Optica Student Chapter Lecture Series

Abstract:

The last two decades have seen tremendous progress in the field of integrated photonics, and chip-scale photonic systems can now be found everywhere: from optical communications and sensing, to machine vision and precision measurements. However, traditional integrated photonic platforms, based on e.g. silicon and compound semiconductors, are reaching their limits and cannot keep up with the demands for more speed, less energy consumption, and advanced functionality. High performance thin film lithium niobate photonic platform pioneered by my team can overcome these limitations. For example, our electro-optic modulators can power up high-speed optical communication systems, as well as enable realization of mm-wave and THz communication systems. Our frequency combs are important for environmental and biomedical monitoring, precision measurements and ranging. Finally, microwave-to-optical transducers, based on electro-optic photonic molecule/ frequency shifter concept, can enable efficient and low noise interfaces between superconducting quantum computers, while TFLN photonic platform operating in visible is important for realization of multiplexed quantum repeaters and quantum internet