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most citedLithium niobate micro-disk resonators of quality factors above 10^7

207 citations · 712 across the 29 of their papers we have counts for

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29 papers

physics.optics2025

High-Q Lithium Niobate Microring Resonator with Electro-Optically Reconfigurable Coupling Strength

Yuan Ren, Yong Zheng, Ruixue Liu +5

The development of sophisticated integrated photonic circuits demands microresonators that combine exceptional optical confinement with dynamic operational flexibility. Here, we de…

physics.optics2025

Near-Zero Crosstalk and Ultra-Low Loss Waveguide Crossings Enabled by three-dimensional Ta2O5-on-LNOI Integrated Photonic Platform

Boyang Nan, Yuan Ren, Rongbo Wu +5

Waveguide crossings represent one of the most critical components in very-large-scale photonic integration (VLSPI). Three-dimensional waveguide crossings, which distribute optical…

physics.optics2025

Monolithic low-noise erbium-doped thin-film lithium niobate waveguide amplifier with 18 dB fiber to fiber net gain

Mengqi Li, Jianping Yu, Zhe Wang +5

Erbium-doped waveguide amplifiers have captured great attentions in recent years due to the rapid advance of photonic integration materials and fabrication techniques. In this work…

physics.optics2024★ 2 cited

An erbium-doped waveguide amplifier on thin film lithium niobate with an output power exceeding 100 mW

Rui Bao, Zhiwei Fang, Jian Liu +6

We demonstrate high-power thin film lithium niobate (TFLN) erbium-doped waveguide amplifier (EDWA) with a maximum on-chip output power of 113 mW and a gain of 16 dB. The on-chip in…

physics.optics2024★ 1 cited

Photonic Neural Network Fabricated on Thin Film Lithium Niobate for High-Fidelity and Power-Efficient Matrix Computation

Yong Zheng, Rongbo Wu, Yuan Ren +5

Photonic neural networks (PNNs) have emerged as a promising platform to address the energy consumption issue that comes with the advancement of artificial intelligence technology,…

physics.optics2024

On-chip wavelength division multiplexing by angled multimode interferometer fabricated on erbium-doped thin film lithium niobate on insulator

Jinli Han, Rui Bao, Rongbo Wu +9

Photonic integrated circuits based on erbium doped thin film lithium niobate on insulator has attracted broad interests with insofar various waveguide amplifiers and microlasers de…

physics.optics2023★ 1 cited

Gigahertz-rate-switchable wavefront shaping through integration of metasurfaces with photonic integrated circuit

Haozong Zhong, Yong Zheng, Jiacheng Sun +12

Achieving spatiotemporal control of light at high-speeds presents immense possibilities for various applications in communication, computation, metrology, and sensing. The integrat…

physics.optics2023

Electro-optically programmable photonic circuits enabled by wafer-scale integration on thin-film lithium niobate

Yong Zheng, Haozong Zhong, Haisu Zhang +10

Programmable photonic circuits performing universal linear-optical transformations underpin vital functions in photonic quantum information processing, quantum-enhanced sensor netw…

physics.optics2022★ 47 cited

On-chip single-mode thin film lithium niobate laser based on Sagnac loop reflectors

Shupeng Yu, Zhiwei Fang, Zhe Wang +7

We demonstrate an on-chip single-mode Er3+-doped thin film lithium niobate (Er: TFLN) laser which consists of a Fabry-Pérot (FP) resonator based on Sagnac loop reflectors (SLRs). T…

physics.optics2022

Monolithically integrated active passive waveguide array fabricated on thin film lithium niobate using a single continuous photolithography process

Yuan Zhou, Yiran Zhu, Zhiwei Fang +13

We demonstrate a robust low-loss optical interface by tiling passive (i.e., without doping of active ions) thin film lithium niobate (TFLN) and active (i.e., doped with rare earth…

physics.optics2022★ 37 cited

Electrically driven compact hybrid lithium niobate microring laser

Junxia Zhou, Ting Huang, Zhiwei Fang +7

We demonstrate an electrically driven compact hybrid lithium niobate microring laser by butt coupling a commercial 980-nm pump laser diode chip with a high quality Er3+-doped lithi…

physics.optics2022

Monolithically integrated waveguide-coupled single-frequency microlaser on erbium-doped thin film lithium niobate

Youting Liang, Junxia Zhou, Rongbo Wu +10

We overcome the difficulty in realizing a monolithic waveguide-coupled microring laser integrated on erbium-doped thin film lithium niobate (Er: TFLN) using photolithography assist…

physics.app-ph2022★ 2 cited

High-production-rate fabrication of low-loss lithium niobate electro-optic modulators using photolithography assisted chemo-mechanical etching (PLACE)

Rongbo Wu, Lang Gao, Youting Liang +7

Integrated thin-film lithium niobate (LN) electro-optic (EO) modulators of broad bandwidth, low insertion loss, low cost and high production rate are essential elements in contempo…

physics.optics2021★ 5 cited

A high-gain cladded waveguide amplifier on erbium doped thin-film lithium niobate fabricated using photolithography assisted chemo-mechanical etching

Youting Liang, Junxia Zhou, Zhaoxiang Liu +9

Erbium doped integrated waveguide amplifier and laser prevail in power consumption, footprint, stability and scalability over the counterparts in bulk materials, underpinning the l…

physics.optics2021★ 31 cited

On-chip multi-color microdisk laser on Yb3+-doped thin-film lithium niobate

Yuan Zhou, Zhe Wang, Zhiwei Fang +12

We demonstrate an on-chip Yb3+-doped lithium niobate (LN) microdisk laser. The intrinsic quality factors of the fabricated Yb3+-doped LN microdisk resonator are measured up to 3.79…

physics.optics2021★ 68 cited

An electro-optically tunable microring laser monolithically integrated on lithium niobate on insulator

Difeng Yin, Yuan Zhou, Zhaoxiang Liu +9

We demonstrate monolithic integration of an electro-optically (EO) tunable microring laser on lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) platform. The device is fabricated by photolithogr…

physics.optics2021★ 13 cited

On-chip integrated waveguide amplifiers on Erbium-doped thin film lithium niobate on insulator

Junxia Zhou, Youting Liang, Zhaoxiang Liu +11

We demonstrate on-chip light amplification with integrated optical waveguide fabricated on erbium-doped thin film lithium niobate on insulator (TFLNOI) using the photolithography a…

physics.optics2020★ 130 cited

An on-chip tunable micro-disk laser fabricated on Er3+ doped lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI)

Zhe Wang, Zhiwei Fang, Zhaoxiang Liu +7

We demonstrate a C-band wavelength-tunable microlaser with an Er3+ doped high quality (~1.02x10^6) lithium niobate microdisk resonator. With a 976 nm continuous-wave pump laser, la…

physics.optics2020★ 39 cited

Polygon Coherent Modes in aWeakly Perturbed Whispering Gallery Microresonator for Efficient Second Harmonic, Optomechanic and Frequency Comb Generations

Zhiwei Fang, Sanaul Haque, Farajollahi Saeed +8

We observe high optical quality factor (Q) polygonal and star coherent optical modes in a lithium niobate microdisk. In contrast to the previous polygon modes achieved by deformed…

physics.app-ph2020★ 13 cited

High-index-contrast single-mode optical waveguides fabricated on lithium niobate by photolithography assisted chemo-mechanical etching (PLACE)

Jianhao Zhang, Rongbo Wu, Min Wang +7

We report fabrication of low loss single mode waveguides on lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) cladded by a layer of SiO2. Our technique, termed photolithography assisted chemo-me…

physics.optics2019★ 32 cited

Efficient Electro-optical Tuning of Optical Frequency Microcomb on a Monolithically Integrated High-Q Lithium Niobate Microdisk

Zhiwei Fang, Haipeng Luo, Jintian Lin +7

We demonstrate efficient tuning of a monolithically integrated lithium niobate microdisk (LN) optical frequency microcomb. Utilizing the high optical quality (Q) factor (i.e., Q~7.…

physics.app-ph2019★ 46 cited

Fabrication of a multifunctional photonic integrated chip on lithium niobate on insulator using femtosecond laser assisted chemo-mechanical polish

Rongbo Wu, Jintian Lin, Min Wang +5

We report fabrication of a multifunctional photonic integrated chip on lithium niobate on insulate (LNOI), which is achieved by femtosecond laser assisted chemo-mechanical polish.…

physics.app-ph2019

High-precision measurement of a propagation loss of single-mode optical waveguides on lithium niobate on insulator

Jintian Lin, Junxia Zhou, Rongbo Wu +6

We demonstrate fabrication of single-mode optical waveguides on lithium niobate on insulator (LNOI) by optical patterning combined with chemo-mechanical polishing. The fabricated L…

physics.optics2018★ 33 cited

Real-time Electrical Tuning of an Optical Spring on a Monolithically Integrated Ultrahigh Q Lithium Nibote Microresonator

Zhiwei Fang, Sanaul Haque, Jintian Lin +7

Cavity optomechanics, the study of the interplay between light and mechanical properties of matter, has triggered a wide range of groundbreaking researches from cavity quantum elec…