Get the latest tech news

Integrated electro-optics on thin-film lithium niobate

The strong electro-optic interaction, low optical loss and high microwave bandwidth of thin-film lithium niobate have enabled applications from computing to quantum information. This Review explores the fundamental principles, recent advances and the future potential of integrated lithium niobate technologies.

The key advantages of the thin-film lithium niobate platform include strong electro-optic interaction, low optical loss, high microwave bandwidth and scalable reconfigurability. Bahadori, M., Yang, Y., Hassanien, A. E., Goddard, L. L. & Gong, S. Ultra-efficient and fully isotropic monolithic microring modulators in a thin-film lithium niobate photonics platform. Yaowen Hu, Shengyuan Lu, Xinrui Zhu, Yunxiang Song, Dylan Renaud, Daniel Assumpcao, Rebecca Cheng, C. J. Xin, Matthew Yeh, Hana Warner, Amirhassan Shams-Ansari, David Barton, Neil Sinclair & Marko Loncar

Get the Android app