For all the recent advances in integrated lithium niobate photonic circuits—from frequency combs to frequency converters and modulators—one big component has remained frustratingly difficult to ...

HyperLight has raised an $80mn Series C led by MediaTek to scale its thin-film lithium niobate photonics for the optical interconnects AI data centres need.

Scientists at EPFL and IBM have developed a new type of laser that could have a significant impact on optical ranging technology. The laser is based on a material called lithium niobate, often used in ...

If the epicenter of the electronics revolution is named after the material that made it possible -- silicon?-- then the birthplace of the photonics revolution may well be named after lithium niobate.

A universal design strategy for dispersive elements in anisotropic platforms is proposed, enabling high-performance arrayed waveguide gratings in thin-film lithium niobate that are essential for ...

Leveraging the intrinsic multi physics nature of ferroelectric lithium niobate, we present a multi-functional platform (LN-MFP) that seamlessly integrates photoacoustic spectroscopy, light-induced ...

(Nanowerk News) Quantum information scientists are always on the hunt for winning combinations of materials, materials that can be manipulated at the molecular level to reliably store and transmit ...

As a complement to silicon-based photonic chips, lithium niobate thin film (LNOI) has become a research hotspot in the field of optoelectronic integration due to its outstanding nonlinear, ...

A recent article in Advanced Materials reports a new fabrication method for nonlinear optical components using nanostructured polycrystalline lithium niobate (LN). The study addresses key limitations ...

Scientists at EPFL and IBM have developed a new type of laser that could have a significant impact on optical ranging technology. The laser is based lithium niobate, often used in the field of optical ...

Making lasers smaller and more capable of rapidly alternating between frequencies, while remaining within a narrow band, is an essential part of bringing down the cost of technologies such as LiDAR ...

CAMBRIDGE, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HyperLight, a leader in the commercialization of thin-film lithium niobate photonic integrated circuits for datacom, telecom, analog, and quantum applications, ...