Highly efficient second-harmonic generation in a double-layer thin-film lithium niobate waveguide

Yuan Li; Xiuquan Zhang; Lutong Cai; Lin Zhang

doi:10.1117/1.APN.3.6.066009

Advanced Photonics Nexus, Volume. 3, Issue 6, 066009(2024)

Highly efficient second-harmonic generation in a double-layer thin-film lithium niobate waveguide

Yuan Li1... Xiuquan Zhang2, Lutong Cai1,*, and Lin Zhang13,* |Show fewer author(s)

¹Tianjin University, School of Precision Instruments and Opto-Electronics Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Precision Measuring Technology and Instruments, Key Laboratory of Opto-Electronic Information Technology of Ministry of Education, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Integrated Opto-Electronics Technologies and Devices, Tianjin, China

²Shandong University, Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Laser and Infrared System, Qingdao, China

³Peng Cheng Laboratory, Shenzhen, China

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Received: Jul. 5, 2024

Accepted: Oct. 21, 2024

Published Online: Nov. 8, 2024

The Author Email: Lutong Cai (lutong_cai@tju.edu.cn), Lin Zhang (lin_zhang@tju.edu.cn)

DOI:10.1117/1.APN.3.6.066009

CSTR:32397.14.1.APN.3.6.066009

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