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Zhengqing He¹, Lun Qu¹, Wei Wu¹

¹The Key Laboratory of Weak-Light Nonlinear Photonics, Ministry of Education, School of Physics and TEDA Applied Physics Institute, Nankai University, Tianjin 300071, People's Republic of China.

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Researchers developed a novel lithium niobate metasurface for tunable nonlinear optics. This electro-optic device dynamically controls second-harmonic generation (SHG) with an 11.3% modulation depth, enabling advanced photonic applications.

Keywords:

Second harmonic generation electro-optic effect lithium niobate metasurface reconfigurable device

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Area of Science:

Photonics and Metamaterials
Nonlinear Optics
Materials Science

Background:

Metasurfaces offer dynamic control over nonlinear optical phenomena like second-harmonic generation (SHG).
Existing methods using plasmonic or quantum well metasurfaces have limitations in SHG efficiency and spectral range.
Efficient and tunable SHG control in visible and near-infrared (NIR) ranges is crucial for advanced photonic applications.

Purpose of the Study:

To introduce a novel approach for electrically reconfigurable nonlinear metasurfaces using the electro-optic (EO) effect.
To leverage the strong nonlinear and EO properties of lithium niobate (LN) for enhanced SHG modulation.
To demonstrate the integration of EO modulation with SHG in an LN metasurface for the first time.

Main Methods:

Fabrication of a lithium niobate (LN) metasurface designed to exhibit strong nonlinear optical responses.
Integration of the EO effect within the metasurface structure to enable electrical tuning of nonlinear phenomena.
Characterization of the SHG modulation depth under applied alternating voltage.

Main Results:

The developed LN metasurface demonstrated efficient modulation of SHG amplitude.
An 11.3% modulation depth in SHG was achieved with a ±50 V alternating voltage.
The metasurface successfully integrated EO modulation with SHG, overcoming limitations of previous approaches.

Conclusions:

This work presents a significant advancement in electrically reconfigurable nonlinear metasurfaces.
The LN metasurface opens new possibilities for tunable nonlinear light sources, quantum optics, and nonlinear information processing.
The demonstrated approach paves the way for next-generation reconfigurable photonic devices.