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ERC-StG: ELECTRIC

Full Name: Chip Scale Electrically Powered Optical Frequency Combs

Duration: 1/3/2018-28/2/2023

Research topics involved

Transfer printing technology

Publications in the framework of this project (45)

International Journals

I. Luntadila Lufungula, A. Shams-Ansari, D. Renaud, C. Op de Beeck, S. Cuyvers, S. Poelman, M. Billet, G. Roelkens, M. Loncar, B. Kuyken, Integrated Resonant Electro‐Optic Comb Enabled by Platform‐Agnostic Laser Integration (Front Cover), Lasers & Photonics Reviews, Germany, doi:10.1002/lpor.202400205 (2024) .
M. Billet, S. Cuyvers, S. Poelman, A. Hermans, S. Seema Saseendra, T. Nakamura, S. Okamoto, Y. Inada, K. Hisada, T. Hirasawa, J. Ramirez, D. Neel, N. Vaissiere, J. Decobert, P. Soussan, X. Rottenberg, G. Roelkens, J. Kjellman, B. Kuyken, Heterogeneous tunable III-V-on-silicon-nitride mode-locked laser emitting wide optical spectra, photonics research (invited), 12(3), p.A21-A27 doi:10.1364/PRJ.507560 (2024) .
T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, L. Bogaert, M. Billet, S. Poelman, S. Cuyvers, J. Van Kerrebrouck, A. Moerman, O. Caytan, N. Singh, S. Lemey, G. Torfs, P. Ossieur, G. Roelkens, S. Clemmen, B. Kuyken, Heterogeneous integration of a High-Speed Lithium Niobate Modulator on Silicon Nitride using Micro-Transfer Printing, APL Photonics, 8, p.paper 086102 (7 pages) doi:10.1063/5.0150878 (2023) .
T. Vandekerckhove, T. Vanackere, J. De Witte, S. Cuyvers, L.N Reis, M. Billet, G. Roelkens, S. Clemmen, B. Kuyken, Reliable micro-transfer printing method for heterogeneous integration of lithium niobate and semiconductor thin films, Optical Materials Express, doi:10.1364/OME.494038 (2023) .
D. Maes, S. Lemey, G. Roelkens, M. Zaknoune, V. Avramovic, E. Okada, P. Szriftgiser, E. Peytavit, G. Ducournau, B. Kuyken, High-speed uni-traveling-carrier photodiodes on silicon nitride, APL Photonics, 8(1), p.016104 doi:10.1063/5.0119244 (2023) .
A. Hermans, K. Van Gasse, B. Kuyken, On-chip optical comb sources, APL Photonics (invited), 7, p.100901 doi:10.1063/5.0105164 (2022) .
S. Cuyvers, A. Hermans, M. Kiewiet, J. Goyvaerts, G. Roelkens, K. Van Gasse, D. Van Thourhout, B. Kuyken, Heterogeneous integration of Si photodiodes on silicon nitride for near-visible light detection, Optics Letters, 47(4), p.937-940 doi:https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.447636 (2022) .
M. Billet, L.N Reis, Y. Leger, C. Cornet, F. Raineri, I. Sagnes, K. Pantzas, G. Beaudoin, G. Roelkens, F. Leo, B. Kuyken, Gallium phosphide-on-insulator integrated photonic structures fabricated using micro-transfer printing, Optical Materials Express, (2021) .
S. Cuyvers, B. Haq, G. Roelkens, K. Van Gasse, B. Kuyken, Mode-locked comb lasers for chip-scale spectroscopy, Compound Semiconductor (invited), 27(7), p.60-64 (2021) .
C. Op de Beeck, F. M. Mayor, S. Cuyvers, S. Poelman, J. F. Herrmann, O. Atalar, T. P. McKenna, B. Haq, W. Jiang, J. D. Witmer, G. Roelkens, A. H. Safavi-Naeini, R. Van Laer, B. Kuyken, III/V-on-lithium niobate amplifiers and lasers, Optica, 8(10), p. 1288-1289 doi:https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.438620 (2021) .
A. Hermans, K. Van Gasse, J. O. Kjellman, C. Caer, T. Nakamura, Y. Inada, K. Hisada, T. Hirasawa, S. Cuyvers, S. Kumari, A. Marinins, R. Jansen, G. Roelkens, P. Soussan, X. Rottenberg, B. Kuyken, High-pulse-energy III-V-on-silicon-nitride mode-locked laser, APL Photonics, 6, p.096102 doi:10.1063/5.0058022 (2021) .
S. Cuyvers, S. Poelman, K. Van Gasse, B. Kuyken, Hybrid modeling approach for mode‑locked laser diodes with cavity dispersion and nonlinearity, Scientific Reports, 11(10027), doi:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-89508-6 (2021) .
E. Vissers, S. Poelman, C. Op de Beeck, K. Van Gasse, B. Kuyken, Hybrid integrated mode-locked laser diodes with a silicon nitride extended cavity, Optics Express, 29(10), p.15013-15022 doi:10.1364/OE.422621 (2021) .
A. Verschelde, K. Van Gasse, B. Kuyken, M. Giudici, G. Huyet, M. Marconi, Analysis of the phase-locking dynamics of a III-V-on-silicon frequency comb laser, OSA Continuum, 4(1), p.129-136 doi:10.1364/OSAC.412039 (2021) .
C. Ciret, K. Alexander, N. Poulvellarie, M. Billet, C. Mas Arabi, B. Kuyken, S-P. Gorza, F. Leo, Influence of Longitudinal Mode Components on Second Harmonic Generation in III-V-on-insulator Nanowires, Optics Express, p.31584-31593 doi:10.1364/OE.402150 (2020) .
N. Poulvellarie, U.D. Dave, K. Alexander, C. Ciret, M. Billet, C. Mas Arabi, F. Raineri, S. Combrie, A. De Rossi, G. Roelkens, S-P. Gorza, B. Kuyken, F. Leo, Second Harmonic Generation Enabled by Longitudinal Electric Field Components in Photonic Wire Waveguides, Physical Review A, p.023521 (6 pages) doi:10.1103/PhysRevA.102.023521 (2020) .
C. Op de Beeck, B. Haq, L. Elsinger, A. Gocalinska, E. Pelucchi, B. Corbett, G. Roelkens, B. Kuyken, Heterogeneous III-V on silicon nitride amplifiers and lasers via microtransfer printing, Optica, 7(5), p.386-393 doi:10.1364/OPTICA.382989 (2020) .

International Conferences

T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, M. Billet, Y. Tan, M. Niels, T. Zhai, A. Parracino, V. Bonito-Oliva, J. Withouck, G. Roelkens, D. Van Thourhout, S. Clemmen, B. Kuyken, Towards scalable heterogeneous integration of thin-film lithium niobate on silicon photonics using microtransfer printing, SPIE Photonics Europe (invited), 13012, France, doi:10.1117/12.3026043 (2024) .
T. Reep, C. Wu, S. Brems, D. Yudistira, J. Van Campenhout, M. Pantouvaki, D. Van Thourhout, B. Kuyken, Active and passive mode-locking of a laser using a graphene modulator on an SOI chip, IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), United States, p.paper ThB1.2 (2 pages) doi:10.1109/IPC57732.2023.10360780 (2023) .
M. Billet, T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, M. Niels, L.N Reis, D. Maes, M. Kiewiet, K. Akritidis, S. Cuyvers, S. Poelman, T. Reep, V. Bonito Oliva, F. Leo, G. Roelkens, B. Kuyken, Filling the gap of silicon nitride photonic platform functionalities using micro-transfer printing, (invited) publication in Advanced Photonics Congress, South Korea, (to be published) .
J. Zhang, L. Bogaert, M. Billet, D. Wang, B. Pan, S. Qin, E. Soltanian, S. Cuyvers, D. Maes, T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, S. Poelman, M. Kiewiet, I. Luntadila Lufungula, X. Guo, H. Li, J. De Witte, G. Lepage, P. Verheyen, J. Van Campenhout, B. Kuyken, G. Morthier, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets, G. Roelkens, Photonic integrated circuits realized using micro-transfer printing, PIERS (invited), (2023).
S. Poelman, S. Cuyvers, E. Vissers, J. De Witte, B. Haq, A. Hermans, N. Picque, G. Roelkens, B. Kuyken, Low Repetition Rate Mode-Locked Laser on a Commercial Foundry Low-Index Photonic Platform, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, (2023), United States, doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2023.SW4L.3 (2023) .
T. Vandekerckhove, T. Vanackere, J. De Witte, S. Cuyvers, L.N Reis, M. Billet, G. Roelkens, S. Clemmen, B. Kuyken, Pillar-Based High-Yield Heterogeneous Integration of Lithium Niobate and Gallium Phosphide Thin Films, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, United States, p.paper STh4O.6 (2 pages) doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2023.STh4O.6 (2023) .
T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, L. Bogaert, M. Billet, S. Poelman, S. Cuyvers, Joris Van Kerrebrouck, Arno Moerman, Olivier Caytan, Sam Lemey, Guy Torfs, G. Roelkens, S. Clemmen, B. Kuyken, High-Speed Lithium Niobate Modulator on Silicon Nitride using Micro-Transfer Printing, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, United States, p.paper STh1R.1 (2 pages) doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2023.STh1R.1 (2023) .
S. Cuyvers, S. Poelman, T. Reep, A. Hermans, C. Op de Beeck, G. Roelkens, M. Billet, B. Kuyken, III-V-on-Silicon-Nitride Mode-Locked Lasers, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, United States, p.paper SF1K.1 (2 pages) doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2023.SF1K.1 (2023) .
I. Luntadila Lufungula, B. Kuyken, Non-reciprocal transmission in ring resonators with saturable absorption, Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Society Benelux Chapter 2022, Netherlands, (2022) .
T. Reep, C. Wu, E. Vissers, S. Brems, D. Yudistira, J. Van Campenhout, M. Pantouvaki, D. Van Thourhout, B. Kuyken, An experimental demonstration of a passively mode-locked laser using an integrated graphene saturable absorber, IEEE Benelux Photonics Chapter - Annual Symposium 2022, Netherlands, p.197-200 (2022) .
D. Maes, G. Roelkens, S. Lemey, E. Peytavit, B. Kuyken, Micro-Transfer-Printed Photodiodes on Silicon Nitride for High-Speed Communications, IEEE Benelux Photonics Chapter - Annual Symposium 2022, Netherlands, p.poster 38 (2022) .
M. Torreele, S. Cuyvers, T. Reep, K. Van Gasse, E. Bente, B. Kuyken, Hybrid modeling technique for on-chip extended cavity semiconductor mode-locked lasers, 28th International Semiconductor Laser Conference, Japan, p.paper TuP-37 (2 pages) (2022).
S. Cuyvers, A. Hermans, S. Poelman, C. Op de Beeck, B. Haq, G. Roelkens, K. Van Gasse, B. Kuyken, III-V-on-Silicon-Nitride Mode-Locked Lasers, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim (invited), Japan, (2022).
D. Maes, L.N Reis, S. Poelman, E. Vissers, V. Avramovic, G. Roelkens, S. Lemey, E. Peytavit, B. Kuyken, High-Speed Photodiodes on Silicon Nitride with a Bandwidth beyond 100 GHz, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), United States, doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2022.SM3K.3 (2022) .
I. Luntadila Lufungula, A.Shams-Ansari, D. Renaud, C. Op de Beeck, S. Cuyvers, S. Poelman, G. Roelkens, M. Loncar, B. Kuyken, Post-deadline: On-chip electro-optic frequency comb generation using a heterogeneously integrated laser, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, (2022).
I. Luntadila Lufungula, A.Shams-Ansari, C. Op de Beeck, S. Cuyvers, S. Poelman, G. Roelkens, M. Loncar, B. Kuyken, Two-step transfer printed single mode DFB laser on LN, Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Society Benelux Chapter, Belgium, (2021) .
J. De Witte, S. Cuyvers, S. Poelman, B. Kuyken, D. Van Thourhout, Realization of Fabrication-Tolerant Si3N4-Si Mode Transformers, IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), (2021).
S. Cuyvers, B. Haq, C. Op de Beeck, S. Poelman, A. Hermans, Z. Wang, G. Roelkens, K. Van Gasse, B. Kuyken, Chip-scale electrically-pumped III-V-on-Silicon-Nitride frequency comb, accepted for publication in Photonics Online Meetup, (to be published).
T. Vanackere, M. Billet, C. Op de Beeck, S. Poelman, G. Roelkens, S. Clemmen, B. Kuyken, Micro-Transfer Printing of Lithium Niobate on Silicon Nitride, European Conference on Optical Communication, Belgium, doi:10.1109/ECOC48923.2020.9333415 (2020) .
S. Cuyvers, B. Haq, C. Op de Beeck, S. Poelman, A. Hermans, Z. Wang, G. Roelkens, K. Van Gasse, B. Kuyken, Ultra-Dense III-V-on-Silicon Nitride Frequency Comb Laser , European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Belgium, p.paper TH1L-4 (3 pages) (2020).
S. Poelman, K. Van Gasse, B. Kuyken, Multimode interference reflector for anti-colliding III-V-on-silicon-nitride mode-locked lasers, European Semiconductor Laser Workshop 2020, Netherlands, (2020) .
K. Van Gasse, B. Kuyken, A. Verschelde, M. Giudici, M. Marconi, G. Huyet, Analysis of the Phase-Locking Dynamics of a III-V-on-Silicon Ring Mode-Locked Laser, Frontiers in Optics, p.paper FW7F.3 (2020).
M. Billet, Y. Leger, C. Cornet, F. Raineri, I. Sagnes, G. Roelkens, F. Leo, B. Kuyken, Gallium phosphide-on-insulator photonics enabled by micro-transfer printing, OSA Advanced Photonics Congress, doi:10.1364/IPRSN.2020.ITu2A.6 (2020).
J. Wei, C. Ciret, M. Billet, F. Leo, B. Kuyken, S-P. Gorza, Octave spanning supercontinuum generation in dispersion-managed silicon waveguides, OSA Advanced Photonics Congress, doi:10.1364/IPRSN.2020.IM4A.5 (2020).
M. Pu, Y. Liu, C. Kim, Y. Zheng, E. Semenova, D. Kong, Hao Hu, Michael Galili, L. Katsuo Oxenlowe, B. Kuyken, M. Billet, F. Leo, Kresten Yvind, Broadband optical signal processing in AlGaAs-on insulator waveguides, OSA Advanced Photonics Congress (invited), doi:10.1364/IPRSN.2020.ITu2A.1 (2020).
Z. Chen, K. Van Gasse, E. Vincentini, J. H. Huh, S. Poelman, Z. Wang, G. Roelkens, T. Haensch, B. Kuyken, N. Picque, High-resolution dual-comb gas-phase spectroscopy with a mode-locked laser on a photonic chip, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), United States, p.paper JTh4A.8 (3 pages) (2020) .
K. Van Gasse, J. Huh, Z.Chen, S. Poelman, Z. Wang, G. Roelkens, T. W. Haensch, B. Kuyken, N. Picque, III-V-on-silicon mode-locked lasers with 1-GHz line spacing for dual-comb spectroscopy, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), United States, p.paper SF1G.5 (2 pages) (2020) .
M. Shahin, J. Rahimi Vaskasi, J. Van Kerrebrouck, A. Abbasi, K. Van Gasse, M. Muneeb, L. Breyne, P. Ossieur, X. Yin, J. Bauwelinck, G. Roelkens, G. Morthier, Demonstration of 80 Gbps NRZ-OOK Electro-Absorption Modulation of InP-on-Si DFB Laser Diodes, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), United States, doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2019.STh4N.1 (2019) .