Passively stable 0.7-octave microcombs in thin-film lithium niobate microresonators

Zexing Zhao; Chenyu Wang; Jingyuan Qiu; Zhilin Ye; Zhijun Yin; Zhenlin Wang; Kunpeng Jia; Xiao-Hui Tian; Zhenda Xie; Shi-Ning Zhu

doi:10.3788/COL202422.051301

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 22, Issue 5, 051301(2024)

Passively stable 0.7-octave microcombs in thin-film lithium niobate microresonators Editors' Pick

Zexing Zhao¹, Chenyu Wang¹, Jingyuan Qiu², Zhilin Ye², Zhijun Yin², Zhenlin Wang¹, Kunpeng Jia^1、*, Xiao-Hui Tian^1、**, Zhenda Xie^1、***, and Shi-Ning Zhu¹

Author Affiliations

¹National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, School of Electronic Science and Engineering, School of Physics, College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, and Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China

²Nanzhi Institute of Advanced Optoelectronic Integration Technology Co., Ltd., Nanjing 210093, China

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Zexing Zhao, Chenyu Wang, Jingyuan Qiu, Zhilin Ye, Zhijun Yin, Zhenlin Wang, Kunpeng Jia, Xiao-Hui Tian, Zhenda Xie, Shi-Ning Zhu, "Passively stable 0.7-octave microcombs in thin-film lithium niobate microresonators," Chin. Opt. Lett. 22, 051301 (2024)

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