Cryogenic thermo-optic thin-film lithium niobate modulator with an NbN superconducting heater

Hailong Han; Xingyu Zhang; You Xiao; Pusheng Yuan; Huiqin Yu; Shuna Wang; Heng Li; Weikeng Xie; Mingzhi Lu; Lingyun Li; Xiaoping Liu; Hao Li; Lixing You

doi:10.3788/COL202321.081301

Chinese Optics Letters, Volume. 21, Issue 8, 081301(2023)

Cryogenic thermo-optic thin-film lithium niobate modulator with an NbN superconducting heater

Hailong Han^1,2, Xingyu Zhang^1,2, You Xiao^1,2, Pusheng Yuan^1,2, Huiqin Yu^1,2, Shuna Wang^1,2, Heng Li³, Weikeng Xie³, Mingzhi Lu³, Lingyun Li^1,2, Xiaoping Liu^4、*, Hao Li^1,2, and Lixing You^1,2

Author Affiliations

¹State Key Laboratory of Functional Materials for Informatics, Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology (SIMIT), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai 200050, China

²CAS Center for Excellence in Superconducting Electronics (CENSE), Shanghai 200050, China

³Ori-chip Optoelectronics Technology Ltd., Ningbo 315000, China

⁴School of Physical Science and Technology, ShanghaiTech University, Shanghai 201210, China

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Hailong Han, Xingyu Zhang, You Xiao, Pusheng Yuan, Huiqin Yu, Shuna Wang, Heng Li, Weikeng Xie, Mingzhi Lu, Lingyun Li, Xiaoping Liu, Hao Li, Lixing You, "Cryogenic thermo-optic thin-film lithium niobate modulator with an NbN superconducting heater," Chin. Opt. Lett. 21, 081301 (2023)

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Paper Information

Category: Integrated Optics

Received: Mar. 8, 2023

Accepted: Apr. 25, 2023

Posted: Apr. 26, 2023

Published Online: Aug. 11, 2023

The Author Email: Xiaoping Liu (liuxp1@shanghaitech.edu.cn)

DOI:10.3788/COL202321.081301

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