Publications

2024

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]