Lithium niobate on insulator: an emerging nanophotonic crystal for optimized light control
Lithium niobate (LN) stands out as a versatile nonlinear optoelectronic material which can be directly applied in tunable modulators, filters, parametric amplifiers, and photonic integrated circuits. Recently, LN photonic crystals have garnered attention as a compelling candidate for incorporation i...
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| description | Lithium niobate (LN) stands out as a versatile nonlinear optoelectronic material which can be directly applied in tunable modulators, filters, parametric amplifiers, and photonic integrated circuits. Recently, LN photonic crystals have garnered attention as a compelling candidate for incorporation into photonic integrated circuits, showcasing their potential in advancing the field. Photonic crystals possess a widely acknowledged capability to manipulate the transmission of light modes, similar to how nanostructures have been utilized to regulate electron-related phenomena. Here we study the optical performance of a one-dimensional stacked photonic crystal based on LN and TiO2/SiO2. We studied the quarter wavelength multi-layered stack using electromagnetic simulation. The forbidden-frequency region indifferent from the bulk material has been observed around 1.55 µm. A high refractive index and non-linear optical and electro-optical properties enable LN to be used for more efficient manipulation of light. The highly reflective quarternary stack can play an important role in diverse fields such as photonics, optomechanics, optoelectronics, signal processing, and quantum technologies, spanning the spectrum from photon generation (including single-photon sources and lasers) to their manipulation (encompassing waveguiding, beam splitting, filters, and spin–photon entanglement), and detection (involving single-photon detectors). |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0e5b778bea6f4d6d86fbc784c473324c2024-12-02T08:46:05ZengBeilstein-InstitutBeilstein Journal of Nanotechnology2190-42862024-11-011511415142610.3762/bjnano.15.1142190-4286-15-114Lithium niobate on insulator: an emerging nanophotonic crystal for optimized light controlMidhun Murali0Amit Banerjee1Tanmoy Basu2Centre for Quantum Engineering, Research and Education (CQuERE), TCG-Centres for Research and Education in Science and Technology (TCG-CREST), Sector V, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700091, India Microsystem Design-Integration Lab, Physics Department, Bidhan Chandra College, Asansol 713303, West Bengal, IndiaCentre for Quantum Engineering, Research and Education (CQuERE), TCG-Centres for Research and Education in Science and Technology (TCG-CREST), Sector V, Salt Lake, Kolkata-700091, India Lithium niobate (LN) stands out as a versatile nonlinear optoelectronic material which can be directly applied in tunable modulators, filters, parametric amplifiers, and photonic integrated circuits. Recently, LN photonic crystals have garnered attention as a compelling candidate for incorporation into photonic integrated circuits, showcasing their potential in advancing the field. Photonic crystals possess a widely acknowledged capability to manipulate the transmission of light modes, similar to how nanostructures have been utilized to regulate electron-related phenomena. Here we study the optical performance of a one-dimensional stacked photonic crystal based on LN and TiO2/SiO2. We studied the quarter wavelength multi-layered stack using electromagnetic simulation. The forbidden-frequency region indifferent from the bulk material has been observed around 1.55 µm. A high refractive index and non-linear optical and electro-optical properties enable LN to be used for more efficient manipulation of light. The highly reflective quarternary stack can play an important role in diverse fields such as photonics, optomechanics, optoelectronics, signal processing, and quantum technologies, spanning the spectrum from photon generation (including single-photon sources and lasers) to their manipulation (encompassing waveguiding, beam splitting, filters, and spin–photon entanglement), and detection (involving single-photon detectors).https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.15.114integrated photonicslithium niobatephotonic bandgapphotonic crystaltitanium dioxide |
| spellingShingle | Midhun Murali Amit Banerjee Tanmoy Basu Lithium niobate on insulator: an emerging nanophotonic crystal for optimized light control Beilstein Journal of Nanotechnology integrated photonics lithium niobate photonic bandgap photonic crystal titanium dioxide |
| title | Lithium niobate on insulator: an emerging nanophotonic crystal for optimized light control |
| title_full | Lithium niobate on insulator: an emerging nanophotonic crystal for optimized light control |
| title_fullStr | Lithium niobate on insulator: an emerging nanophotonic crystal for optimized light control |
| title_full_unstemmed | Lithium niobate on insulator: an emerging nanophotonic crystal for optimized light control |
| title_short | Lithium niobate on insulator: an emerging nanophotonic crystal for optimized light control |
| title_sort | lithium niobate on insulator an emerging nanophotonic crystal for optimized light control |
| topic | integrated photonics lithium niobate photonic bandgap photonic crystal titanium dioxide |
| url | https://doi.org/10.3762/bjnano.15.114 |
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