Optoelectronic Oscillator:From Discrete to integrated photonics on Thin Film Lithium Niobate (Invited)

Zijun Huang; Rui Ma; Xinlun Cai

doi:10.3788/LOP241061

Laser & Optoelectronics Progress, Volume. 61, Issue 11, 1116002(2024)

Optoelectronic Oscillator:From Discrete to integrated photonics on Thin Film Lithium Niobate (Invited)

Zijun Huang, Rui Ma, and Xinlun Cai^*

State Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Materials and Technologies, School of Electronics and Information Technology, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510006, Guangdong, China

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Paper Information

Category: Materials

Received: Apr. 8, 2024

Accepted: Apr. 30, 2024

Published Online: Jun. 12, 2024

The Author Email: Xinlun Cai (caixlun5@mail.sysu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/LOP241061

CSTR:32186.14.LOP241061

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