Publications by authors named "Minglu Cai"
Article Synopsis
- Scientists created a special type of laser called a dual-wavelength laser that can change colors and works on a special material called erbium-doped lithium niobate.
- This laser can tune its output very precisely, with a range of 11.875 GHz, which is important for making clear signals.
- The design of this laser allows it to be made smaller and could lead to new advancements in technology that uses light, like communication systems.
The developing advances of microresonator-based Kerr cavity solitons have enabled versatile applications ranging from communication, signal processing to high-precision measurements. Resonator dispersion is the key factor determining the Kerr comb dynamics. Near the zero group-velocity-dispersion (GVD) regime, low-noise and broadband microcomb sources are achievable, which is crucial to the application of the Kerr soliton.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe erbium-doped lithium niobate on insulator (Er:LNOI) platform has great promise in the application of telecommunication, microwave photonics, and quantum photonics, due to its excellent electro-optic, piezo-electric, nonlinear nature, as well as the gain characteristics in the telecommunication C-band. Here, we report a single-frequency Er:LNOI integrated laser based on a dual-cavity structure. Facilitated by the Vernier effect and gain competition, the single-frequency laser can operate stably at 1531 nm wavelength with a 1484 nm pump laser.
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