order modes.Here,a lithium niobate microring resonator coupled with a pulley bus waveguide based on modified Euler curves is proposed.This Euler-modified pulley bus minimizes mode mismatch at bending junctions,effectively suppressing higher-order mode excitation.The design achieves a high Q factor(exceeding 105)and strong coupling efficiency(83%)within a compact structure of 70μm radius.Due to its simple structure and ease of fabrication,the Euler-modified pulley-type microring holds practical value for applications requiring high-quality microring resonators.
基金supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant Nos.2022YFC3401100 and 2022YFF0712500)the Guangdong Major Project of Basic and Applied Basic Research(Grant No.2020B0301030009)+2 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12204017,12004012,12004013,12041602,91750203,91850111,and 92150301)the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation(Grant No.2020M680220 and 2020M680230)the Clinical Medicine Plus X-Young Scholars Project,Peking University,Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities.
文摘Due to its broken out-of-plane symmetry,z-cut periodically poled lithium niobate(PPLN)has exhibited ultrahigh second-order optical nonlinearity.Precise quantification of the domain structure of z-cut PPLN plays a critical role during poling fabrication.To enhance the imaging detection efficiency of the domain structure in z-cut PPLN,we have developed a second-harmonic generation microscope system specifically designed to produce a longitudinal electric field in foci for the imaging domain inversion.We demonstrated that imaging using a longitudinal electric field can achieve a contrast ratio enhancement by a factor of 1.77,showing high imaging efficiency and making the proposed method suitable for in situ monitoring of the z-cut PPLN poling process.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) (Grants No. 12274236, 12134009, 12074223)Shandong Provincial Natural Science Foundation (Grants No. 2022HWYQ-047, ZR2024MA041)+3 种基金Taishan Scholars Program of Shandong Province (Grants No. tsqn201909041)“Qilu Young Scholar Program” of Shandong UniversityCore Facility Sharing Platform of Shandong UniversityOpen Foundation of the State Key Laboratory of Fluid Power and Mechatronic Systems
文摘Controlling the construction of physical colors on the surfaces of transparent dielectric crystals is crucial for surface coloration and anti-counterfeiting applications.In this study,we present a novel approach to creating stable physical colors on the surface of lithium niobate crystals by combining gold ion implantation with laser direct writing technologies.The interaction between the laser,the implanted gold nanoparticles,and the crystal lattice induces permanent,localized modifications on the crystal surface.By fine-tuning the laser direct writing parameters,we reshaped the gold nanoparticles into spheres of varying sizes on the crystal surface,resulting in the display of red,green,blue,and pale-yellow colors.We investigated the influence of the implanted Au nanoparticles-particularly their localized surface plasmon resonances-on the modifications of the lithium niobate crystal lattice during the laser writing process using confocal Raman spectroscopy and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy.Our findings reveal that the embedded Au nanoparticles play a pivotal role in altering the conventional light-matter interaction between the crystal lattice and the laser,thereby facilitating the generation of surface colors.This work opens new avenues for the development of vibrant surface colors on transparent dielectric crystals.
基金supported by the Science and Technology Project of Guangdong Province,China(Grant No.2020B010190001)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.12434016)+1 种基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2023YFA1406900)the Fund of the National Postdoctoral Researcher Program(Grant No.GZB20240785).
文摘Conventional approaches for obtaining the second and third harmonics typically employ several nonlinear crystals to generate them,which is restricted in application due to the complexity of the optical path and the bulkiness of the device.In this work,we present a comprehensive theoretical and numerical investigation of the simultaneous generation and competition between the second harmonic waves(SHW)and the third harmonic waves(THW)in a single nonlinear crystal.Through analyzing both small-signal and large-signal regimes,we reveal the complex coupling mechanisms between SHW and THW generation processes.Using periodically poled lithium niobate as an example,we demonstrate that the relative conversion efficiencies between SHW and THW can be freely adjusted by controlling the input fundamental wave power.This work provides new insights for designing efficient frequency converters capable of generating both SHW and THW outputs with controllable intensity ratios.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12192251,12334014,12404378,92480001,12134001,12174113,12174107,12474325,12404379,and 12474378)the Innovation Program for Quantum Science and Technology(Grant No.2021ZD0301403)+1 种基金Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(Grant No.2019SHZDZX01)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,the Engineering Research Center for Nanophotonics&Advanced Instrument,Ministry of Education,East China Normal University(Grant No.2023nmc005).
文摘We present a compact optical delay line(ODL)with wide-range continuous tunability on thin-film lithium niobate platform.The proposed device integrates an unbalanced Mach-Zehnder interferometer(MZI)architecture with dual tunable couplers,where each coupler comprises two 2×2 multimode interferometers and a MZI phase-tuning section.Experimental results demonstrate continuous delay tuning from 0 to 293 ps through synchronized control of coupling coefficients,corresponding to a 4 cm path difference between interferometer arms.The measured delay range exhibits excellent agreement with theoretical predictions derived from ODL waveguide parameters.This result addresses critical challenges in integrated photonic systems that require precise temporal control,particularly for applications in optical communications and quantum information processing,where a wide tuning range is paramount.
基金Project supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant Nos.2022YFF0712800 and 2019YFA0308700)。
文摘Optical isolators,the photonic analogs of electronic diodes,are essential for ensuring the unidirectional flow of light in optical systems,thereby mitigating the destabilizing effects of back reflections.Thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN),hailed as“the silicon of photonics,”has emerged as a pivotal material in the realm of chip-scale nonlinear optics,propelling the demand for compact optical isolators.We report a breakthrough in the development of a fully passive,integrated optical isolator on the TFLN platform,leveraging the Kerr effect to achieve an impressive 10.3 dB of isolation with a minimal insertion loss of 1.87 dB.Further theoretical simulations have demonstrated that our design,when applied to a microring resonator with a Q factor of 5×10^(6),can achieve 20 dB of isolation with an input power of merely 8 mW.This advancement underscores the immense potential of lithium niobate-based Kerr-effect isolators in propelling the integration and application of high-performance on-chip lasers,heralding a new era in integrated photonics.
基金financial supports from National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2022YFA1205100,2022YFA1404600)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.12192251,12334014,12474325,12134001,12304418,12474378,12274133,12174107,12174113,12274130)+2 种基金the Innovation Program for Quantum Science and Technology(Grant No.2021ZD0301403)Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(Grant No.2019SHZDZX01)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,the Engineering Research Center for Nanophotonics&Advanced Instrument,Ministry of Education,East China Normal University(No.2023nmc005).
文摘Miniaturized erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers attracted great interests in recent decades due to their high gain-efficiency and function-scalability in the telecom C-band.In this work,an erbium-doped thin film lithium niobate waveguide amplifier achieving>10 dB off-chip(fiber-to-fiber)net gain and>20 mW fiber-output amplified power is demonstrated,thanks to the low-propagation-loss waveguides and robust waveguide edge-couplers prepared by the photolithography assisted chemomechanical etching technique.Systematic investigation on the fabricated waveguide amplifiers reveals remarkable optical gain around the peak wavelength of 1532 nm as well as the low fiber-coupling loss of-1.2 dB/facet.A fiber Bragg-grating based waveguide laser is further demonstrated using the fabricated waveguide amplifier as the external gain chip,which generates>2 mW off-chip power continuous-wave lasing around the gain peak at 1532 nm.The unambiguous demonstration of fiber-to-fiber net gain of the erbium-doped thinfilm lithium niobate(TFLN)waveguide amplifier as well as its external gain chip application will benefit diverse fields demanding scalable gain elements with highspeed tunability.
基金Supported by Beijing Natural Science Foundation(4242062)and the Youth Innovation Promotion Association,CAS(2021108)。
文摘This article introduces a method of achieving high polarization extinction ratio using a subwavelength grating structure on a lithium niobate thin film platform,and the chip is formed on the surface of the lithium niobate thin film.The chip,with a length of just 20μm,achieved a measured polarization extinction ratio of 29 dB at 1550 nm wavelength.This progress not only proves the possibility of achieving a high extinction ratio on a lithium niobate thin film platform,but also offers important technical references for future work on polarization beam splitters,integrated fiber optic gyroscopes,and so on.
基金Project supported in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 10474071, 60637010, 60671036 and60278001)Tianjin Applied Fundamental Research Project, China (07JCZDJC05900)
文摘This paper reports a continuous-wave （CW） mid-infrared intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator based on periodically poled lithium niobate （PPLN） pumped by a diode-end-pumped CW Nd：YVO4 laser. Considering the thermal lens effects, it adopted an optical ballast lens and the near-concentric cavity for better operation. At the PPLN＇s grating period of 28.5 μm and the temperature of 140℃, the maximum idler output power of 155 mW at 3.86 μm has been achieved when the 808 nm pump power is 8.5 W, leading to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 1.82%.
基金Project supported partly by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos 60637010 and 60671036)the National Basic Research Program of China (Grant No 2007CB310403)the Tianjin Applied Fundamental Research Project, China(Grant No 07JCZDJC05900)
文摘In this paper we report on a continuous-wave （CW） intracavity singly resonant optical parametric oscillator （ICSRO） based on periodically poled LiNbO3 （PPLN） pumped by a diode-end-pumped CW Nd：YVO4 laser. Considering the thermal lens effects and diffraction loss, an optical ballast lens and a near-concentric cavity are adopted for better operation. Through varying the grating period and the temperature, the tunable signal output from 1406 nm to 1513 nm is obtained. At a PPLN grating period of 29 pm and a temperature of 413 K, a maximum signal output power of 820 mW at 1500 nm is achieved when the 808 nm pump power is 10.9 W, leading to an optical-to-optical conversion efficiency of 7.51%.
基金This work is supported partially by the National Major Research and Development Program(2019YFB1803902)National Natural Science Foundation of China(NSFC)(62135012,62105107)+3 种基金Leading Innovative and Entrepreneur Team Introduction Program of Zhejiang(2021R01001)Guangdong Basic and Applied Basic Research Foundation(2021A 1515012215,2021B1515120057)Science and Technology Planning Project of Guangdong Province(2019A050510039)Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities(2021QNA5001).
文摘Multi-lane integrated transmitter chips are key components in future compact optical modules to realize high-speed optical interconnects.Thin-film lithium niobate(TFLN)photonics have emerged as a promising platform for achieving high-performance chip-scale optical systems.Combining a coarse wavelength-division multiplexing(CWDM)devices using fabrication-tolerant angled multimode interferometer structure and high-performance electro-optical modulators,we demonstrate monolithic on-chip four-channel CWDM transmitter on the TFLN platform for the first time.The four-channel CWDM transmitter enables high-speed transmissions of 100 Gb/s data rate per wavelength channel(i.e.,an aggregated date rate of 400 Gb/s).
基金Project supported by the National Basic Research Program of China(Grant No.2013CB632704)
文摘Tunable coherent emission is generated in a single-pass, cascaded wavelength conversion process from mode-locked laser-pumped monolithic periodically poled lithium niobate（PPLN）. Three ranges of wavelength, including visible output from 628 nm to 639 nm, near-infrared output from 797 nm to 816 nm, and mid-infrared output from 3167 nm to 3459 nm,were obtained from the monolithic PPLN, which consists of a 10-mm section for 532-nm-pumped optical parametric generation（OPG） and a 7-mm section for 1064-nm-pumped sum frequency generation（SFG）. A pump-to-signal conversion efficiency of 23.4% for OPG at 50°C and a quantum efficiency of 26.2% for SFG at 200°C were obtained.
基金the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2019YFB2203800)the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.61835008,61905079,and 61905084.
文摘Lithium niobate on insulator(LNOI)is rising as one of the most promising platforms for integrated photonics due to the high-index-contrast and excellent material properties of lithium niobate,such as wideband transparency from visible to mid-infrared,large electro-optic,piezoelectric,and second-order harmonic coefficients.The fast-developing micro-and nanostructuring techniques on LNOI have enabled various structure,devices,systems,and applications.In this contribution,we review the latest developments in this platform,including ultra-high speed electro-optic modulators,optical frequency combs,opto-electro-mechanical system on chip,second-harmonic generation in periodically poled LN waveguides,and efficient edge coupling for LNOI.
基金Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2019YFA0705000)Leading-edge Technology Program of Jiangsu Natural Science Foundation,China(Grant No.BK20192001)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.51890861,11690031,11974178,and 11627810).
文摘We study the effect of waveguide thickness variations on the frequency spectrum of spontaneous parametric downconversion in the periodically-poled lithium niobate on insulator(LNOI)waveguide.We analyze several variation models and our simulation results show that thickness variations in several nanometers can induce distinct effects on the central peak of the spectrum,such as narrowing,broadening,and splitting.We also prove that the effects of positive and negative variations can be canceled and thus lead to a variation-robust feature and an ultra-broad bandwidth.Our study may promote the development of on-chip photon sources in the LNOI platform,as well as opens up a way to engineer photon frequency state.
