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Photonics Research, Volume. 10, Issue 2, 509(2022)

2 μm optical frequency comb generation via optical parametric oscillation from a lithium niobate optical superlattice box resonator Spotlight on Optics

Xiaohan Wang1、†, Kunpeng Jia1,3、†,*, Mengwen Chen1, Shanshan Cheng1, Xin Ni1, Jian Guo1, Yihao Li1, Huaying Liu1, Liyun Hao1, Jian Ning1, Gang Zhao1, Xinjie Lv1, Shu-Wei Huang2, Zhenda Xie1,4、*, and Shi-Ning Zhu1
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  • 1National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, School of Physics, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China
  • 2Department of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA
  • 3e-mail: jiakunpeng@nju.edu.cn
  • 4e-mail: xiezhenda@nju.edu.cn
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    Xiaohan Wang, Kunpeng Jia, Mengwen Chen, Shanshan Cheng, Xin Ni, Jian Guo, Yihao Li, Huaying Liu, Liyun Hao, Jian Ning, Gang Zhao, Xinjie Lv, Shu-Wei Huang, Zhenda Xie, Shi-Ning Zhu, "2 μm optical frequency comb generation via optical parametric oscillation from a lithium niobate optical superlattice box resonator," Photonics Res. 10, 509 (2022)

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    Category: Nonlinear Optics

    Received: May. 20, 2021

    Accepted: Nov. 12, 2021

    Published Online: Jan. 26, 2022

    The Author Email: Kunpeng Jia (jiakunpeng@nju.edu.cn), Zhenda Xie (xiezhenda@nju.edu.cn)

    DOI:10.1364/PRJ.432076

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