Monolithic lithium niobate photonic circuits for Kerr frequency comb generation and modulation

Kerr microcombs promise the miniaturization of frequency comb sources, but many applications require additional second-order nonlinearities. Here, Wang et al. demonstrate that comb generation and second-order functionalities can be monolithically integrated on a single lithium niobate chip.

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Main Authors: Cheng Wang, Mian Zhang, Mengjie Yu, Rongrong Zhu, Han Hu, Marko Loncar
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: Nature Portfolio 2019
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/00baeb85f2514a06aefd03b3e96ff253
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Summary:Kerr microcombs promise the miniaturization of frequency comb sources, but many applications require additional second-order nonlinearities. Here, Wang et al. demonstrate that comb generation and second-order functionalities can be monolithically integrated on a single lithium niobate chip.