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Multi-target and ultra-high-speed optical wireless communication using a thin-film lithium niobate optical phased array Open

Xiaoyue Ma, Mengling Yuan, Jingchi Li, Hongdong Zhang, Bin He , et al. · 2025

Optical wireless communication (OWC) effectively addresses challenges such as radio spectrum scarcity and signal attenuation by leveraging the properties of laser beams. A major advance in this field comes from the incorporation of optical…

Multi-target and ultra-high-speed optical wireless communication using a thin-film lithium niobate optical phased array Open

Yonghui Tian, Xiaoyue Ma, Mingrui Yuan, Jingchi Li, Hongdong Zhang , et al. · 2025

Optical wireless communication (OWC) utilizes the high monochromaticity, coherence, and directivity of laser beams to establish low-latency, high-capacity directional links. This approach effectively addresses challenges such as radio spec…

Breaking Dense Integration Limits: Inverse-Designed Lithium Niobate Multimode Photonic Circuits Open

Haojie Xia, Xu Han, Jiang Hu, Jie He, Z. A. Zhu , et al. · 2025

Despite the growing interest in thin film lithium niobate (TFLN) as a material platform for photonic integrated circuits (PIC), its moderate refractive index, CMOS-incompatible fabrication processes and inherent material anisotropy still r…

Suspended Z-cut lithium niobate waveguides for stimulated Brillouin scattering Open

Lisa-Sophie Haerteis, Yan Gao, Aditya Dubey, Mikołaj K. Schmidt, Peter Thurgood , et al. · 2025

On-chip stimulated Brillouin scattering (SBS) has recently been demonstrated in thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN), an emerging material platform for integrated photonics offering large electro-optic and nonlinear properties. While previous …

Label‐Free, Sensitive, and Direct Detection of Cardiac Troponin Biomarkers Using Frequency‐Locked Microring Resonators Open

Evan Diamandikos, Tetsuya Shimogaki, Crispin Szydzik, Peter Thurgood, Luke H. Broadley , et al. · 2025

Silicon photonic microring resonators have emerged as promising sensors for Point‐of‐Care applications, where the readout of one or many biomarkers at once is required. In the context of rapid heart attack detection, a limit of detection r…

One Million Q-Factor SiGe-on-Si Ring Resonator in the Mid-Infrared Open

Rémi Armand, Marko Perestjuk, Marcos de Campos, Ujjal Chettri, Lamine Ferhat , et al. · 2025

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Integrated Photonic Gyroscopes Open

Qingsong Ai, Mengxi Tan, Max Herbold, Rebecca Russell, Aditya Dubey , et al. · 2025

Integrated photonic gyroscopes (IPGs) have emerged as a promising alternative to other gyroscopes, providing high sensitivity, compactness, and low power consumption, especially being more conducive to integration. In this review, we discu…

Single Vanadium Dioxide Nanoparticle-Enabled Plasmonic switch with Thermal and Electronic Reconfigurability Open

Gregory Tanyi, Daniel Peace, Xuan Hiep Dinh, Mohammed A. Taha, Arnan Mitchell , et al. · 2025

We present an integrated switch that combines plasmonic and neuromorphic technologies with a single sub-stoichiometric VO2-x nanoparticle. The presented device acts as a versatile plasmonic switch with dual thermal and electrical reconfigu…

Optical microcombs for ultrahigh-bandwidth communications Open

Bill Corcoran, Arnan Mitchell, Roberto Morandotti, Leif Katsuo Oxenløwe, David Moss · 2025

One million quality factor integrated ring resonators in the mid-infrared Open

Marko Perestjuk, Rémi Armand, Marcos de Campos, Lamine Ferhat, Vincent Reboud , et al. · 2025

We report ring resonators on a silicon germanium on silicon platform operating in the mid-infrared wavelength range around 3.5–4.6 µm with quality factors reaching up to one million. Advances in fabrication technology enable us to demonstr…

Terabit‐Per‐Second Multidimensional Multiplexing Photonic Integrated Circuit in Lithium Niobate on Insulator Open

Y. H. Jiang, Pu Zhang, Mingrui Yuan, Huifu Xiao, Liheng Wang , et al. · 2025

The surge in data driven by socio‐economic development has presented enormous challenges to data centers, catalyzing the swift advancement of optical interconnect technology. Advanced optical multiplexers and modulators are increasingly ap…

Integrated Ultra‐Wideband Tunable Fourier Domain Mode‐Locked Optoelectronic Oscillator Open

Zhen Han, Liheng Wang, Yong Zheng, Pu Zhang, Yongheng Jiang , et al. · 2025

Fourier domain mode‐locked optoelectronic oscillator (FDML OEO) is a crucial component for the upcoming sixth‐generation (6G) communication era, as it can break the limitation of mode building time in the conventional OEO and generate high…

One Million Quality Factor CMOS-based Integrated Ring Resonators in the Mid-Infrared Open

Marko Perestjuk, Rémi Armand, Marcos de Campos, Ujjal Chettri, Lamine Ferhat , et al. · 2025

We report Silicon Germanium (SiGe) Ring Resonators with quality factors reaching up to one million in the Mid-Infrared (MIR) wavelength range between 3.5 - 4.6 μm. Optical bistability is observed.

Ferroelectric domain engineering of Lithium niobate Open

Jackson Jacob Chakkoria, Aditya Dubey, Arnan Mitchell, Andreas Boes · 2025

Lithium niobate (LN) has remained at the forefront of academic research and industrial applications due to its rich material properties, which include second-order nonlinear optic, electro-optic, and piezoelectric properties. A further asp…

Circulating microRNAs as Diagnostic Biomarkers to Detect Specific Stages of Ovarian Cancer: A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis Open

Apriliana E. R. Kartikasari, Paul Michel-Lara, Hayden Exton, Kaan Tekin-Sari, Ebtesam Motlaq M. Alnefai , et al. · 2024

Ovarian cancer (OC) is one of the most common gynecological cancers [...]

One Million Quality Factor Integrated Ring Resonators in the\n Mid-Infrared Open

Marko Perestjuk, Rémi Armand, Marcos de Campos, Lamine Ferhat, Vincent Reboud , et al. · 2024

We report ring resonators on a silicon germanium on silicon platform\noperating in the mid-infrared wavelength range around 3.5 - 4.6 {\\mu}m with\nquality factors reaching up to one million. Advances in fabrication technology\nenable us t…

Broadband Microwave Frequency Conversion Based on an Integrated Optical Micro-Comb Source Open

Xingyuan Xu, Jiayang Wu, Mengxi Tan, Thach G. Nguyen, Sai T. Chu , et al. · 2024

We report a broadband microwave frequency converter based on a coherent Kerr optical micro-comb generated by an integrated micro-ring resonator. The coherent micro-comb displays features that are consistent with soliton crystal dynamics wi…

Microwave and RF Photonic Fractional Hilbert Transformer Based on a 50 GHz Kerr Micro-Comb Open

Mengxi Tan, Xingyuan Xu, Bill Corcoran, Jiayang Wu, Andreas Boes , et al. · 2024

We report a photonic microwave and radio frequency (RF) fractional Hilbert transformer based on an integrated Kerr micro-comb source. The micro-comb source has a free spectral range (FSR) of 50 GHz, generating a large number of comb lines …

Impact of domain depth on SAW generation by acoustic superlattice transducers in 128deg YX-cut lithium niobate Open

Didit Yudistira, B Andreas, Amgad R. Rezk, T. Crasto, H. Steigerwald , et al. · 2024

Surface acoustic wave (SAW) generation on 128° YX acoustic superlattice has been investigated by considering the finite-depth of the domain created by the UV direct-domain writing. We found that bound and localized SAW will be generated wh…

Ultra-wideband integrated microwave photonic multi-parameter measurement system on thin-film lithium niobate Open

Yong Zheng, Zhen Han, Liheng Wang, Pu Zhang, Yongheng Jiang , et al. · 2024

Research on microwave signal measurement techniques is risen, driven by the expanding urgent demands of wireless communication, global positioning systems, remote sensing and 6G networks. In stark contrast with traditional electronic-based…

Performance Analysis of Microwave Photonic Spectral Filters based on Optical Microcombs Open

Yang Li, Yang Sun, Jiayang Wu, Guanghui Ren, Xingyuan Xu , et al. · 2024

Microwave transversal filters, which are implemented based on the transversal filter structure in digital signal processing, offer a high reconfigurability for achieving a variety of signal processing functions without changing hardware. W…

Mask-Less Asynchronous Time-Delay Reservoir Computing Using a Passive Photonic Integrated Circuit Open

Mohab Abdalla, Raphael Cardoso, Paul Jiménez, Maurício Gomes de Queiroz, Andreas Boes , et al. · 2024

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Integrated ultra-wideband tunable Fourier domain mode-locked optoelectronic oscillator Open

Yonghui Tian, Zhen Han, Liheng Wang, Yong Zheng, Pu Zhang , et al. · 2024

Fourier domain mode-locked optoelectronic oscillator (FDML OEO) is a crucial component for the upcoming sixth-generation (6G) communication era, as it can break the limitation of mode building time in the conventional OEO and generate high…

Efficient Poling‐Free Wavelength Conversion in Thin Film Lithium Niobate Harnessing Bound States in the Continuum Open

Jackson Jacob Chakkoria, Rifat Ahmmed Aoni, Aditya Dubey, Guanghui Ren, Thach G. Nguyen , et al. · 2024

Over the past two decades, there has been a surge of interest in photonic integrated circuits (PICs) to enable low‐cost industrial mass manufacture of miniaturized optical systems while simultaneously improving performance and energy effic…

Optical bistability in high-Q silicon-germanium ring resonators in the mid-infrared Open

Marko Perestjuk, Rémi Armand, Julien Lumeau, Antonin Moreau, Arnan Mitchell , et al. · 2024

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Reconfigurable synthetic dimension frequency lattices in an integrated lithium niobate ring cavity Open

Hiep X. Dinh, Armandas Balčytis, Tomoki Ozawa, Yasutomo Ota, Guanghui Ren , et al. · 2024

Harnessing non-spatial properties of photons as if they represent an additional independent coordinate underpins the emerging synthetic dimension approach. It enables probing of higher-dimensional physical models within low-dimensional dev…

Enhancing laser temperature stability by passive self-injection locking to a microring resonator Open

Yonghang Sun, James Salamy, Caitlin E. Murray, Brent E. Little, Sai T. Chu , et al. · 2024

We show a thermally stable self-injection DFB laser lock to a microring resonator system, increasing the range of temperature for which a laser stays within 100 MHz of the target frequency by a factor of 100. By including amplification in …

A Thermally Reconfigurable Photonic Switch Utilizing Drop Cast Vanadium Oxide Nanoparticles on Silicon Waveguides Open

Gregory Tanyi, Daniel Peace, Mohammed A. Taha, Han‐Hao Cheng, Xuan Hiep Dinh , et al. · 2024

Photonic switches play a vital role in optical communications and computer networks for establishing and releasing connections of optical signals. With the growing demand for ultra‐compact switches in high‐speed optical computing and commu…

Mid-IR supercontinuum generation in a silicon nitride loaded lithium niobate on sapphire waveguide Open

Kokou Firmin Fiaboe, Marina Raevskaia, Marko Perestjuk, Alberto Della Torre, Thach G. Nguyen , et al. · 2024

In spectroscopy, having access to a wide range of wavelengths within the mid-infrared region is crucial for conducting thorough and versatile analyses. In our research, we successfully demonstrate numerically the generation of supercontinu…

Feedback Control in Microwave Photonic Transversal Filter Systems Based on Optical Microcombs Open

Yang Li, Yang Sun, Jiayang Wu, Caitlin E. Murray, Guanghui Ren , et al. · 2024

Feedback control plays a crucial role in improving system accuracy and stability for a variety of scientific and engineering applications. Here, we theoretically and experimentally investigate the implementation of feedback control in micr…

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