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20162026
most cited17,000 %/W Second Harmonic Conversion Efficiency in Single Crystalline Aluminum Nitride Microresonators

122 citations · 358 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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12 papers

physics.optics2026

Overcoming sensitivity-bandwidth trade-off in mid-infrared spectroscopy by a microresonator-anchored swept laser

Zhaoyu Cai, Zihao Wang, Yulei Ding +11

Optical frequency combs have revolutionized high-precision spectroscopy, yet an intrinsic trade-off between spectroscopic signal-to-noise ratio (sSNR) and measurement bandwidth ($B…

physics.optics2026

High-Q AlN microresonators for nonlinear near-infrared and near-visible photonics

Yulei Ding, Yuming Huang, Zhongdong Yin +9

High Q-factors of microresonators are crucial for nonlinear integrated photonics, as many nonlinear dynamics have quadratic or even cubic dependence on Q-factors. The unique materi…

physics.optics2025

3D Heterogeneous Integration of Silicon Nitride and Aluminum Nitride on Sapphire toward Ultra-wideband Photonics Integrated Circuits

Liang Zhang, Yanan Guo, Junxi Wang +2

Extending two-dimensional photonic integrated circuits (PICs) to three-dimensional (3D) configurations promises great potential for scaling up integration, enhancing functionality,…

physics.optics2025★ 6 cited

Self-injection locking dynamics with Raman actions in AlN microresonators

Yulei Ding, Yifei Wang, Shunyu Yao +5

Self-injection locking (SIL) of semiconductor lasers to on-chip microcavities enables significant laser noise purification and diverse nonlinear optical actions. Realizing nonlinea…

quant-ph2021★ 2 cited

On-chip parallel processing of quantum frequency combs for high-dimensional hyper-entanglement generation

Liang Zhang, Chaohan Cui, Jianchang Yan +3

High-dimensional encoding and hyper-entanglement are unique features that distinguish optical photons from other quantum information carriers, leading to improved system efficiency…

physics.optics2020

Soliton dynamics in microresonators with XPM induced negative thermo-optic effect

Yanzhen Zheng, Changzheng Sun, Bing Xiong +10

Optical frequency comb generation in microresonators has attracted significant attention over the past decade, as it offers the promising potential for chip-scale optical frequency…

physics.optics2019★ 63 cited

Beyond 100 THz-spanning ultraviolet frequency combs in a non-centrosymmetric crystalline waveguide

Xianwen Liu, Alexander W. Bruch, Juanjuan Lu +6

Ultraviolet frequency combs enable applications ranging from precision spectroscopy to atomic clocks by addressing the electronic transitions of atoms and molecules. Access to ultr…

physics.app-ph2018★ 113 cited

Ultra-high-Q UV microring resonators based on single-crystalline AlN platform

Xianwen Liu, Alexander W. Bruch, Zheng Gong +6

Development of low-loss photonic components in the ultraviolet (UV) band will open new prospects for classical and quantum optics. Compared with other integrated platforms, aluminu…

physics.optics2018★ 122 cited

17,000 %/W Second Harmonic Conversion Efficiency in Single Crystalline Aluminum Nitride Microresonators

Alexander W. Bruch, Xianwen Liu, Xiang Guo +6

High quality factor optical microcavities have been employed in a variety of material systems to enhance nonlinear optical interactions. While single-crystalline aluminum nitride m…

physics.optics2016★ 1 cited

Broadband frequency comb generation in aluminum nitride-on-sapphire microresonators

Xianwen Liu, Changzheng Sun, Bing Xiong +10

Development of chip-scale optical frequency comb with the coverage from ultra-violet (UV) to mid-infrared (MIR) wavelength is of great significance. To expand the comb spectrum int…

physics.optics2016★ 1 cited

Continuous-wave Raman Lasing in Aluminum Nitride Microresonators

Xianwen Liu, Changzheng Sun, Bing Xiong +10

We report the first investigation on continuous-wave Raman lasing in high-quality-factor aluminum nitride (AlN) microring resonators. Although wurtzite AlN is known to exhibit six…

physics.ins-det2016★ 50 cited

A PMT-like high gain avalanche photodiode based on GaN/AlN periodical stacked structure

Ji-yuan Zheng, Lai Wang, Di Yang +18

Avalanche photodiode (APD) has been intensively investigated as a promising candidate to replace photomultiplier tubes (PMT) for weak light detection. However, in conventional APDs…