Lithium niobate photonics: Unlocking the electromagnetic spectrum

Author:

Boes Andreas123ORCID,Chang Lin45,Langrock Carsten6ORCID,Yu Mengjie78ORCID,Zhang Mian9,Lin Qiang10,Lončar Marko7ORCID,Fejer Martin6ORCID,Bowers John11ORCID,Mitchell Arnan1ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Integrated Photonics and Applications Centre (InPAC), School of Engineering, RMIT University, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.

2. Institute for Photonics and Advanced Sensing (IPAS), University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.

3. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA 5005, Australia.

4. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communications System and Networks, School of Electronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.

5. Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.

6. Edward L. Ginzton Laboratory, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.

7. John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

8. Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA.

9. HyperLight, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

10. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA.

11. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA.

Abstract

Lithium niobate (LN), first synthesized 70 years ago, has been widely used in diverse applications ranging from communications to quantum optics. These high-volume commercial applications have provided the economic means to establish a mature manufacturing and processing industry for high-quality LN crystals and wafers. Breakthrough science demonstrations to commercial products have been achieved owing to the ability of LN to generate and manipulate electromagnetic waves across a broad spectrum, from microwave to ultraviolet frequencies. Here, we provide a high-level Review of the history of LN as an optical material, its different photonic platforms, engineering concepts, spectral coverage, and essential applications before providing an outlook for the future of LN.

Publisher

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Subject

Multidisciplinary

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