Mitigating photorefractive effect in thin-film lithium niobate microring resonators

Xu, Yuntao; Shen, Mohan; Lu, Juanjuan; Surya, Joshua B.; Sayem, Ayed Al; Tang, Hong X.

doi:10.1364/OE.418877

Mitigating photorefractive effect in thin-film lithium niobate microring resonators

Journal Article · Thu Feb 04 00:00:00 EST 2021 · Optics Express

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.418877· OSTI ID:1842376

Xu, Yuntao; Shen, Mohan; ; ; Sayem, Ayed Al;

Thin-film lithium niobate is an attractive integrated photonics platform due to its low optical loss and favorable optical nonlinear and electro-optic properties. However, in applications such as second harmonic generation, frequency comb generation, and microwave-to-optics conversion, the device performance is strongly impeded by the photorefractive effect inherent in thin-film lithium niobate. In this paper, we show that the dielectric cladding on a lithium niobate microring resonator has a significant influence on the photorefractive effect. By removing the dielectric cladding layer, the photorefractive effect in lithium niobate ring resonators can be effectively mitigated. Our work presents a reliable approach to control the photorefractive effect on thin-film lithium niobate and will further advance the performance of integrated classical and quantum photonic devices based on thin-film lithium niobate.

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Research Organization:: Yale Univ., New Haven, CT (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Army Research Office (ARO); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0019406

OSTI ID:: 1842376

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1853216

Journal Information:: Optics Express, Journal Name: Optics Express Journal Issue: 4 Vol. 29; ISSN 1094-4087; ISSN OPEXFF

Publisher:: Optical Society of AmericaCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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