Lithium niobate photonics: Unlocking the electromagnetic spectrum

A Boes, L Chang, C Langrock, M Yu, M Zhang, Q Lin… - Science, 2023 - science.org
Lithium niobate (LN), first synthesized 70 years ago, has been widely used in diverse
applications ranging from communications to quantum optics. These high-volume …

Nonlinear and quantum photonics using integrated optical materials

A Dutt, A Mohanty, AL Gaeta, M Lipson - Nature Reviews Materials, 2024 - nature.com
Integrated nonlinear photonics provides transformative capabilities for controlling,
enhancing and manipulating material nonlinearities in miniaturized on-chip platforms. The …

Sub-1 Volt and high-bandwidth visible to near-infrared electro-optic modulators

D Renaud, DR Assumpcao, G Joe… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Integrated electro-optic (EO) modulators are fundamental photonics components with utility
in domains ranging from digital communications to quantum information processing. At …

Efficient photon-pair generation in layer-poled lithium niobate nanophotonic waveguides

X Shi, SS Mohanraj, V Dhyani, AA Baiju… - Light: Science & …, 2024 - nature.com
Integrated photon-pair sources are crucial for scalable photonic quantum systems. Thin-film
lithium niobate is a promising platform for on-chip photon-pair generation through …

Improved heralded single-photon source with a photon-number-resolving superconducting nanowire detector

SI Davis, A Mueller, R Valivarthi, N Lauk, L Narvaez… - Physical Review …, 2022 - APS
Deterministic generation of single photons is essential for many quantum information
technologies. A bulk optical nonlinearity emitting a photon pair, where the measurement of …

Integrating 2D materials and plasmonics on Lithium Niobate platforms for pulsed laser operation at the nanoscale

MO Ramírez, P Molina… - Laser & Photonics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The current need for coherent light sources for integrated (nano) photonics motivates the
search for novel laser designs emitting at technologically relevant wavelengths with high …

Waveguided sources of consistent, single-temporal-mode squeezed light: The good, the bad, and the ugly

M Houde, N Quesada - AVS Quantum Science, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
We study theoretically how the brightness of the pumps, with fixed profiles, affects the
temporal mode structure of squeezed states generated by fixed parametric waveguided …

Efficient Cryogenic Nonlinear Conversion Processes in Periodically‐Poled Thin‐Film Lithium Niobate Waveguides

Y Cheng, X Li, L Feng, H Li, W Sun… - Laser & Photonics …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Periodically poled thin‐film lithium niobate (TFLN) waveguides, which enable efficient
quadratic nonlinear processes, serve as crucial foundation for classical and quantum signal …

Ultrashort pulse biphoton source in lithium niobate nanophotonics at 2 µm

J Williams, R Nehra, E Sendonaris, L Ledezma… - …, 2024 - degruyter.com
Photonics offers unique capabilities for quantum information processing (QIP) such as room-
temperature operation, the scalability of nanophotonics, and access to ultrabroad …

Integrated electro-optic control of biphoton generation using hybrid photonics

X Wang, V Mere, F Valdez, S Mookherjea - Optica Quantum, 2023 - opg.optica.org
Parametric sources in quantum optics usually require some form of spectro-temporal control
for conditional generation of high-purity single-photon states, but their properties have not …