Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 19, Issue 7, 071902(2021)

Robust modal phase matching in subwavelength x-cut and z-cut lithium niobate thin-film waveguides

Lingzhi Peng1, Lihong Hong1, Baoqin Chen1, Peng He2,3、**, and Zhiyuan Li1、*
Author Affiliations
  • 1School of Physics and Optoelectronics, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou 510641, China
  • 2Guangdong Full-Spectra Laser Technology Co., Ltd., Dongguan 523808, China
  • 3Dongguan Sanhang Innovation Research Institute, Dongguan 523808, China
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    Lingzhi Peng, Lihong Hong, Baoqin Chen, Peng He, Zhiyuan Li. Robust modal phase matching in subwavelength x-cut and z-cut lithium niobate thin-film waveguides[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2021, 19(7): 071902

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    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: Nov. 4, 2020

    Accepted: Dec. 19, 2020

    Published Online: Apr. 2, 2021

    The Author Email: Peng He (hfirst@163.com), Zhiyuan Li (phzyli@scut.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.3788/COL202119.071902

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