Optical true delay lines(OTDLs)of low propagation losses,small footprints and high tuning speeds and efficiencies are of critical importance for various photonic applications.Here,we report fabrication of electro-opti...Optical true delay lines(OTDLs)of low propagation losses,small footprints and high tuning speeds and efficiencies are of critical importance for various photonic applications.Here,we report fabrication of electro-optically switchable OTDLs on lithium niobate on insulator using photolithography assisted chemo-mechanical etching.Our device consists of several low-loss optical waveguides of different lengths which are consecutively connected by electro-optical switches to generate different amounts of time delay.The fabricated OTLDs show an ultra-low propagation loss of^0.03dB/cm for waveguide lengths well above 100 cm.展开更多
We demonstrate high-quality(intrinsic Q factor∼2.8×106)racetrack microresonators fabricated on lithium niobate thin film with a free spectral range(FSR)of∼86 pm.By integrating microelectrodes alongside the two ...We demonstrate high-quality(intrinsic Q factor∼2.8×106)racetrack microresonators fabricated on lithium niobate thin film with a free spectral range(FSR)of∼86 pm.By integrating microelectrodes alongside the two straight arms of the racetrack resonator,the resonance wavelength around 1550 nm can be red shifted by 92 pm when the electric voltage is raised from−100 V to 100 V.The microresonators with the tuning range spanning over a full FSR are fabricated using photolithography assisted chemo-mechanical etching.展开更多
基金Supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(Grant No.2019YFA0705000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.11734009,61590934,and 11874375)+1 种基金the Strategic Priority Research Program of CAS(Grant No.XDB16030300)the Key Project of the Shanghai Science and Technology Committee(Grant No.17JC1400400).
文摘Optical true delay lines(OTDLs)of low propagation losses,small footprints and high tuning speeds and efficiencies are of critical importance for various photonic applications.Here,we report fabrication of electro-optically switchable OTDLs on lithium niobate on insulator using photolithography assisted chemo-mechanical etching.Our device consists of several low-loss optical waveguides of different lengths which are consecutively connected by electro-optical switches to generate different amounts of time delay.The fabricated OTLDs show an ultra-low propagation loss of^0.03dB/cm for waveguide lengths well above 100 cm.
基金funded by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2019YFA0705000)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.12004116,11874154,and 11734009)+2 种基金the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.XDB16030300)the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Major Project(No.2019SHZDZX01)the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC)Discovery(No.RGPIN-2020-05938)。
文摘We demonstrate high-quality(intrinsic Q factor∼2.8×106)racetrack microresonators fabricated on lithium niobate thin film with a free spectral range(FSR)of∼86 pm.By integrating microelectrodes alongside the two straight arms of the racetrack resonator,the resonance wavelength around 1550 nm can be red shifted by 92 pm when the electric voltage is raised from−100 V to 100 V.The microresonators with the tuning range spanning over a full FSR are fabricated using photolithography assisted chemo-mechanical etching.
