Heterogeneously Integrated Photonic Chip on Lithium Niobate Thin-Film Waveguide
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Chip Design
3. Simulation Results
3.1. The Single-Photon Source
3.2. The Directional Coupler
3.3. The Fan-Out Grating Coupler
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Wei, X.; Kesse, S. Heterogeneously Integrated Photonic Chip on Lithium Niobate Thin-Film Waveguide. Crystals 2021, 11, 1376. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11111376
Wei X, Kesse S. Heterogeneously Integrated Photonic Chip on Lithium Niobate Thin-Film Waveguide. Crystals. 2021; 11(11):1376. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11111376
Chicago/Turabian StyleWei, Xing, and Samuel Kesse. 2021. "Heterogeneously Integrated Photonic Chip on Lithium Niobate Thin-Film Waveguide" Crystals 11, no. 11: 1376. https://doi.org/10.3390/cryst11111376