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ERC-StG: ULPPIC

Full Name: Ultra Low Power Photonic IC

Duration: 1/1/2011-31/12/2015 (Finished)

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Project Web site: http://www.ugent.be/nl/onderzoek/financiering/kaderprogramma/ercprojects.htm

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Publications in the framework of this project (59)

International Journals

B. Kunert, R. Langer, M. Pantouvaki, J. Van Campenhout, D. Van Thourhout, Gaining an edge with nano-ridges, Compund Semiconductor (invited), 24(5), p.36-41 (2018) .
P. Geiregat, A. J. Houtepen, L. K. Sagar, I. Infante, F. Zapata, V. Grigel, G. Allan, C. Delarue, D. Van Thourhout, Z. Hens, Continuous-wave infrared optical gain and amplified spontaneous emission at ultralow threshold by colloidal HgTe quantum dots, Nature Materials, 17, p.35-42 doi:10.1038/nmat5000 (2017) .
Y. Zhu, W. Xie, S. Bisschop, T. Aubert, E. Brainis, P. Geiregat, Z. Hens, D. Van Thourhout, On-Chip SIngle-Mode Distributed Feedback Colloidal Quantum Dot Laser under Nanosecond Pumping, ACS Photonics, United States, p.2446-2452 doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.7b00644 (2017) .
Z. Wang, A. Abbasi, U.D. Dave, A. De Groote, S. Kumari, B. Kunert, C. Merckling , M. Pantouvaki, Y. Shi, B. Tian, K. Van Gasse, J. Verbist, R. Wang, W. Xie, J. Zhang, Y. Zhu, J. Bauwelinck, X. Yin, Z. Hens, J. Van Campenhout, B. Kuyken, R. Baets, G. Morthier, D. Van Thourhout, G. Roelkens, Novel light source integration approaches for silicon photonics, Laser & Photonics Reviews, 11(4), p.1700063 (21 pages) doi:10.1002/lpor.201700063 (2017) .
W. Xie, T.Stoferle, G.Raino, T.Aubert, S. Bisschop, Y. Zhu, R.F. Mahrt, P. Geiregat, E. Brainis, Z. Hens, D. Van Thourhout, On-Chip Integrated Quantum-Dot-Silicon-Nitride Microdisk Lasers, Advanced Materials, 29, p.1604866 (6 pages) doi:10.1002/adma.201604866 (2017) .
L. Abdollahi Shiramin, D. Van Thourhout, Graphene Modulators and Switches Integrated on Silicon and Silicon Nitride Waveguide, Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics(JSTQE), p.36000107 doi:10.1109/jstqe.2016.2586458 (2017) .
P. Geiregat, A.J. Houtepen, D. Van Thourhout, Z. Hens, All-Optical Wavelength Conversion by Picosecond Burst Absorption in Colloidal PbS Quantum Dots, ACS Nano, doi:10.1021/acsnano.5b06630 (2016) .
W. Xie, Y. Zhu, T. Aubert, Z. Hens, E. Brainis, D. Van Thourhout, Fabrication and characterization of on-chip silicon nitride microdisk integrated with colloidal quantum dots, Optics Express, 24(2), United States, p.A114-A122 doi:10.1364/OE.24.00A114 (2015) .
Z. Wang, B. Tian, M. Pantouvaki, Weiming Guo, Philippe Absil, J Van Campenhout, Clement Merckling, D. Van Thourhout, Room Temperature InP Distributed Feedback Laser Array Directly Grown on (001) Silicon, Nature Photonics, doi:10.1038/nphoton.2015.199 (2015) .
W. Xie, R. Gomes, T. Aubert, S. Bisschop, Y. Zhu, Z. Hens, E. Brainis, D. Van Thourhout, Nanoscale and Single-Dot Patterning of Colloidal Quantum Dots, Nano Lett., 15(11), United States, p.7481–7487 doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.5b03068 (2015) .
Yosuke Shimura, A. Srinivasan, D. Van Thourhout, R. Van Deun, M. Pantouvaki, J. Van Campenhout, R. Loo, Enhanced active P doping using high order Ge precursors leading to intense photoluminescence, Thin Solid Films, doi:10.1016/j.tsf.2015.07.071 (2015).
W. Xie, Y. Zhu, Tangi Aubert, S. Verstuyft, Zeger Hens, D. Van Thourhout, Low-Loss Silicon Nitride Waveguide Hybridly Integrated With Colloidal Quantum Dots, Optics Express, 23(9), United States, p.12152-12160 doi:10.1364/OE.23.012152 (2015) .
P. Geiregat, C. Delerue, Y. Justo, M. Aerts, F. Spoor, D. Van Thourhout, L. Siebbeles, G. Allan, A.J. Houtepen, Z. Hens, A phonon scattering bottleneck for carrier cooling in lead chalcogenide nanocrystals, ACS Nano, 9(1), p.778–788 doi:10.1021/nn5062723 (2015) .
P. Geiregat, A.J. Houtepen, Y. Justo, F.G. Grozema, D. Van Thourhout, Z. Hens, Coulomb Shifts upon Exciton Addition to Photoexcited PbS Colloidal Quantum Dots, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118(38), p. 22284–22290 doi:10.1021/jp505530k (2014) .
W. Xie, M. Fiers, S. Selvaraja, P. Bienstman, J. Van Campenhout, Philippe Absil, D. Van Thourhout, High-Q Photonic Crystal Nanocavities on 300mm SOI Substrate Fabricated With 193 nm Immersion Lithography, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 32(18), p.1457 - 1462 doi:10.1109/JLT.2014.2308061 (2014) .
P. De Heyn, J. Luo, S. Di Lucente, N. Calabretta, H.J.S Dorren, D. Van Thourhout, In-Band Label Extractor Based on Cascaded Si Ring Resonators Enabling 160Gb/s Optical Packet Switching Modules, Journal of Lightwave Technology, doi:10.1109/jlt.2014.2307576 (2014) .
A. Omari, W. Xie, P. Geiregat, D. Van Thourhout, Z. Hens, Modeling the optical properties of low-cost colloidal quantum dot functionalized strip SOI waveguides, Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 99, doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2014.2304180 (2013).
Yolanda Justo, P. Geiregat, Karen Van Hoecke, Frank Vanhaecke, Celso de Mello Donga, Zeger Hens, Optical Properties of PbS/CdS Core/Shell Quantum Dots, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 117(39), p.20171–20177 doi:10.1021/jp406774p (2013) .
Z. Wang, B. Tian, Mohanchand Paladugu, M. Pantouvaki, N. Le Thomas, Clement Merckling, Weiming Guo, Johan Dekoster, J. Van Campenhout, Philippe Absil, D. Van Thourhout, Polytypic InP Nano-laser Monolithically Integrated on (001) Silicon, Nano Letters, 13(11), p.5063-5069 doi:10.1021/nl402145r (2013) .
Z. Wang, B. Tian, D. Van Thourhout, Design of a novel micro-laser formed by monolithic integration of a III-V pillar with a silicon photonic crystal cavity, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 31(9), p.1475-1481 doi:10.1109/jlt.2013.2252600 (2013) .
S. Stankovic, Jones, Richard, Sysak, Matthew, Heck, John, G. Roelkens, D. Van Thourhout, Hybrid III-V/Si Distributed Feedback Laser Based on Adhesive Bonding, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 24(23), p.2155-2158 doi:10.1109/lpt.2012.2223666 (2012) .
S.R.K. Rodriguez, G. Lozano, M.A. Verschuuren, R. Gomes, K. Lambert, B. De Geyter, A. Hassinen, D. Van Thourhout, Z. Hens, J. Gómez Rivas, Quantum rod emission coupled to plasmonic lattice resonances: A collective directional source of polarized light, Applied Physics Letters, 100(11), p.111103 doi:10.1063/1.3693397 (2012) .

International Conferences

D. Van Thourhout, InP-on-Silicon Integration Through Waferbonding and Epitaxy + Integration of Si and SiN PICs with New Active Materials, International School of Photonics (invited), Italy, (2016).
D. Van Thourhout, Y. Shi, B. Tian, Z. Wang, M. Pantouvaki, C. Merckling, B. Kunert, W. Guo, J. Van Campenhout, III-V on Silicon DFB Laser Arrays, Summer Topicals 2016 (invited), United States, p.MB4.1 (2016) .
D. Van Thourhout, Y. Shi, B. Tian, Z. Wang, M. Pantouvaki, C. Merckling, B. Kunert, W. Guo, J. Van Campenhout, III-V on Silicon DFB Laser Arrays, Group IV conference (invited), China, p.FA6 doi:10.1109/group4.2016.7739086 (2016) .
Z. Wang, M. Pantouvaki, G. Morthier, C. Merckling, J. Van Campenhout, D. Van Thourhout, G. Roelkens, Heterogeneous Integration of InP Devices on Silicon, the 28th International Conference on Indium Phosphide and Related Materials (IPRM) (invited), Japan, p.paper ThD1-1 (2016) .
D. Van Thourhout, Z. Wang, B. Tian, Y. Shi, M. Pantouvaki, C. Merckling, Y. Hu, I. Asselberghs, S. Brems, L. Abdollahi Shiramin, C. Alessandri, J. George, J. Beeckman, M. Hsu, P .Absil, J. Van Campenhout, New Materials for Multifunctional Photonic ICs, Conferencia Españolade Nanofotonica (invited), Spain, p.81 (2016) .
Z. Wang, B. Tian, M. Pantouvaki, J. Van Campenhout, C. Merckling, D. Van Thourhout, Room Temperature InGaAs/InP Distributed Feedback Laser Directly Grown on Silicon, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), United States, doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2016.SW4M.3 (2016) .
W. Xie, T. Stoferle, G. Raino, T. Aubert, Y. Zhu, R.F. Mahrt, E. Brainis, Z. Hens, D. Van Thourhout, Integrated Silicon Nitride Microdisk Lasers Based on Quantum Dots, CLEO 2016, United States, p.paper JTh4B.6 doi:10.1364/CLEO_AT.2016.JTh4B.6 (2016) .
W. Xie, Y. Zhu, T. Aubert, Z. Hens, E. Brainis, D. Van Thourhout, Integration of silicon nitride photonics with nanoscale materials: from passive to active photonics ICs, The International Symposium on Optoelectronic Technology and Application (invited), China, (2016) .
L. Abdollahi Shiramin, D. Van Thourhout, Broadband Double layer Graphene Switch Integrated on Silicon and Silicon Nitride Waveguide, Graphene 2016, Italy, (2016) .
D. Van Thourhout, Y. Hu, M. Pantouvaki, K. Alexander, B. Kuyken, S. Brems, I. Asselberghs, C. Huyghebaert, C. Alessandri, C. Alessandri, J. Van Campenhout, Hybrid graphene-silicon photonics devices, 41st European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC), Spain, p.paper Th.2.4.3 doi:10.1109/ecoc.2015.7341887 (2015) .
Y Shimura, A. Srinivasan, D. Van Thourhout, R. Van Deun, M. Pantouvaki, J. Van Campenhout, R. Loo, Enhanced Ge Photoluminescence by increasing the active P doping using high order Ge precursors at lower growth temperatuers, 2015 E-MRS Fall Meeting and Exhibit , (2015).
A. Srinivasan, M. Pantouvaki, P. Verheyen, G. Lepage, P. Absil, J. Van Campenhout, D. Van Thourhout, Carrier Lifetime Assessment in Integrated Ge Waveguide Devices, 12th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP), Canada, p.ThC2 doi:10.1109/group4.2015.7305916 (2015).
W. Xie, Y. Zhu, T. Aubert, Z. Hens, E. Brainis, D. Van Thourhout, On-chip Hybrid Integration of Silicon Nitride Microdisk With Colloidal Quantum Dots, 12th International Conference on Group IV Photonics, ThB2, Canada, p.159-160 doi:10.1109/group4.2015.7305912 (2015) .
B. Kuyken, R. Van Laer, F. Leo, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets, G. Roelkens, T. Ideguchi, S. Holzner, M. Yan, A. De Rossi,, F. Raineri,, W. Green, N. Picque, Nonlinear Optics on a Silicon Platform for Broadband Light Generation and Ultrafast Information Processing, The 20th Optoelectronic and Communications Conference (OECC2015), China, p.paper JThE.22 doi:10.1109/oecc.2015.7340158 (2015) .
B. Tian, Z. Wang, D. Van Thourhout, J. Van Campenhout, Weiming Guo, M. Pantouvaki, Philippe Absil, Clement Merckling, Monolithic integrated InP distributed Bragg reflector (DBR) lasers on (001) silicon, CLEO/Europe-EQEC Conference, Germany, (2015) .
P. Geiregat, A. Houtepen, D. Van Thourhout, Z. Hens, Low Power All-‐Optical Wavelength Conversion with Terahertz Refresh Rates using Colloidal Nanocrystals, CLEO Europe, Germany, p.paper EG-P.13 MON (2015).
Z. Wang, A. Malik, B. Tian, M. Muneeb, Clement Merckling, M. Pantouvaki, Yosuke Shimura, Roger Loo, J Van Campenhout, D. Van Thourhout, G. Roelkens, Near/Mid-Infrared Heterogeneous Si Photonics, The 9th International Conference On Silicon Epitaxy And Heterostructures (invited), (2015) .
P. Geiregat, A.J. Houtepen, F. Grozema, D. Van Thourhout, Z. Hens, Picosecond All-Optical Wavelength Conversion using Hot Carrier Intraband Absorption in Colloidal Nanocrystals, E-MRS Spring Meeting, France, (2015) .
P. Geiregat, C. Delerue, Y. Justo, M. Aerts, F. Spoor, D. Van Thourhout, L. D. Siebbeles, G. Allan, A.J. Houtepen, Z. Hens, A Phonon Scattering Bottleneck for Carrier Cooling in Lead-Chalcogenide Nanocrystals, E-MRS Spring Meeting, France, doi:10.1557/opl.2015.595 (2015) .
P. Geiregat, A.J. Houtepen, F.C. Grozema, D. Van Thourhout, Z. Hens, Picosecond All-Optical Wavelength Conversion using Hot Carrier Intraband Absorption in Colloidal PbS Nanocrystals , MRS Spring Meeting - WW4.04, United States, (2015).
W. Xie, D. Van Thourhout, Fabrication of high-Q silicon nitride microdisk resonator coupled with on-chip waveguide, Proceedings of the 19th Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Society Benelux Chapter, Netherlands, p.145-148 (2014) .
D. Van Thourhout, S. Keyvaninia, M. Tassaert, T. Spuesens, G. Roelkens, B. Tian, Z. Wang, M. Pantouvaki, J. Van Campenhout, C. Merckling, III-V on-silicon sources for optical interconnect applications, IEEE Photonics Conference (invited), United States, p.186-187 doi:10.1109/ipcon.2014.6995310 (2014) .
P. Geiregat, A.J. Houtepen, D. Van Thourhout, C. Delerue, Z. Hens, Properties and Dynamics of Cooling Charge Carriers in Lead Sulfide Quantum Dots, International Conference on Fundamental Processes in Semiconductor Nanocrystals, United Kingdom, (2014).
Z. Wang, Clement Merckling, B. Tian, Weiming Guo, M. Pantouvaki, J Van Campenhout, D. Van Thourhout, Selective epitaxial growth of III-Vs on patterned 300 mm Si substrate, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (invited), China, (2014) .
Z. Wang, Clement Merckling, B. Tian, Weiming Guo, M. Pantouvaki, J Van Campenhout, D. Van Thourhout, Philippe Absil, Integration of InP nanowire lasers on (001) silicon substrate by selective epitaxial growth, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (invited), China, (2014) .
W. Xie, D. Van Thourhout, High-Q Free-standing Silicon Nitride Microdisk Vertically Coupled with On-chip Waveguide, CLEO 2014, United States, doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2014.STu3M.3 (2014) .
P. Geiregat, A. Houtepen, L.K. Sagar, C. Delerue, G. Allan, D. Van Thourhout, Z. Hens, Thresholdless Optical Gain using Colloidal HgTe Nanocrystals, CLEO, United States, p.paper FtH4C4 doi:10.1364/cleo_qels.2014.fth4c.4 (2014) .
P. Geiregat, A. Houtepen, C. Delerue, G. Allan, L.K. Sagar, D. Van Thourhout, Z. Hens, Near-Thresholdless Optical Gain using Colloidal HgTe Nanocrystals, 30 Years of Colloidal Quantum Dots, (2014).
S. Selvaraja, P. De Heyn, G. Winroth, P. Ong, G. Lepage, C. Cailler, A. Rigny, K. Bourdelle, W. Bogaerts, D. Van Thourhout, J. Van Campenhout, P. Absil, Highly uniform and low-loss passive silicon photonics devices using a 300mm CMOS platform, Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OF2014), United States, p.Th2A.33 doi:10.1364/ofc.2014.th2a.33 (2014) .
P. De Heyn, J. De Coster, P. Verheyen, G. Lepage, M. Pantouvaki, P. Absil, W. Bogaerts, D. Van Thourhout, J. Van Campenhout, Polarization-Insensitive 5x20Gb/s WDM Ge Receiver using Compact Si Ring Filters with Collective Thermal Tuning, Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC 2014), United States, p.Th4C.5 doi:10.1364/ofc.2014.th4c.5 (2014) .
P. Geiregat, A. Houtepen, M. Aerts, D. Van Thourhout, C. Delerue, Z. Hens, Properties and dynamics of cooling charge carriers in lead sulfide quantum dots, Nanax 2014 , Austria, (2014).
P. Geiregat, Arjan Houtepen, Michiel Aerts, Christophe Delerue, D. Van Thourhout, Zeger Hens, Hyperspectral Analysis of Ultrafast Hot Carrier Dynamics in Pb-chalcogenide Nanocrystals: a Case for Slow Cooling, International Quantum Dot Meeting 2014, Italy, (2013) .
Z. Wang, M. Pantouvaki, Mohan Paladugu, B. Tian, Richard Olivier, Bender Hugo, Clement Merckling, Weiming Guo, Johan Dekoster, Matty Caymax, J Van Campenhout, D. Van Thourhout, High Quality InP Localized Growth on Silicon for Photonics Applications, Progress In Electromagnetics Research Symposium (PIERS 2013), Sweden, p.68 (2013) .
Z. Wang, B. Tian, Mohan Paladugu, M. Pantouvaki, Clement Merckling, Weiming Guo, Johan Dekoster, Matty Caymax, J. Van Campenhout, Philippe Absil, D. Van Thourhout, An Ultra-Short InP Nanowire Laser Monolithic Integrated on (001) Silicon Substrate_final, IEEE summer topicals 2013, United States, p.23-24 doi:10.1109/phosst.2013.6614448 (2013) .
B. Tian, M. Paladugu, Z. Wang, P. Marianna, D. Van Thourhout, Photoluminescence characterization of III-V materials epitaxially grown on silicon, Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Society Belenux Chapter, Belgium, p.247-250 (2012) .
W. Xie, M. Fiers, S. Selvaraja, J. Van Campenhout, P. Absil, D. Van Thourhout, High-Q photonic crystal nanocavities on 300 mm SOI substrate fabricated by 193 nm immersion lithography, Proceedings of the 2012 Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Society Benelux Chapter, Belgium, p.183-186 (2012) .

National Conferences

K.Devloo-Casier, J. Dendooven, Karl F. Ludwig, P. Geiregat, Z. Hens, C. Detavernier, Nanoscale area selective ZnO growth between a monolayer of nanocrystals, PhD Symposium Faculty of Science (UGent), Belgium, (2014).