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20192026
most citedFew-cycle vacuum squeezing in nanophotonics

166 citations · 995 across the 48 of their papers we have counts for

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49 papers

physics.optics2026

Laser electro-optic frequency comb in lithium niobate nanophotonics

Benjamin K. Gutierrez, Yingchu Xu, Nicolas Englebert +8

Optical frequency combs have revolutionized precision science and technology, yet their nanophotonic implementations have failed to simultaneously achieve high efficiency, power, a…

quant-ph2026

Frequency resolved optical gating using parametric amplification for characterizing ultrafast temporally multimode squeezed states

Elina Sendonaris, Thomas Zacharias, Robert Gray +2

Temporally multimode squeezed states have been a topic of recent interest due to their applications in quantum communication, information processing, and sensing. Characterizing th…

physics.optics2026

Quantum Frequency Resolved Optical Gating of Few-Cycle Squeezed Vacuum

Thomas Zacharias, Elina Sendonaris, Robert Gray +5

Offering terahertz of bandwidths and femtosecond timescales, ultrafast optics is enabling both the study of fundamental quantum optical phenomena and the advancement of quantum-enh…

physics.optics2026

Visible dual-comb spectroscopy across more than 100 THz with lithium niobate nanophotonic waveguides

Carter Mashburn, Kristina F. Chang, Michael J. Wahl +11

Broadband and high-resolution spectroscopy in the visible and ultraviolet is central to advances in multiple fields, including fundamental quantum physics, biology, atmospheric sci…

cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025

Directional atomic layer etching of MgO-doped lithium niobate using Br-based plasma

Ivy I. Chen, Mariya Ezzy, Emily Hsue-Chi Shi +8

Lithium niobate (LiNbO, LN) is a nonlinear optical material of high interest for integrated photonics with applications ranging from optical communications to quantum informati…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Topological Soliton Frequency Comb in Nanophotonic Lithium Niobate

Nicolas Englebert, Robert M. Gray, Luis Ledezma +6

Frequency combs have revolutionized metrology, ranging, and optical clocks, which have motivated substantial efforts on the development of chip-scale comb sources. The on-chip comb…

physics.optics2025

Quadratic Supercontinuum Generation from UV to Mid-IR in Lithium Niobate Nanophotonics

Selina Zhou, Maximilian Shen, Ryoto Sekine +6

Supercontinuum light sources are widely used for applications ranging from imaging to sensing and frequency comb stabilization. The most common mechanisms for their generation rely…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

Two-optical-cycle pulses from nanophotonic two-color soliton compression

Robert M. Gray, Ryoto Sekine, Maximilian Shen +7

Few- and single-cycle optical pulses and their associated ultra-broadband spectra have been crucial in the progress of ultrafast science and technology. Moreover, multi-color wavef…

quant-ph2025

Ultrafast All-Optical Measurement of Squeezed Vacuum in a Lithium Niobate Nanophotonic Circuit

James Williams, Elina Sendonaris, Rajveer Nehra +4

Squeezed vacuum, a fundamental resource for continuous-variable quantum information processing, has been used to demonstrate quantum advantages in sensing, communication, and compu…

physics.optics2025★ 2 cited

Ultrafast neuromorphic computing with nanophotonic optical parametric oscillators

Midya Parto, Gordon H. Y. Li, Ryoto Sekine +5

Over the past decade, artificial intelligence (AI) has led to disruptive advancements in fundamental sciences and everyday technologies. Among various machine learning algorithms,…

physics.optics2025★ 4 cited

All-optical computing with beyond 100-GHz clock rates

Gordon H. Y. Li, Midya Parto, Jinhao Ge +9

A computer's clock rate ultimately determines the minimum time between sequential operations or instructions. Despite exponential advances in electronic computer performance owing…

physics.optics2025

Energy-Efficient Ultrashort-Pulse Characterization using Nanophotonic Parametric Amplification

Thomas Zacharias, Robert Gray, Ryoto Sekine +3

The growth of ultrafast nanophotonic circuits necessitates the development of energy-efficient on-chip pulse characterization techniques. Nanophotonic realizations of Frequency Res…

physics.optics2025

Optimizing for a Near Single-Mode Type-0 Optical Parametric Amplifier in Nanophotonics

Shivam Mundhra, Elina Sendonaris, Robert M. Gray +2

Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) has recently emerged as a promising platform for integrated nonlinear photonics, enabling the use of optical parametric amplifiers (OPAs) for appli…

physics.optics2024

Ultrafast single-photon detection using nanophotonic parametric amplifiers

Elina Sendonaris, James Williams, Rajveer Nehra +4

Integrated photonic quantum information processing (QIP) has advanced rapidly due to progress in various nanophotonic platforms. Single photon detectors have been the subject of in…

physics.optics2024

0.7 MW Yb:YAG pumped degenerate optical parametric oscillator at 2.06 μm

Anni Li, Mehran Bahri, Robert M. Gray +5

Frequency comb and field-resolved broadband absorption spectroscopy are promising techniques for rapid, precise, and sensitive detection of short-lived atmospheric pollutants on-si…

physics.optics2024★ 9 cited

Large-scale time-multiplexed nanophotonic parametric oscillators

Robert M. Gray, Ryoto Sekine, Luis Ledezma +5

Arrays of nonlinear resonators offer a fertile ground for a wide range of complex phenomena and opportunities for advanced photonic sensing and computing. Recently, significant att…

physics.optics2024★ 2 cited

Ultra-Short Pulse Biphoton Source in Lithium Niobate Nanophotonics at 2m

James Williams, Rajveer Nehra, Elina Sendonaris +4

Photonics offers unique capabilities for quantum information processing (QIP) such as room-temperature operation, the scalability of nanophotonics, and access to ultrabroad bandwid…

physics.optics2024★ 1 cited

Optical-parametric-amplification-enhanced background-free spectroscopy

Mingchen Liu, Robert M. Gray, Arkadev Roy +2

Traditional absorption spectroscopy has fundamental difficulty in resolving small absorbance from strong background due to the instability of laser sources. Existing background-fre…

physics.optics2023

Cavity Soliton-Induced Topological Edge States

Christian R. Leefmans, Nicolas Englebert, James Williams +5

Over the past decade, cavity solitons have attracted substantial attention for their rich dynamics and their myriad potential applications. Recently, there has been growing interes…

physics.optics2023★ 24 cited

Highly efficient visible and near-IR photon pair generation with thin-film lithium niobate

Nathan A. Harper, Emily Y. Hwang, Ryoto Sekine +4

Efficient on-chip entangled photon pair generation at telecom wavelengths is an integral aspect of emerging quantum optical technologies, particularly for quantum communication and…

cond-mat.mes-hall2023★ 1 cited

Isotropic atomic layer etching of MgO-doped lithium niobate using sequential exposures of H and SF plasmas

Ivy I. Chen, Jennifer Solgaard, Ryoto Sekine +7

Lithium niobate (LiNbO, LN) is a ferroelectric crystal of interest for integrated photonics owing to its large second-order optical nonlinearity and the ability to impart perio…

physics.optics2023★ 6 cited

Multi-Octave Frequency Comb from an Ultra-Low-Threshold Nanophotonic Parametric Oscillator

Ryoto Sekine, Robert M. Gray, Luis Ledezma +3

Ultrabroadband frequency combs coherently unite distant portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. They underpin discoveries in ultrafast science and serve as the building blocks of…

physics.optics2023★ 2 cited

Mode-locked laser in nanophotonic lithium niobate

Qiushi Guo, Ryoto Sekine, James A. Williams +8

Mode-locked lasers (MLLs) have enabled ultrafast sciences and technologies by generating ultrashort pulses with peak powers substantially exceeding their average powers. Recently,…

physics.optics2023★ 10 cited

Visible to Ultraviolet Frequency Comb Generation in Lithium Niobate Nanophotonic Waveguides

Tsung-Han Wu, Luis Ledezma, Connor Fredrick +6

The introduction of nonlinear nanophotonic devices to the field of optical frequency comb metrology has enabled new opportunities for low-power and chip-integrated clocks, high-pre…