Lithium Niobate Hybrid Integrated Waveguide Nonlinear Terahertz Source

Nengyu Wang; Feihong Xue; Xiaofei Ma; Chong Sheng; Yanling Xiao; Shining Zhu; Hui Liu

doi:10.3788/AOS240861

Acta Optica Sinica, Volume. 44, Issue 21, 2119002(2024)

Lithium Niobate Hybrid Integrated Waveguide Nonlinear Terahertz Source

Nengyu Wang, Feihong Xue, Xiaofei Ma, Chong Sheng, Yanling Xiao, Shining Zhu, and Hui Liu^*

National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, School of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, Jiangsu , China

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Paper Information

Category: Nonlinear Optics

Received: Apr. 17, 2024

Accepted: May. 27, 2024

Published Online: Nov. 20, 2024

The Author Email: Liu Hui (liuhui@nju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/AOS240861

CSTR:32393.14.AOS240861

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