Cascaded optical parameter oscillator within lithium tantalate microdisk based on two periodically poled structures

Kun Zhang; Yifan Chen; Chongyang Xu; Hongquan Yao; Jian Ning; Xinjie Lü; Gang Zhao; Peng Zhan; Zhenda Xie; Shining Zhu

doi:10.3788/COL202523.041902

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 4, 041902(2025)

Cascaded optical parameter oscillator within lithium tantalate microdisk based on two periodically poled structures Editors' Pick

Kun Zhang... Yifan Chen, Chongyang Xu, Hongquan Yao, Jian Ning, Xinjie Lü*, Gang Zhao, Peng Zhan, Zhenda Xie and Shining Zhu |Show fewer author(s)

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National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Physics, College of Engineering and Applied Science, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China

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