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Fabrication of periodically poled lithium niobate waveguides for broadband nonlinear photonics

Ayhan, Furkan  
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Ludwig, Markus
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Herr, Tobias
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January 1, 2025
APL Photonics

Nonlinear optics is the precursor for many of the modern-day applications of photonics, including femtosecond pulse synthesis, precision spectroscopy, and metrology. In the last decade, nanophotonic waveguides have not only boosted the efficiencies of nonlinear effects but also unlocked new degrees of freedom in the design process and enabled the monolithic integration of multiple nonlinear devices. Now, the advent of thin-film variants of platforms with a strong second-order nonlinearity such as lithium niobate-on-insulator (LNOI) enables entirely new applications while further improving efficiency for the existing ones. However, suitable fabrication processes are needed to exploit the full potential of these new platforms. Here, we introduce a process for fabricating high-confinement lithium niobate waveguides with periodic poling. Our waveguide designs enable both third-order nonlinear χ(3) broadening and sum frequency generation (SFG) up to the fourth harmonic through a quasi-phase-matched χ(2) section. In supercontinuum (SC) experiments, our devices produce multi-octave SC spectra when pumped with an 80 fs mode-locked laser at 1560 nm.

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DOI
10.1063/5.0227255
Scopus ID

2-s2.0-85216752689

Author(s)
Ayhan, Furkan  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Ludwig, Markus

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)

Herr, Tobias

Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)

Brasch, Victor

Q.ANT GmbH

Villanueva, Luis Guillermo  

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne

Date Issued

2025-01-01

Published in
APL Photonics
Volume

10

Issue

1

Article Number

016118

Editorial or Peer reviewed

REVIEWED

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EPFL

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NEMS  
FunderFunding(s)Grant NumberGrant URL

Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF)

ERC StG 853564

European Union (EU)

VH-NG-1404

Helmholtz Young Investigators Group

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February 14, 2025
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