Thin-film lithium niobate modulator with perfectly vertical coupling to a single-mode fiber

Haohua Wang; Lu Qi; Bin Chen; Ranfeng Gan; Ziliang Ruan; Ao Cui; Changjian Guo; Kaixuan Chen; Liu Liu

doi:10.3788/COL202523.051301

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 23, Issue 5, 051301(2025)

Thin-film lithium niobate modulator with perfectly vertical coupling to a single-mode fiber Editors' Pick

Haohua Wang¹, Lu Qi¹, Bin Chen³, Ranfeng Gan¹, Ziliang Ruan³, Ao Cui¹, Changjian Guo^1,2, Kaixuan Chen^1,2、*, and Liu Liu^3、**

Author Affiliations

¹Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Optical Information Materials and Technology, South China Academy of Advanced Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Higher-Education Mega-Center, Guangzhou 510006, China

²National Center for International Research on Green Optoelectronics, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China

³State Key Laboratory of Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China

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Haohua Wang, Lu Qi, Bin Chen, Ranfeng Gan, Ziliang Ruan, Ao Cui, Changjian Guo, Kaixuan Chen, Liu Liu, "Thin-film lithium niobate modulator with perfectly vertical coupling to a single-mode fiber," Chin. Opt. Lett. 23, 051301 (2025)

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Paper Information

Category: Integrated Optics

Received: Oct. 9, 2024

Accepted: Nov. 8, 2024

Published Online: Apr. 30, 2025

The Author Email: Kaixuan Chen (chenkaixuan@m.scnu.edu.cn), Liu Liu (liuliuopt@zju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202523.051301

CSTR:32184.14.COL202523.051301

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