III/V-on-lithium niobate amplifiers and lasers

We demonstrate electrically pumped, heterogeneously integrated lasers on thin-film lithium niobate, featuring electro-optic wavelength tunability.

 

C. Op de Beeck*, F. Mayor*, S. Cuyvers, S. Poelman, J. Herrmann, O. Atalar, T.P. McKenna, Haq B., W. Jiang, J.D. Witmer, G. Roelkens, A.H. Safavi-Naeini, R. Van Laer, B. Kuyken. “III/V-on-lithium niobate amplifiers and lasers”. Optica (2021), vol. 8, iss. 10. https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.438620
*equally contributed

Thermal Brillouin noise observed in silicon optomechanical waveguide

R. Van Laer, C. J. Sarabalis, R. Baets, D. Van Thourhout, and A. H. Safavi-Naeini, “Thermal Brillouin noise observed in silicon optomechanical waveguide,” Journal of Optics, vol. 19, no. 4, p. 044002, Apr. 2017, https://doi.org/10.1088/2040-8986/aa600d

Nonlinear optical interactions in silicon waveguides

B. Kuyken, F. Leo, S. Clemmen, U. Dave, R. Van Laer, T. Ideguchi, H. Zhao, X. Liu, J. Safioui, S. Coen, S. P. Gorza, S. K. Selvaraja, S. Massar, R. M. Osgood, P. Verheyen, J. Van Campenhout, R. Baets, W. M. J. Green, and G. Roelkens, “Nonlinear optical interactions in silicon waveguides,” Nanophotonics, vol. 6, no. 2, pp. 377–392, Mar. 2017, https://doi.org/10.1515/nanoph-2016-0001

Unifying Brillouin scattering and cavity optomechanics


R. Van Laer, R. Baets, and D. Van Thourhout, “Unifying Brillouin scattering and cavity optomechanics,” Physical Review A, vol. 93, no. 5, p. 053828, May 2016, https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.93.053828

Brillouin resonance broadening due to structural variations in nanoscale waveguides

C. Wolff, R. Van Laer, M. J. Steel, B. J. Eggleton, and C. G. Poulton, “Brillouin resonance broadening due to structural variations in nanoscale waveguides,” New Journal of Physics, vol. 18, no. 2, p. 025006, Feb. 2016, https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/2/025006

Net on-chip Brillouin gain based on suspended silicon nanowires

R. Van Laer, A. Bazin, B. Kuyken, R. Baets, and D. Van Thourhout, “Net on-chip Brillouin gain based on suspended silicon nanowires,” New Journal of Physics, vol. 17, no. 11, p. 115005, Nov. 2015, https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/11/115005.

Interaction between light and highly confined hypersound in a silicon photonic nanowire


R. Van Laer, B. Kuyken, D. Van Thourhout, and R. Baets, “Interaction between light and highly confined hypersound in a silicon photonic nanowire,” Nature Photonics, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 199–203, Mar. 2015, https://doi.org/10.1038/nphoton.2015.11

Analysis of enhanced stimulated Brillouin scattering in silicon slot waveguides

R. Van Laer, B. Kuyken, D. Van Thourhout, and R. Baets, “Analysis of enhanced stimulated Brillouin scattering in silicon slot waveguides,” Optics Letters, vol. 39, no. 5, p. 1242, Mar. 2014, https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.39.001242