High modulation efficiency thin-film lithium niobate modulator using a three-mode folded phase shifter [Invited]

Jiacheng Liu; Jiangbing Du; Wenjia Zhang; Ke Xu; Zuyuan He

doi:10.3788/COL202422.090003

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 9, 090003(2024)

High modulation efficiency thin-film lithium niobate modulator using a three-mode folded phase shifter [Invited]

Jiacheng Liu¹, Jiangbing Du^1、*, Wenjia Zhang¹, Ke Xu², and Zuyuan He¹

¹State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Navigation and Location Services, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China

²Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology (Shenzhen), Shenzhen 518055, China

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Special Issue: SPECIAL ISSUE ON THE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF INSTITUTE OF MODERN OPTICS, NANKAI UNIVERSITY

Received: Mar. 11, 2024

Accepted: May. 29, 2024

Published Online: Aug. 29, 2024

The Author Email: Jiangbing Du (dujiangbing@sjtu.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202422.090003

CSTR:32184.14.COL202422.090003

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