Lithium tantalate (LiTaO3) is heterogeneously integrated with silicon photonics circuits, enabling high modulation speed, reduced bias drift and a high optical damage threshold, while ensuring full compatibility with the existing silicon photonics process design kit.
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Su, Y., Zhang, Y. Lithium tantalate meets silicon photonics. Nat. Photon. 20, 133–134 (2026). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-025-01831-w
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