Day 1: Monday, 11th June 2018
09:00-10:00 | Introduction to the school + Evolution of silicon photonics by Prof. Roel Baets (Ghent University-imec), Belgium |
10:00-11:30 | Silicon Photonics Passive Building Blocks by Prof. Dries Van Thourhout (Ghent University-imec), Belgium |
12:00-13:00 | Silicon Photonics Building Blocks (actives: Modulators) by Dr. Laurent Vivien C2N, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris Saclay (France) |
14:00-15:00 | Silicon Photonics Building Blocks (actives: Detectors) by Dr. Laurent Vivien C2N, CNRS, Univ. Paris-Sud, Univ. Paris Saclay (France) |
15:30-16:30 | Silicon Photonics Design Methodology (device simulation)Lecture: Silicon Photonics Design Methodology (device simulation) by Prof. Lukas Chrostowski (University of British Columbia, Canada) |
16:30-17:30 | Silicon Photonics Design Methodology (device simulation)Lecture: Silicon Photonics Design Methodology (circuit simulation) by Prof. Wim Bogaerts (Ghent University-imec) |
18:30-21:00 | Social Activities |
11:30-12:00: Coffee Break
13:00-14:00: Lunch Break
15:00-15:30: Coffee Break
Day 2: Tuesday, 12th June 2018
09:00-10:00 | Challenges in building and maintaining silicon photonics process flow by Dr. Philippe Absil (imec, Belgium) |
10:00-11:30 | Multilayer Silicon Photonics by Prof. Joyce Poon (University of Toronto, Canada) |
12:00-13:00 | CMOS process flow and key technology steps for silicon photonics by Prof. Shankar Selvaraja (Indian Institute of Science, India) |
14:00-15:00 | MEMS-based optical switching by Prof. Niels Quack (EPFL, Switzerland) |
15:30-16:30 | Silicon Photonics for emerging applications: LiDAR by Dr. Jerome Bourderionnet (Thales Research, France) |
16:30-17:30 | Silicon Photonics for mid-IR by Prof. Gunther Roelkens (Ghent University-imec, Belgium) |
18:30-21:00 | Evening at your own |
11:30-12:00: Coffee Break
13:00-14:00: Lunch Break
15:00-15:30: Coffee Break
Day 3: Wednesday, 13th June 2018
09:00-10:00 | Photonic Packaging – Managing the Optical, Electrical, and Thermal Challenges by Dr. Lee Carroll (Tyndall National Institute, Ireland) |
10:00-11:30 | Hybrid Silicon III-V Laser by Prof. Gunther Roelkens (Ghent University-imec, Belgium) |
12:00-13:00 | Power considerations for optical interconnects by Prof. David Miller (Stanford University, USA) |
14:00-15:00 | Silicon Nitride Photonics by Michael Geiselmann, (Ligentec, Switzerland) |
15:30-16:30 | Microwave Photonics by Prof. Jose Capmany (University Polytechnic Valencia, Spain) |
16:30-17:30 | Silicon photonics for bio-sensing by Dr. Bart Geers (Antilope) |
18:30-21:00 | Gala Dinner |
11:30-12:00: Coffee Break
13:00-14:00: Lunch Break
15:00-15:30: Coffee Break
Day 4: Thursday, 14th June 2018
09:00-10:00 | Spectroscopy on chip by Prof. Roel Baets (Ghent University-imec, Belgium) |
10:00-11:30 | Silicon Photonics for transceivers by Prof. Jeremy Witzens (RWTH Aachen University, Germany) |
12:00-13:00 | Phased array beam steering devices by Prof. Michael Watts (Analog Photonics, USA) |
Live streamed lecture for public viewing (permission pending)
14:00-15:00 | Programmable silicon PICs by Prof. David Miller (Stanford University, USA) |
Live streamed lecture for public viewing (permission pending)
15:30-16:30 | Optomechanics by Prof. Tobias Kippenberg (EPFL, Switzerland) |
16:30-17:30 | 2D Materials and Silicon Photonics by Prof. Marco Romagnoli (CNIT, Italy) |
17:45-19:00 | Lab visits of Photonics Research Group |
19:00-onwards | Poster Session + Networking + Food + Drinks |
11:30-12:00: Coffee Break
13:00-14:00: Lunch Break
15:00-15:30: Coffee Break
Day 5: Friday, 15th June 2018
09:00-10:00 | Stimulated Brillouin Scattering and its applications by David Marpaung, Twente University (Nederland) |
10:00-11:30 | European Silicon Photonics Ecosystems & AIM Photonics by Dr. Abdul Rahim (ePIXfab-Ghent University) & Prof. Michael Watts (Analog Photonics, USA) |
12:00-13:00 | Integrated Photonics for Quantum Information Science and Technology by Prof. Dirk Englund (MIT, USA) |
14:00-15:00 | Non-linear silicon photonics by Prof. Bart Kuyken (Ghent University-imec, Belgium) |
15:00-15:15 | Wrap-up and concluding remarks |