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20192026
most citedAn integrated low-voltage broadband lithium niobate phase modulator

145 citations · 317 across the 12 of their papers we have counts for

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14 papers

physics.optics2026

Second-Order Nonlinear Microresonators on Thin-Film Lithium Tantalate

Andrea Cordaro, Yunxiang Song, Keith Powell +12

Nonlinear frequency conversion enables coherent light generation in spectral regions that conventional lasers cannot reach directly and is foundational to the generation of squeeze…

physics.optics2026

Hysteresis and trap emission in dc-biased integrated lithium niobate electro-optic modulators

Matthew Yeh, CJ Xin, Donald Witt +3

The electro-optic effect is crucially important for low power and efficient tuning of integrated photonic circuits. However, in electro-optic materials such as lithium niobate, dc…

quant-ph2026

A high-performance quantum pulse gate in thin-film lithium niobate

Silia Babel, Alejandra Alarcón, Laura Serino +10

In this work, we demonstrate a quantum pulse gate (QPG) in thin-film lithium niobate. QPGs enable the selective manipulation and detection of temporal modes of quantum light and fo…

physics.optics2026

Ultrafast programmable Bragg reflection in photonic integrated circuits

Yunxiang Song, Pawan Ratra, Danxian Liu +12

Distributed Bragg reflectors (DBRs) are foundational building blocks of classical and quantum photonic technologies. However, their optical responses are typically fixed upon fabri…

physics.optics2025

High Finesse Buckled Microcavities

Sophie Weiyi Ding, Brandon Grinkemeyer, G. Eirini Mandopoulou +6

Optical cavities are widely used in modern science and technology to enable a wide range of both quantum and classical applications. Recently, the growing demand for miniaturizatio…

physics.optics2025★ 2 cited

Universal dynamics and microwave control of programmable cavity electro-optic frequency combs

Yunxiang Song, Tianqi Lei, Yanyun Xue +13

Electro-optic (EO) frequency combs are foundational for metrology and spectroscopy. Specifically, microresonator-based cavity EO combs are distinguished by efficient sideband gener…

physics.optics2025★ 1 cited

High-efficiency and broadband coherent optical comb generation in integrated X-cut lithium niobate microresonators

Yunxiang Song, Zongda Li, Xinrui Zhu +3

The ability to generate efficient and coherent frequency combs using photonic integrated circuits offers tremendous potential for a range of applications. In particular, "microcomb…

physics.optics2025

Stable gigahertz- and mmWave-repetition-rate soliton microcombs on X-cut lithium niobate

Yunxiang Song, Xinrui Zhu, Xiangying Zuo +2

Soliton microcombs are a cornerstone of integrated frequency comb technologies, with applications spanning photonic computing, ranging, microwave synthesis, optical communications,…

physics.optics2024★ 5 cited

Integrated electro-optic digital-to-analog link for efficient computing and arbitrary waveform generation

Yunxiang Song, Yaowen Hu, Xinrui Zhu +13

The rapid growth in artificial intelligence and modern communication systems demands innovative solutions for increased computational power and advanced signaling capabilities. Int…

physics.optics2024★ 29 cited

High-power and narrow-linewidth laser on thin-film lithium niobate enabled by photonic wire bonding

Cornelis A. A. Franken, Rebecca Cheng, Keith Powell +9

Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) has emerged as a promising platform for the realization of high performance chip-scale optical systems, spanning a range of applications from optic…

physics.optics2024★ 51 cited

Stable electro-optic modulators using thin-film lithium tantalate

Keith Powell, Xudong Li, Daniel Assumpcao +3

We demonstrate electro-optic modulators realized in low-loss thin-film lithium tantalate with superior DC-stability (<1 dB power fluctuation from quadrature with 12.1 dBm input) co…

physics.optics2024★ 6 cited

Hybrid Kerr-electro-optic frequency combs on thin-film lithium niobate

Yunxiang Song, Yaowen Hu, Marko Lončar +1

Optical frequency combs are indispensable links between the optical and microwave domains, enabling a wide range of applications including precision spectroscopy, ultrastable frequ…

physics.optics2022★ 78 cited

Systematic Investigation of Millimeter-Wave Optic Modulation Performance in Thin-Film Lithium Niobate

Yiwen Zhang, Linbo Shao, Jingwei Yang +7

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) band (30 - 300 GHz) is an emerging spectrum range for wireless communication, short-range radar and sensor applications. mmWave-optic modulators that could…

physics.app-ph2019★ 145 cited

An integrated low-voltage broadband lithium niobate phase modulator

Tianhao Ren, Mian Zhang, Cheng Wang +7

Electro-optic phase modulators are critical components in modern communication, microwave photonic, and quantum photonic systems. Important for these applications is to achieve mod…