2024
Photorefractive and pyroelectric photonic memory and long-term stability in thin-film lithium niobate microresonators
X. Ren※, C. Lee※, K. Xue, S. Ou, Y. Yu, Z. Chen, M. Yu
arxiv: 2409. 12345 (2024) [Link]
Hypermultiplexed Integrated Tensor Optical Processor
S. Ou, A. Sludds, R. Hamerly, E. Zhong, K. Zhang, H. Feng, C. Wang, D. Englund, M. Yu, Z. Chen,
arXiv: 2401.18050 (2024)
2023
Entanglement-enhanced dual-comb spectroscopy
H. Shi, Z. Chen, S. E. Fraser, M. Yu, Z. Zhang and Q. Zhuang
npj Quantum Information 9, 91 (2023) [Link]
Integrated electro-optic isolator on thin film lithium niobate
M. Yu*, R. Cheng*, C. Reimer, L. He, K. Luke, E. Puma, L. Shao, A. Shams-Ansari, X. Ren, H. R. Grant, L. Johansson, M. Zhang and M. Loncar
Nature Photonics 3638 , 666–671 (2023) [Link]
Lithium niobate photonics: Unlocking the electromagnetic spectrum
A. Boes, L. Chang, C. Langrock, M. Yu, M. Zhang, Q. Lin, M. Loncar, M. Fejer, J. Bower and A. Mitchell
Science 379, 6627 (2023) [Link]
2022
Integrated femtosecond pulse generator on thin film lithium niobate
M. Yu, D. Barton, R. Cheng, C. Reimer, P. Kharel, L. He, L. Shao, D. Zhu, Y. Hu, H. R. Grant, L. Johansson, Y. Okawachi, A. L. Gaeta, M. Zhang, and M. Lončar
Nature 612, 252–258 (2022) [PDF] | [Link]
News: “An on-chip time-lens generates ultrafast pulses”
Spectral control of nonclassical light using an integrated thin-film lithium niobate modulator
D. Zhu*, C. Chen*, M. Yu*, L. Shao, Y. Hu, C. J. Xin, M. Yeh, S. Ghosh, L. He, C. Reimer, N. Sinclair, F. N. C. Wong, M. Zhang, and M. Lončar
Light Sci Appl 11, 327 (2022). [PDF] | [Link]
Mirror-induced reflection in the frequency domain
Y. Hu*, M. Yu*, N. Sinclair, D. Zhu, R. Cheng, C. Wang, and M. Lončar
Nature Commun. 13, Article number: 6293 (2022) [PDF] | [Link]
High-efficiency and broadband electro-optic frequency combs enabled by coupled micro-resonators
Y. Hu*, M. Yu*, B. Buscaino, N. Sinclair, D. Zhu, R. Cheng, A. Shams-Ansari, L. Shao, M. Zhang, J. M. Kahn, and M. Lončar
Nat. Photon. 16, 679–685 (2022). [PDF] | [Link]
Thin-film lithium-niobate electro-optic platform for spectrally tailored dual-comb spectroscopy
A. Shams-Ansari*, M. Yu*, Z. Chen*, N. Picqué, M. Lončar
Communication Physics 5, 88 (2022) [PDF] | [Link]
Electrically pumped laser transmitter integrated on thin-film lithium niobate
A. Shams-Ansari, D. Renaud, R. Cheng, L. Shao, L. He, D. Zhu, M. Yu, H. R. Grant, L. Johansson, M. Zhang, and M. Lončar
Optica 9, 408 (2022) [PDF] | [Link]
2021
On-chip electro-optic frequency shifters and beam splitters
Y. Hu, M. Yu, D. Zhu, N. Sinclair, A. Shams-Ansari, L. Shao, J. Holzgrafe, E. Puma, M. Zhang, M. Lončar
Nature 599, 587-593 (2021) [PDF] | [Link]
Integrated photonics on thin-film lithium niobate
D. Zhu, L. Shao, M. Yu, R. Cheng, B. Desiatov, C. J. Xin, Y. Hu, J. Holzgrafe, S. Ghosh, A. Shams-Ansari, E. Puma, N. Sinclair, C. Reimer, M. Zhang, M. Lončar
Advances in Optics and Photonics 13, 242 (2021) [Link]
2020
Chip-based self-referencing using integrated lithium niobate waveguides
Y. Okawachi, M. Yu, B. Desiatov, B. Y. Kim, T. Hansson, M. Lončar, and A. L. Gaeta
Optica 7, 702 (2020) [PDF] | [Link]
Raman lasing and soliton mode-locking in lithium niobate microresonators
M. Yu*, Y. Okawachi*, R. Cheng, C. Wang, M. Zhang, A. L. Gaeta, and M. Lončar
Light Sci. Appl. 9, 9 (2020) [PDF] | [Link]
Demonstration of chip-based coupled degenerate optical parametric oscillators for realizing a nanophotonic spin-glass
Y. Okawachi*, M. Yu*, J. K. Jang, X. Ji, Y. Zhao, B. Y. Kim, M. Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta
Nature Commun. 11, 4119 (2020) [PDF] | [Link]
Integrated microwave acousto-optic frequency shifter on thin-film lithium niobate
L. Shao, N. Sinclair, J. Leatham, Y. Hu, M. Yu, T. Turpin, D. Crowe, M. Lončar
Opt. Express 28, 23728 (2020) [PDF] | [Link]
Visible nonlinear photonics via high-order-mode dispersion engineering
Y. Zhao, X. Ji, B. Y. Kim, P. Donvalkar, J. K. Jang, C. Joshi, M. Yu, R. R. Domeneguetti, F. A. S. Barbosa, P. Nussenzveig, Y. Okawachi, M. Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta
Opt. Express 28, 23728 (2020) [PDF] | [Link]
2019
Coherent two-octave-spanning supercontinuum generation in lithium-niobate waveguides
M. Yu, B. Desiatov, Y. Okawachi, A. L. Gaeta, and M. Lončar
Opt. Lett. 44, 1222 (2019). – Spotlight in Optics, Top Download in OL [PDF] | [Link]
Chip-Based Lithium-Niobate Frequency Combs
M. Yu, C. Wang, M. Zhang, and M. Lončar
invited review, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 31, 23 (2019) [PDF] | [Link]
Microfluidic mid-infrared spectroscopy via microresonator-based dual-comb source
M. Yu, Y. Okawachi, A. G. Griffith, M. Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta
Opt. Lett. 44, 4259-4262 (2019) [PDF] | [Link]
Microwave-to-optical conversion using lithium niobate thin-film acoustic resonators
L. Shao, M. Yu, S. Maity, N. Sinclair, L. Zheng, C. Chia, A. Shams-Ansari, C. Wang, M. Zhang, K. Lai, and M. Lončar
Optica 6, 12 (2019) [PDF] | [Link]
Turn-key, high-efficiency Kerr comb source
B. Y. Kim, Y. Okawachi, J. K. Jang, M. Yu, X. Ji, M. Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta
Opt. Lett. 44, 4475 (2019) [PDF] | [Link]
Supercontinuum generation in angle-etched diamond waveguides
A. Shams-Ansari, P. Latawiec, Y. Okawachi, V. Venkataraman, M. Yu, B. Desiatov, H. Atikian, G. L. Harris, N. Picqué, A. L. Gaeta, and M. Lončar
Opt. Lett. 44, 4056 (2019) [PDF] | [Link]
Monolithic lithium niobate photonic circuits for Kerr frequency comb generation and modulation
C. Wang, M. Zhang, M. Yu, R. Zhu, H. Hu and M. Lončar
Nature Commun. 10, 978 (2019) [PDF] | [Link]
2018
Gas-Phase Microresonator-Based Comb Spectroscopy without an External Pump Laser
M. Yu, Y. Okawachi, C. Joshi, X. Ji, M. Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta
ACS Photonics 5, 2780 (2018) [PDF] | [Link]
Silicon-chip-based mid-infrared dual-comb spectroscopy
M. Yu, Y. Okawachi, A. G. Griffith, N. Picqué, M. Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta
Nature Commun. 9, 1869 (2018) [PDF] | [Link]
Direct thermo-optical tuning of silicon microresonators for the mid-infrared
L. Koehler, P. Chevalier, E. Shim, B. Desiatov, A. Shams-Ansari, M. Piccardo, Y. Okawachi, M. Yu, M. Lončar, M. Lipson, A. L. Gaeta, and F. Capasso
Opt. Express 26, 34965 (2018) [PDF] | [Link]
Carrier envelope offset detection via simultaneous supercontinuum and second-harmonic generation in a silicon nitride waveguide
Y. Okawachi, M. Yu, J. Cardenas, X. Ji, M. Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta
Opt. Lett. 43, 4627 (2018) [PDF] | [Link]
Counter-rotating cavity solitons in a silicon nitride microresonator
C. Joshi, A. Klenner, Y. Okawachi, M. Yu, X. Ji, K. Luke, M. Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta
Opt. Lett. 43, 547 (2018) [PDF] | [Link]
2017
Microresonator-based high-resolution gas spectroscopy
M. Yu, Y. Okawachi, A. G. Griffith, M. Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta
Opt. Lett. 42, 4442 (2017). – Editor’s Pick [PDF] | [Link]
Breather soliton dynamics in microresonators
M. Yu, J. K. Jang, Y. Okawachi, A. G. Griffith, K. Luke, S. A. Miller, X. Ji, M. Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta
Nature Commun. 8, 14569 (2017) [PDF] | [Link]
Coherent, directional supercontinuum generation
Y. Okawachi, M. Yu, J. Cardenas, X. Ji, M. Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta
Opt. Lett. 42, 4466 (2017) [PDF] | [Link]
Competition between Raman and Kerr effects in microresonator comb generation
Y. Okawachi, M. Yu, V. Venkataraman, P. Latawiec, A. G. Griffith, M. Lipson, M. Lončar, and A.L. Gaeta
Opt. Lett. 42, 2086 (2017) [PDF] | [Link]
Low-loss silicon platform for broadband mid-infrared photonics
S. A. Miller, M. Yu, X. Ji, A. G. Griffith, J. Cardenas, A. L. Gaeta, and M. Lipson
Optica 4, 707 (2017) [PDF] | [Link]
2016
Mode-locked mid-infrared frequency combs in a silicon microresonator
M. Yu, Y. Okawachi, A. G. Griffith, M.Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta
Optica 3, 854 (2016) [PDF] | [Link]
Quantum random number generator using a microresonator-based Kerr oscillator
Y. Okawachi*, M. Yu*, K. Luke, D. O. Carvalho, M. Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta
Opt. Lett. 41, 4194 (2016) – Editor’s Pick [PDF] | [Link]
Dynamics of mode-coupling-induced microresonator frequency combs in normal dispersion
J. K. Jang, Y. Okawachi, M. Yu, K. Luke, X. Ji, M. Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta
Opt. Express 24, 28794 (2016) [PDF] | [Link]
Coherent mid-infrared frequency combs in silicon-microresonators in the presence of Raman effects
A. G. Griffith, M. Yu, Y. Okawachi, J. Cardenas, A. Mohanty, A. L. Gaeta, and M. Lipson
Opt. Express 24, 13044 (2016) [PDF] | [Link]
2015
Dual-pumped degenerate Kerr oscillator in a silicon nitride microresonator
Y. Okawachi*, M.Yu*, K. Luke, D. O. Carvalho, S. Ramelow, A. Farsi, M. Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta
Opt. Lett. 40, 5267 (2015) [PDF] | [Link]
Optical nonlinearities in high-confinement silicon carbide waveguides
J. Cardenas, M. Yu, Y. Okawachi, C. B. Poitras, R. K. W. Lau, A. Dutt, A. L. Gaeta, and M. Lipson
Opt. Lett. 40, 4138 (2015) [PDF] | [Link]
Silicon-chip mid-infrared frequency comb generation
A. G. Griffith, R. K. W. Lau, J. Cardenas, Y. Okawachi, A. Mohanty, R. Fain, Y. H. D. Lee, M. Yu, C. T. Phare, C. B. Poitras, A. L. Gaeta, and M. Lipson
Nature Commun. 6, 6299 (2015) [PDF] | [Link]
2014
Bandwidth shaping of microresonator-based frequency combs via dispersion engineering
Y. Okawachi, M. R. E. Lamont, K. Luke, D. O. Carvalho, M. Yu, M. Lipson, and A. L. Gaeta
Opt. Lett. 39, 3535 (2014) [PDF] | [Link]
Conferences
2024
Mid-Infrared Integrated Electro-Optic Modulator on a Suspended Lithium Niobate Platform
C. H. Lee, X. Ren, S. Ou, R. Kopparapu, Z. Chen and M. Yu
2024 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), Charlotte, NC, USA, 2024, pp. 1-2. [Link]
2023
Temporal Imaging using Integrated Electro-Optic Time Lens on Thin Film Lithium Niobate
C. Cheung, Z. Chen, M. Zhang, M. Loncar, M. Yu
2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2023, pp. 1-2. [Link]
2022
Nonlinear Broadening of an Electro-Optic Pulse Source on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate
R. Cheng, M. Yu, C. Reimer, A. Shams-Ansari, M. Zhang, M. Lončar
2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2022, pp. 1-2. [Link]
Ultra-broadband Optical Frequency Doubler at Telecom Wavelength
N. Jornod, M. Jankowski, CJ. Xin, J. Mishra, C. Langrock, M. Yu, M.Lončar, M. M. Fejer
2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2022, pp. 1-2. [Link]
Electro-Optic-Modulator-Based Integrated Optical Isolator
M. Yu, R. Cheng, C. Reimer, L. He, K. Luke, E. Puma, L. Shao, A. Shams-Ansari, H. R. Grant, L. Johansson, M. Zhang, M. Lončar
2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2022, pp. 1-2. [Link]
On-chip Integration of High-Power Lasers and Thin-film Lithium Niobate Modulators
A. Shams-Ansari, D. Renaud, R. Cheng, L. Shao, L. He, D. Zhu, M. Yu, H. R. Grant, L. Johansson, M. Zhang, M. Lončar
2022 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2022, pp. 1-2. [Link]
2021
Lithium-Niobate-Based Frequency Combs
M. Yu
2021 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, OSA Technical Digest (Optica Publishing Group, 2021), paper ef_5_3. [Link]
2020
Integrated Lithium Niobate Acousto-Optic Frequency Shifter
L. Shao, N. Sinclair, J. Leatham, Y. Hu, M. Yu, T. Turpin, D. Crowe, M. Loncar
2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2020, pp. 1-2. [Link]
Ultraviolet to Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum Generation in Lithium-Niobate Waveguides
M. Yu, L. Shao, Y. Okawachi, A. L. Gaeta, M. Lončar
2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2020, pp. 1-2. [Link]
Electro-Optic Frequency Shifting using Coupled Lithium-Niobate Microring Resonators
Y. Hu, M. Yu, D. Zhu, N. Sinclair, A. Shams-Ansari, L. Shao, J. Holzgrafe, M. Zhang, M. Loncar
2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2020, pp. 1-2. [Link]
Frequency Comb Offset Stabilization via Integrated Lithium Niobate f-2f Interferometer
Y. Okawachi, M. Yu, B. Desiatov, B. Y. Kim, M. Lončar, A. L. Gaeta
2020 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2020, pp. 1-2. [Link]
Acoustically Mediated Microwave-to-Optical Conversion on Thin-Film Lithium Niobate
L. Shao, M. Yu, S. Maity, N. Sinclair, L. Zheng, C. Chia, A. Shams-Ansari, C. Wang, M. Zhang, K. Lai, M. Loncar
2020 IEEE 33rd International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), Vancouver, BC, Canada, 2020, pp. 1215-1218, doi: 10.1109/MEMS46641.2020.9056347. [Link]
2019
Silicon-Chip-Based F-2F Interferometer
Y. Okawachi, M. Yu, J. Cardenas, X. Ji, M. Lipson, A. L. Gaeta
2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2019, pp. 1-2, doi: 10.1364/CLEO_SI.2019.SF3H.4. [Link]
Microresonator frequency comb generation with simultaneous Kerr and electro-optic nonlinearities
M. Zhang, C. Reimer, L. He, R. Cheng, M. Yu, R. Zhu, M. Loncar
2019 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2019, pp. 1-2, doi: 10.1364/CLEO_QELS.2019.FF2D.3. [Link]
2018
Dual-Cavity Scanning Comb Spectroscopy
M. Yu, Y. Okawachi, C. Joshi, X. Ji, M. Lipson, A. L. Gaeta
2018 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2018, pp. 1-2. [Link]
2017
Silicon chip-based quantum random number generator
Y. Okawachi, M. Yu, K. Luke, D. O. Carvalho, M. Lipson, A. L. Gaeta
2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2017, pp. 1-2. [Link]
Silicon photonics as a broadband platform for parametric oscillation in the mid-infrared
S. A. Miller, M. Yu, X. Ji, A. G. Griffith, J. Cardenas, A. L. Gaeta, M. Lipson
2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2017, pp. 1-2. [Link]
Chip-based tunable direct comb spectroscopy
M. Yu, Y. Okawachi, A. G. Griffith, M. Lipson, A. L. Gaeta
2017 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2017, pp. 1-2. [Link]
2016
Low-loss air-clad suspended silicon platform for mid-infrared photonics
S. A. Miller, A. G. Griffith, M. Yu, A. L. Gaeta, M. Lipson
2016 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2016, pp. 1-2. [Link]
2015
Octave-spanning supercontinuum generation in a silicon nitride waveguide pumped by a femtosecond fiber laser at 1.9 μm
R. Salem, Y. Okawachi, M. Yu, M. RE. Lamont, K. Luke, P. Fendel, M. Lipson, A. L. Gaeta
2015 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), San Jose, CA, USA, 2015, pp. 1-2. [Link]