Lithium niobate thin film electro-optic modulator
Abstract: The linear electro-optic effect offers a valuable means to control light properties via an external electric field. Lithium niobate (LN), with its high electro-optic coefficients and broad optical transparency ranges, stands out as a prominent material for efficient electro-optic modulators. The recent advent of lithium niobate-on-insulator (LNOI) wafers has sparked renewed interest in LN for compact photonic devices. In this study, we present an electro-optic modulator utilizing a thin LN film sandwiched between top and bottom gold (Au) film electrodes, forming a Fabry–Pérot (F–P) resonator. This resonator exhibits spectral resonance shifts under an applied electric field, enabling efficient modulation of reflected light strength. The modulator achieved a 2.3 % modulation amplitude under ±10 V alternating voltage. Our approach not only presents a simpler fabrication process but also offers larger modulation amplitudes compared to previously reported metasurface based LN electro-optic modulators. Our results open up new opportunities for compact electro-optic modulators with applications in beam steering devices, dynamic holograms, and spatial light modulators, and more.
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Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
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Online-Ressource
- Sprache
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Englisch
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Lithium niobate thin film electro-optic modulator ; volume:13 ; number:8 ; year:2024 ; pages:1503-1508 ; extent:6
Nanophotonics ; 13, Heft 8 (2024), 1503-1508 (gesamt 6)
- Urheber
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Liu, Jikun
Qu, Lun
Wu, Wei
Jin, Chunyan
Chen, Zhihao
Gu, Zhidong
Liu, Weiye
Wang, Chenxiong
Zheng, Dahuai
Liu, Hongde
Cai, Wei
Ren, Mengxin
Xu, Jingjun
- DOI
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10.1515/nanoph-2023-0865
- URN
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urn:nbn:de:101:1-2024040615472707495194
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Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
- Letzte Aktualisierung
- 14.08.2025, 11:03 MESZ
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Beteiligte
- Liu, Jikun
- Qu, Lun
- Wu, Wei
- Jin, Chunyan
- Chen, Zhihao
- Gu, Zhidong
- Liu, Weiye
- Wang, Chenxiong
- Zheng, Dahuai
- Liu, Hongde
- Cai, Wei
- Ren, Mengxin
- Xu, Jingjun