Heterogeneous tunable III-V-on-silicon-nitride mode-locked laser emitting wide optical spectra

Maximilien Billet; Stijn Cuyvers; Stijn Poelman; Artur Hermans; Sandeep Seema Saseendra; Tasuku Nakamura; Shinya Okamoto; Yasuhisa Inada; Kazuya Hisada; Taku Hirasawa; Joan Ramirez; Delphine Néel; Nicolas Vaissière; Jean Decobert; Philippe Soussan; Xavier Rottenberg; Gunther Roelkens; Jon Ø. Kjellman; Bart Kuyken

doi:10.1364/PRJ.507560

Photonics Research, Volume. 12, Issue 3, A21(2024)

Heterogeneous tunable III-V-on-silicon-nitride mode-locked laser emitting wide optical spectra Author Presentation , Spotlight on Optics

Maximilien Billet^1,2、*, Stijn Cuyvers^1,2, Stijn Poelman^1,2, Artur Hermans^1,2, Sandeep Seema Saseendra², Tasuku Nakamura³, Shinya Okamoto³, Yasuhisa Inada³, Kazuya Hisada³, Taku Hirasawa³, Joan Ramirez⁴, Delphine Néel⁴, Nicolas Vaissière⁴, Jean Decobert⁴, Philippe Soussan², Xavier Rottenberg², Gunther Roelkens^1,2, Jon Ø. Kjellman², and Bart Kuyken^1,2

Author Affiliations

¹Photonics Research Group, Department of Information Technology, Ghent University - imec, 9052 Ghent, Belgium

²imec, 3001 Leuven, Belgium

³Technology Division, Panasonic Holdings Corporation, Moriguchi-City, Osaka, Japan

⁴III-V Lab, F91767 Palaiseau, France

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Maximilien Billet, Stijn Cuyvers, Stijn Poelman, Artur Hermans, Sandeep Seema Saseendra, Tasuku Nakamura, Shinya Okamoto, Yasuhisa Inada, Kazuya Hisada, Taku Hirasawa, Joan Ramirez, Delphine Néel, Nicolas Vaissière, Jean Decobert, Philippe Soussan, Xavier Rottenberg, Gunther Roelkens, Jon Ø. Kjellman, Bart Kuyken, "Heterogeneous tunable III-V-on-silicon-nitride mode-locked laser emitting wide optical spectra," Photonics Res. 12, A21 (2024)

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Special Issue: ADVANCING INTEGRATED PHOTONICS: FROM DEVICE INNOVATION TO SYSTEM INTEGRATION

Received: Oct. 12, 2023

Accepted: Jan. 3, 2024

Published Online: Feb. 29, 2024

The Author Email: Maximilien Billet (Maximilien.billet@ugent.be)

DOI:10.1364/PRJ.507560

CSTR:32188.14.PRJ.507560

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