Program

Invited speakers | Conference Program | Instructions for authors

Invited speakers

Keynote: Integrated and nonlinear quantum optics
Professor Roberto Morandotti, INRS
Roberto Morandotti, Professor at INRS-EMT since 2008, has a broad knowledge in the field of photonics, ranging from the fabrication of integrated devices to the use of state-of-the-art optical characterization techniques in the Infrared and Terahertz frequency domains. During the last years, he has established a novel and very successful line of research in nonlinear optics and integrated photonics. Read more
Visible light integrated photonics
Professor Joyce Poon, University of Toronto
Joyce Poon is a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, Director of the Max Planck Institute for Microstructure Physics, and Honorary Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the Technical University of Berlin. She and her team specialize in integrated photonic devices and circuits for communications and neurotechnology. She received the PhD and M.S. in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 2007 and 2003 respectively, and the BASc in Engineering Science (physics option) from the University of Toronto in 2002. Read more...
Progress in electronic-photonic integrated circuits and systems: platforms, devices and applications
Professor Miloš Popović, Boston University
His research areas are: Theory, design and experimental demonstration of integrated photonic and optoelectronic devices; silicon photonics
CMOS electronics-photonics integration; integrated electronic-photonic systems-on-chip, Nonlinear integrated photonics, Quantum integrated photonic circuits and Phononic, acousto-optic, optomechanical and light-force based nanoscale devices. Read more
Waveguide amplifiers in Si3N4 by ion implantation of erbium
Dr. Yang Liu, EPFL
Yang Liu joined the Laboratory of Photonics and Quantum Measurements (LPQM) in EPFL as a postdoctoral researcher in December 2020, holding a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship. He worked in the nonlinear photonics group lead by Benjamin Eggleton at CUDOS, and received his Ph.D in physics from University of Sydney, Australia in mid 2019. Read more
Integrated programmable photonics
Dr. Daniel Pérez López, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia
I hold a BSc, MSc and PhD degrees In Telecommunications Engineering from the Universitat Politècnica de València and I’m full-time working in the Photonics Research Labs. My research embraces integrated photonics, focusing on programmable photonic processors. I have been involved in several research projects and published around 20 contributions in international referred journals and conferences. Read more
Integration of quantum light sources, circuits and superconducting detectors on nanophotonic chips
Professor Carsten Schuck, Munster University
The vision of our research is centered around a versatile quantum technology platform on silicon chips that allows for realizing applications in quantum communication, quantum information processing and quantum sensing. We pursue this goal by leveraging modern nanofabrication capabilities for integrating quantum emitters and superconducting nanowire single photon detectors (SNSPD) with reconfigurable nanophotonic circuits. Read more

Conference Program

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Wednesday 19 April 2023


11:3014:00Registration and Pick up bikes
14:0014:30Opening ceremony
14:3015:30Progress in electronic-photonic integrated circuits and systems: platforms, devices and applications
Professor Miloš Popović, Boston University
15:3016:00
Cofffee Break
16:0017:00TOP SCORING SESSION
Platforms
Micro-transfer-printed O-band GaAs QD-on-Si DFB Laser on an advanced silicon photonics platform. Jing Zhang.
Devices
Ultrafast frequency-agile narrow-linewidth lasers using lithium niobate integrated photonics. Viacheslav Snigirev
Physical Insights
Spectrally Programmable Individual Color Centers in Silicon Waveguides. Carlos Erando Herranz
Applications
Fully Integrated Quasi-Coherent Receiver Based on Co-hosted InP PIC and a SiGe ASIC. Francisco Rodrigues
17:1518:30Opening of the exhibition session
18:3019:30Panel discussion
19:30Reception

Thursday 20 April 2023


09:3010:30

Integrated photonic technologies and platforms

Devices and Integrated Circuits


Th1.1 Invited
Waveguide amplifiers in Si3N4 platform. Liu Yang
Th2.1 First experimental demonstration of a Generalized Mach-Zehnder Interferometer on Si3N4. Stefanos Kovaios.
Th1.2 Optical gain via multi-layer monolithic integration of Si3N4 with Al2O3:Er3+ waveguide amplifiers. Carlos Osornio.

Th2.2 Reverse Synthesis for the Configuration of Coupled Ring Resonators. Xiangfeng Chen.
Th1.3 Broadband and large mode-area on-chip amplifier. Mahmoud Gaafar.Th2.3. Demonstration of nano-pixel 9:1 asymmetric power splitter. Haisong Jiang

Th2.4 Demonstrating Bidirectional Coupling Using a Monolithically Integrated Tunable Comb Source. John McCarthy
10:3011:30
Coffee Break & Posters
11:3012:30

Integrated photonic technologies and platforms

Devices and Integrated Circuits


Th1.4 Invited. Integration of quantum light sources, circuits and superconducting detectors on nanophotonic chips. Carsten Schuck.Th2.5. Subwavelength metamaterial grating couplers on silicon nitride platform. Daniel Benedikovic.
Th1.5. Fiber-coupled plug-and-play heralded single photon source based on Ti:LiNbO3 and polymer technology. Christian Kießler.Th2.6. Integrated four channel wavelength multiplexer in Thin Film Lithium Niobate for CWDM 400G/800G short reach communications. Giuseppe Cusmai.
Th1.6. Programmable photorefractive optical synapses in integrated photonics for neuromorphic computing. Elger A. Vlieg.Th2.7. Thermo-optically Tunable DBR Resonator with Ultra-broad Rejection Band for Silicon Photonic Applications. Pratyasha Priyadarshini
Th2.8. Ultra-high resolution on-chip reconstructive spectrometer. Chunhui Yao
12:3013:30
Lunch & Exhibition
13:3014:15Women in Photonics
14:1515:15

Integrated photonic technologies and platforms

Applications of PICs

Th1.7. Invited. Glass integrated photonics. Jean-Emmanuel Broquin.Th2.9 Soliton generation in a gallium phosphide photonic crystal cavity. Alysa Davydova.
Th1.8. Damage Resistant Diced Waveguides in Ti-Indiffused Lithium Niobate for Second Harmonic Generation. Michelle Kirsch.Th2.10. Demonstration of low RMS differential phase noise across C-band for integrated, amplifying optical phased arrays. Shiva Vikram Bhagavatula
Th1.9. Monolithic CMOS sample & hold circuit for sequential control of volatile actuators in Silicon Photonics. Francesco Zanetto.Th2.11 Sub-kHz linewidth, high power, frequency agile photonic integrated E-DBR laser. Anat Siddharth
Th2.12 Unconventional Optical Phased Array Antennas Integrated in a Programmable Photonic Integrated Circuit. Nicola Anselmi.
15:1516:30
Coffee Break & Posters
16:3017:45

Devices and Integrated Circuits


Applications of PICs

Th1.10. Suspended Gallium Arsenide Electro-Optic Racetrack Ring Modulator. Haoyang Li.Th2.13. Invited. Astrocomb miniaturization. Ewelina Obzrud
Th1.11. Thermal Stabilization of Micro-ring Modulator using a Monolithically Integrated Analog Feedback Circuit. Vaibhav Ruparelia.Th2.14. A Photonic Integrated High-power Soliton Microcomb Generator. Xinru Li.
Th1.12. Phase modulation in a Compact 8-channel Loop-back AWG based Integrated Comb Processor. Louw Roel van der Zon.Th2.15. Thermally controlled frequency comb generation in hybrid silicon quantum dot lasers. Thibaut Renaud.
Th1.13. 1 GHz integrated electro-optical modulator in the 5.5-9 µm wavelength range. Thi Hao Nhi NguyenTh2.16. Electro-Optic Packaging of Silicon Photonics-Based RF Multiplier for Clock Signal Generation in the Millimeter-Wave Band. Claudio Porzi
Th1.14 Intra-Cavity Coherently Combining of DBR Lasers on an InP Generic Foundry Platform. Rakesh Ranjan Kumar.
19:00
Gala Dinner

Friday 21 April 2023


08:4509:30Keynote 2
Integrated Photonics for Quantum and Artificial Neural Networks-based Signal Processing, Roberto Morandotti
09:3010:30

Devices and Integrated Circuits


Novel physical insights and materials

F1.1 Invited. 20-mode Quantum Photonic Processor as an industrial product. Michiel de Goede.F2.1 Magneto-optical properties of e-beam evaporated EuS films for room temperature applications. Frank Somhorst
F1.2. Fully On-chip Laser-integrated Entangled Photon Pair Source. Michael Kues.F2.2. Supersymmetric Compactification and Higher-Dimensional Rearrangement of Photonic Lattices. Tom Wolterink
F1.3. Frequency agile SiN-MEMS photonic integrated external cavity laser. Andrea Bancora. Grigory Lihachev.F2.3. Investigations on Brillouin and Kerr properties of a low-index silicon oxynitride platform. Kaixuan Ye
F2.4. Enhanced Frequency Noise Discrimination Using Cavity-coupled Mach-Zehnder Interferometer. Mohamad Hossein Idjadi
10:3011:30
Coffee Break & Posters
11:3012:30

Devices and Integrated Circuits


Integrated photonic technologies and platforms

F1.4. Invited. Integrated programmable photonics. Daniel Pérez López.F2.5. Development of an integrated optical sensor on chalcogenide glasses and on porous silicon for the mid-infrared spectroscopy. Sofiane Meziani.
F1.5. Photonic memory based on VO2/Si technology. Jorge Parra.F2.6. Integrated White-Light Interferometry for rapid dispersion and index measurements of InP waveguides. Amer Bassal.
F1.6. A memristor-controlled multilevel non-volatile phase shifter for photonic integrated circuits. Felix Hermann.F2.7. High-power CW >100 mW SOAs for active-passive integration. Andrzej Jankowski.
F1.7. 1x4 Vertical Power Splitter/Combiner: A Basic Building Block for Complex 3D Waveguide Routing Networks. Madeleine Weigel.F2.8. Temperature stabilization techniques for High Stability LO Generation using a Hybrid Integrated Dual InP-Si3N4 Laser Source. Alberto Zarzuelo.
F2.9 Characterisation and mitigation of surface related optical loss in suspended GaAs photonic integrated circuits. Robert Thomas.
12:3014:15
Lunch & Exhibition
14:1515:15

Devices and Integrated Circuits


Applications of PICs

F1.8. C-Band Apodized Chirped Gratings in Aluminum Oxide Strip Waveguides. Milan Sinobad.F2.10 Integrated Photonic Processor Enabling Dynamic Mitigation of Turbulence-Induced Scintillation in an Optical Free Space Link. Andres Martinez
F1.9 Lasing in a Neodymium-doped Aluminium Oxide Taiji Resonator. Dahnée Wojcik.F2.11 Miniature and non-contact photoacoustic system using silicon photonics-based Laser Doppler Vibrometer and compact excitation source. Emiel Dieussaert
F1.10. Accurate, high-speed tuning of an ultra-narrow linewidth external cavity laser. Wilson TsongF2.12 Integrated Microwave Photonic Receiver for Radar Applications. Federico Camponeschi
F1.11 A hybrid photonic integrated signal source with >1.5 THz continuous tunability and <0.25 GHz accuracy for mmW/THz applications. Tianwen QianF2.13 Automatic mitigation of tilt and phase-front distortions in multichannel chip-to-chip free-space optical links. SeyedMohammad SeyedinNavadeh
15:1516:30
Coffee Break & Posters
16:3017:00Closing ceremony
17:00Return bikes/ Labs and company visits (optional)

Instructions for authors

Oral Sessions
The presentation times for oral sessions are as follows:

  • contributed talks 15 minutes
  • invited talks 30 minutes

Please consider that each presentation should include 3 minutes for Q&A.
Presenters and chairs should meet 20 minutes before the beginning of their session in the room indicated in the programme.
Presentation should be prepared in MS PowerPoint or in PDF format and uploaded directly in the assigned conference room before the beginning of the session.
A 16:9 FullHD video projector and a PC are available in conference rooms as well as a remote controller with laser pointer. We suggest preparing presentation in 16:9 format, however 4:3 would be also acceptable. Videos included in the presentation are recommended to be in WMV and AVI formats.

Poster Sessions
Poster boards are in vertical/portrait format and their size is A0 (W: 841 mm x H: 1189 mm).
Every poster-holder will display the paper number. All materials necessary for fastening the posters are provided by the organizers and are available in the poster area. Presenters are asked to set up their poster during the coffee break preceding the poster session.
Presenters should display paper titles, lists of authors and author affiliations on their posters.
Presenters are required to be available for discussion during the scheduled poster session. After the end of the session, presenters are asked to remove their own poster. The organizing committee does not take responsibility for posters left unattended after the end of the session.