lithium niobate
noun
lithium ni·o·bate
-ˈnī-ə-ˌbāt 
: a crystalline material LiNbO3 whose physical properties change in response to pressure or the presence of an electric field and which is used in fiber optics and as a synthetic gemstone
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Okan Atalar and Amin Arbabian in Stanford’s electrical engineering department started with thin-film lithium niobate, a material often used for waveguides and optical switches in cellphones and communications systems.
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IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
Using that approach, Cleland and Kevin Satzinger, a UCSB graduate student, fashioned a resonator on a lithium niobate chip that rang for up to 150 nanoseconds.
—Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 14 Mar. 2018
IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
Using that approach, Cleland and Kevin Satzinger, a UCSB graduate student, fashioned a resonator on a lithium niobate chip that rang for up to 150 nanoseconds.
—Adrian Cho, Science | AAAS, 14 Mar. 2018
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