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most citedBidirectional electro-optic conversion reaching 1% efficiency with thin-film lithium niobate

128 citations · 270 across the 10 of their papers we have counts for

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10 papers

physics.optics2025

High-Q and Compact Fabry-Perot Microresonators on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate

Likai Yang, Chunzhen Li, Jiacheng Xie +1

Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) has played a pivotal role in the advancement of integrated photonics, by supporting a diverse range of applications including nonlinear optics, ele…

quant-ph2025

A kilometer photonic link connecting superconducting circuits in two dilution refrigerators

Yiyu Zhou, Yufeng Wu, Chunzhen Li +4

Superconducting quantum processors are a leading platform for implementing practical quantum computation algorithms. Although superconducting quantum processors with hundreds of qu…

physics.optics2024

High-efficiency, cryogenic-compatible grating couplers on an AlN-on-sapphire platform through bottom-side coupling

Yiyu Zhou, Mohan Shen, Chunzhen Li +2

Sapphire is a commonly used substrate for wide-bandgap III-nitride photonic materials. However, its relatively high refractive index results in low transmission efficiency in grati…

physics.optics2024

Fluorescence enabled phonon counting in an erbium doped piezo-optomechanical microcavity

Likai Yang, Jiacheng Xie, Hong X. Tang

Converting phonons to photons with optomechanical interaction provides a pathway to realize single phonon counting, which is instrumental in the quantum applications of mechanical…

quant-ph2022★ 70 cited

Controlling single rare earth ion emission in an electro-optical nanocavity

Likai Yang, Sihao Wang, Mohan Shen +2

Rare earth emitters enable critical quantum resources including spin qubits, single photon sources, and quantum memories. Yet, probing of single ions remains challenging due to low…

physics.app-ph2022

High cooperativity coupling of rare earth spins with planar superconducting resonator

Sihao Wang, Likai Yang, Rufus L. Cone +2

Interfacing superconducting microwave resonator with rare earth doped crystals presents a promising hybrid quantum system for applications including spin-assisted transducers and m…

physics.optics2022

SmartCut Er:LiNbO3 with high optical coherence enabling optical thickness control

Sihao Wang, Likai Yang, Mohan Shen +5

Integrated photonics capable of incorporating rare earth ions with high optical coherence is desirable for realizing efficient quantum transducers, compact quantum memories, and hy…

physics.optics2021★ 128 cited

Bidirectional electro-optic conversion reaching 1% efficiency with thin-film lithium niobate

Yuntao Xu, Ayed Al Sayem, Linran Fan +7

Superconducting cavity electro-optics (EO) presents a promising route to coherently convert microwave and optical photons and distribute quantum entanglement between superconductin…

physics.optics2019★ 70 cited

Incorporation of erbium ions into thin-film lithium niobate integrated photonics

Sihao Wang, Likai Yang, Risheng Cheng +5

As an active material with favorable linear and nonlinear optical properties, thin-film lithium niobate has demonstrated its potential in integrated photonics. Integration with rar…

quant-ph2017★ 2 cited

Entanglement generation and manipulation in the Hong-Ou-Mandel experiment: A hidden scenario beyond two-photon interference

Li-Kai Yang, Han Cai, Tao Peng +1

Hong-Ou-Mandel (HOM) effect was long believed to be a two-photon interference phenomenon. It describes the fact that two indistinguishable photons mixed at a beam splitter will bun…