Lightwave Circuits in Lithium Niobate through Hybrid Waveguides with Silicon Photonics

Weigel, Peter O.; Savanier, Marc; DeRose, Christopher T.; Pomerene, Andrew T.; Starbuck, Andrew L.; Lentine, Anthony L.; Stenger, Vincent; Mookherjea, Shayan

doi:10.1038/srep22301

Lightwave Circuits in Lithium Niobate through Hybrid Waveguides with Silicon Photonics

Journal Article · Mon Feb 29 23:00:00 EST 2016 · Scientific Reports

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/srep22301· OSTI ID:1261098

Weigel, Peter O. ^[1]; Savanier, Marc ^[1]; DeRose, Christopher T. ^[2]; Pomerene, Andrew T. ^[2]; Starbuck, Andrew L. ^[2]; Lentine, Anthony L. ^[2]; Stenger, Vincent ^[3]; Mookherjea, Shayan ^[1]

Univ. of California, San Diego, CA (United States)
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
SRICO Inc., Columbus, OH (United States)

Here we demonstrate a photonic waveguide technology based on a two-material core, in which light is controllably and repeatedly transferred back and forth between sub-micron thickness crystalline layers of Si and LN bonded to one another, where the former is patterned and the latter is not. In this way, the foundry-based wafer-scale fabrication technology for silicon photonics can be leveraged to form lithium-niobate based integrated optical devices. Using two different guided modes and an adiabatic mode transition between them, we demonstrate a set of building blocks such as waveguides, bends, and couplers which can be used to route light underneath an unpatterned slab of LN, as well as outside the LN-bonded region, thus enabling complex and compact lightwave circuits in LN alongside Si photonics with fabrication ease and low cost.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC04-94AL85000

OSTI ID:: 1261098

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1262310

Journal Information:: Scientific Reports, Journal Name: Scientific Reports Vol. 6; ISSN 2045-2322

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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