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ArticleNanophotonics (Berlin, Germany)2025

Electrically pumped soliton microcombs on thin-film lithium niobate.

Xiaomin Lv, Ze Wang, Tianyu Xu, Chen Yang, Xing Jin, Binbin Nie, Du Qian, Yanwu Liu, Kaixuan Zhu, Bo Ni and 3 more

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Article in Nanophotonics (Berlin, Germany), 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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13 authors.

Xiaomin LvState Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0009-0005-0253-6479
Ze WangState Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Tianyu XuState Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Chen YangState Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Xing JinState Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Binbin NieState Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Du QianState Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Yanwu LiuState Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Kaixuan ZhuState Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Bo NiState Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Qihuang GongState Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.
Fang BoNankai University, Tianjin 300071, China.
Qi-Fan YangState Key Laboratory for Artificial Microstructure and Mesoscopic Physics and Frontiers Science Center for Nano-Optoelectronics, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China.

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Abstract

Thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) has enabled efficient on-chip electro-optic modulation and frequency conversion for information processing and precision measurement. Extending these capabilities with optical frequency combs unlocks massively parallel operations and coherent optical-to-microwave transduction, which are achievable in TFLN microresonators via Kerr microcombs. However, fully integrated Kerr microcombs directly driven by semiconductor lasers remain elusive, which has delayed integration of these technologies. Here, we demonstrate electrically pumped TFLN Kerr microcombs without optical amplification. With optimized laser-to-chip coupling and optical quality factors, we generate soliton microcombs at a 200 GHz repetition frequency with an optical span of 180 nm using only 25 mW of pump power. Moreover, self-injection locking enables turnkey initiation and substantially narrows the laser linewidth. Our work provides integrated comb sources for TFLN-based communicational, computational, and metrological applications.

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integrated photonicsmicrocombsthin-film lithium niobate

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PMID41425471
PMCPMC12714037

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