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ArticleLight, science & applications2026

Ultraviolet-C to mid-infrared supercontinuum generation in periodically poled lithium tantalate waveguides.

Hongzhi Xiong, Xinmin Yao, Ming Zhang, Qingrui Yao, Huan Li, Zejie Yu, Gong Zhang, Liu Liu, Yaocheng Shi, Hon-Ki Tsang and 1 more

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Hongzhi Xiong *State Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Technology, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, China.
Xinmin Yao *State Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Technology, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, China.
Ming ZhangState Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Technology, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, China. mingzhang@zju.edu.cn.
Qingrui YaoState Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Technology, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, China.
Huan LiState Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Technology, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8749-0385
Zejie YuState Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Technology, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3067-3965
Gong ZhangState Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Technology, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7749-6177
Liu LiuState Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Technology, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4927-9562
Yaocheng ShiState Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Technology, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4489-8310
Hon-Ki TsangDepartment of Electronic Engineering, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2777-1537
Daoxin DaiState Key Laboratory for Extreme Photonics and Instrumentation, Zhejiang Key Laboratory of Optoelectronic Information Technology, College of Optical Science and Engineering, International Research Center for Advanced Photonics, Zhejiang University, Zijingang Campus, Hangzhou, China. dxdai@zju.edu.cn.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2769-3009

Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62135010 and 62435009National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) 62450079National Natural Science Foundation of China (National Science Foundation of China) U23B2047 and 62321166651Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province (Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation) LD19F050001
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Supercontinuum generation makes use of the nonlinear optical effects arising from the interaction of light with the bound electronic states in crystal lattices and has many applications, especially in the ultraviolet for the direct probing of large-energy electronic transitions. However, supercontinuum from integrated waveguides has been limited to >330 nm in the ultraviolet-A band because of material dispersion and absorption. Here, we demonstrate unprecedented ultraviolet-C-to-mid-infrared supercontinuum on a chip, leveraging the exceptional transparency window and second-order nonlinearity of lithium tantalate (LT). A key innovation is the introduction of chirped periodically poled LT with submicron ferroelectric domains. Utilizing 3-wave-mixing processes under quasi-phase-matching conditions, we created the shortest ultraviolet wavelength ever reported from a chip-below 270 nm-while reaching 2400 nm in the mid-infrared, covering more than three octaves with just 100 pJ pulse energy on a chip for the first time. It's the first on-chip supercontinuum fully covering the ultraviolet-A/B bands while extending into the ultraviolet-C band. This work establishes thin-film LT as a versatile platform for full-spectrum nonlinear photonics, opening new possibilities for integrated ultraviolet sources.

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PMID42191700
PMCPMC13212705

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