High-bandwidth CMOS-voltage-level electro-optic modulation of 780 nm light in thin-film lithium niobate

Celik, Oguz Tolga; Sarabalis, Christopher J.; Mayor, Felix M.; Stokowski, Hubert S.; Herrmann, Jason F.; McKenna, Timothy P.; Lee, Nathan R. A.; Jiang, Wentao; Multani, Kevin K. S.; Safavi-Naeini, Amir H.

doi:10.1364/OE.460119

High-bandwidth CMOS-voltage-level electro-optic modulation of 780 nm light in thin-film lithium niobate

Journal Article · Thu Jun 09 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Optics Express

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.460119· OSTI ID:1871769

; ; ; ; Herrmann, Jason F.; ; Lee, Nathan R. A.; Jiang, Wentao; Multani, Kevin K. S.; Safavi-Naeini, Amir H.

Integrated photonics operating at visible-near-infrared (VNIR) wavelengths offer scalable platforms for advancing optical systems for addressing atomic clocks, sensors, and quantum computers. The complexity of free-space control optics causes limited addressability of atoms and ions, and this remains an impediment on scalability and cost. Networks of Mach-Zehnder interferometers can overcome challenges in addressing atoms by providing high-bandwidth electro-optic control of multiple output beams. Here, we demonstrate a VNIR Mach-Zehnder interferometer on lithium niobate on sapphire with a CMOS voltage-level compatible full-swing voltage of 4.2 V and an electro-optic bandwidth of 2.7 GHz occupying only 0.35 mm ² . Our waveguides exhibit 1.6 dB/cm propagation loss and our microring resonators have intrinsic quality factors of 4.4 × 10 ⁵ . This specialized platform for VNIR integrated photonics can open new avenues for addressing large arrays of qubits with high precision and negligible cross-talk.

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Research Organization:: SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory (SLAC), Menlo Park, CA (United States); Stanford Univ., CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation; USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-76SF00515

OSTI ID:: 1871769

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2427394
OSTI ID: 1871694

Journal Information:: Optics Express, Journal Name: Optics Express Journal Issue: 13 Vol. 30; ISSN 1094-4087; ISSN OPEXFF

Publisher:: Optical Society of AmericaCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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