Han Hailong, Xiong Jiamin, Liu Xiaoping, Li Hao, Xu Hongxin, Huang Jia, YUAN PUSHENG, YU HUIQIN, WANG SHUNA, LI Lingyun, You Lixing
Author Affiliations
Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information TechnologyChinese Academy of SciencesShanghaiTech University School of Physical Science and TechnologyChinese Academy of Sciences (CAS)Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information TechnologyChinese Acad Scishow less
Abstract
In this study, we present a comprehensive thermo-optic characterization of an on-chip thin-film lithium niobate asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometer (aMZI) across a temperature range from 290 K to 10 K. We observe that the spectral shift of the aMZI is closely associated with changes in the environmental temperature. We experimentally observed a 4.88 nm wavelength shift of the aMZI from 290 K to 10 K. Moreover, the shift diminishes gradually below 50 K. Our observations highlight a distinctive non-linear temperature sensitivity, particularly pronounced at cryogenic temperatures. The high-resolution setup revealed a thermo-optic coefficient as low as 5.29 × 10-8 K-1 at 10 K. The presented results provide new practical guidelines for designing photonic circuits for applications in cryogenic optoelectronics.