Date of Award

Spring 2022

Document Type

Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Engineering (DEng)

Department

Electrical Engineering (ENAS)

First Advisor

Tang, Hong

Abstract

Nonlinear nanophotonic devices are crucial building blocks of a fully integrated photonic system. They enable high-speed, high-throughput and customizable transfer of information, with applications ranging from biology to cutting edge quantum information technologies. A particularly important nanophotonics component is the micro-resonator. Not only do micro-resonators confine light and allow an effective increased length of interaction with a desired material platform, they are also highly compact. Through the amplification of light-matter interaction, nonlinear phenomena such as soliton comb generation, record breaking second and third harmonic generation as well as electro-optic frequency conversion have been observed on an integrated on-chip platform. The work presented here investigates the methods of integration and optimization of many such nonlinear micro-resonators with the ultimate goal of developing the first fully integrated and stabilized soliton microcomb.

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