Tunability-selective lithium niobate light modulators via high-Q resonant metasurface

Xiaoshan Liu; Guolan Fu; Shimei Song; Yikun Huang; Mulin Liu; Guiqiang Liu; Zhengqi Liu

doi:10.1364/OL.513631

Optics Letters
Vol. 49,
Issue 6,
pp. 1536-1539
(2024)
•https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.513631

Tunability-selective lithium niobate light modulators via high-Q resonant metasurface

Xiaoshan Liu, Guolan Fu, Shimei Song, Yikun Huang, Mulin Liu, Guiqiang Liu, and Zhengqi Liu

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Xiaoshan Liu, Guolan Fu, Shimei Song, Yikun Huang, Mulin Liu, Guiqiang Liu, and Zhengqi Liu, "Tunability-selective lithium niobate light modulators via high-Q resonant metasurface," Opt. Lett. 49, 1536-1539 (2024)

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Abstract

Herein, we propose and demonstrate an efficient light modulator by intercalating the nonlinear thin film into the optical resonator cavities, which introduce the ultra-sharp resonances and simultaneously lead to the spatially overlapped optical field between the nonlinear material and the resonators. Differential field intensity distributions in the geometrical perturbation-assisted optical resonator make the high quality-factor resonant modes and strong field confinement. Multiple channel light modulation is achieved in such layered system, which enables the capability for tunability-selective modulation. The maximal modulation tunability is up to 1.968 nm/V, and the figure of merit (FOM) reaches 65.6 V⁻¹, showing orders of magnitude larger than that of the previous state-of-the-art modulators. The electrical switch voltage is down to 0.015 V, the maximal switching ratio is 833%, and the extinction ratio is also up to 9.70 dB. These features confirm the realization of high-performance modulation and hold potential for applications in switches, communication and information, augmented and virtual reality, etc.

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