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Integrated Comb Laser

Research Area: Integrated lasers and LEDs , Integrated nonlinear optics

Main Researcher: Bart Kuyken

Integrated mode-locked lasers offer several advantages over traditional continuous wave lasers as they allow for parallelisation. This stems from the many equidistant laser lines they emit. Here we want to make integrated version of these type of type of lasers. We want to integrate the lasers on a SiN platform to exploit the low linear losses of these waveguides.


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    International Journals

  1. T. Reep, C. Wu, D. Yudistira, S. Brems, I. Asselberghs, M. Pantouvaki, J. Van Campenhout, D. Van Thourhout, B. Kuyken, Graphene absorber on an SOI chip for active and passive mode locking of lasers, Scientific Reports, 15(1), doi:10.1038/s41598-025-93051-z (2025)  Download this Publication (3.8MB).
  2. 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)  Download this Publication (5MB).
  3. 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)  Download this Publication (1.1MB).
  4. E. Vissers, S. Poelman, H. Wenzel, H. Christopher, K. Van Gasse, A. Knigge, B. Kuyken, Hybrid integrated mode-locked laser using a GaAs-based 1064 nm gain chip and a SiN external cavity, Optics Express, 30(23), p.42394-42405 doi:10.1364/OE.474671 (2022)  Download this Publication (4MB).
  5. A. Hermans, K. Van Gasse, B. Kuyken, On-chip optical comb sources, APL Photonics (invited), 7, p.100901 doi:10.1063/5.0105164 (2022)  Download this Publication (10MB).
  6. 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)  Download this Publication (6.5MB).
  7. 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)  Download this Publication (4MB).
  8. 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)  Download this Publication (3.7MB).
      International Conferences

    1. D. Wang, T. Reep, T. N. L Tran, S. Poelman, J. Carreira, C. Op de Beeck, S. Cuyvers, M. Geiselmann, J. Zhang, G. Roelkens, B. Kuyken, O- and C-band III-V-on-SiN Mode-Locked Comb Lasers Integrated on a Single Chip, accepted for publication in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (2025) - Postdeadline Papers, United States,  (to be published).
    2. D. Wang, T. N. L Tran, S. Poelman, T. Reep, J. Zhang, G. Roelkens, B. Kuyken, Heterogeneous integration of O-band GaAs QD-on-SiN Fabry-Perot laser with observed mode-locking, SPIE Photonics West 2025, United States, p.13371-28 doi:10.1117/12.3043001 (2025)  Download this Publication (13.7MB).
    3. T. Reep, S. Poelman, J. De Witte, S. Cuyvers, D. Van Thourhout, B. Kuyken, Automated alignment- and fabrication-tolerant multi-segment adiabatic mode coupler using Ansys Lumerical , IEEE Photonics Benelux Annual Symposium 2024, Belgium, (2024).
    4. S. Poelman, T. Reep, A. Lebanov, X. Rottenberg, J. Kjellman, M. Billet, B. Kuyken, Heterogeneous III-V-On-Silicon-Nitride Mode-Locked Laser With Intra-Cavity Filter, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, South Korea, (2024).
    5. T. Reep, M. Billet, D. Van Thourhout, B. Kuyken, Characterisation of a transfer-printed InP saturable absorber on a silicon platform, accepted for publication in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, South Korea,  (to be published).
    6. 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)  Download this Publication (1.1MB).
    7. 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).
    8. 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)  Download this Publication (817KB).
    9. 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)  Download this Publication (146KB).
    10. M. Billet, L.N Reis, T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, F. Leo, G. Roelkens, B. Kuyken, Heterogeneous integration on silicon nitride for integrated photonics: lasers and nonlinear materials., JNTE 2022 (invited), France, (2022)  Download this Publication (147KB).
    11. 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)  Download this Publication (2.7MB).
    12. 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).
    13. S. Cuyvers, T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, S. Poelman, C. Op de Beeck, J. De Witte, A. Hermans, K. Van Gasse, N. Picque, D. Van Thourhout, G. Roelkens, S. Clemmen, B. Kuyken, High-Yield Heterogeneous Integration of Silicon and Lithium Niobate Thin Films, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, United States, (2022)  Download this Publication (240KB).
    14. 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).
    15. A. Hermans, K. Van Gasse, J. O. Kjellman, C. Caer, T. Nakamura, Y. Inada, K. Hisada, T. Hirasawa, S. Kumari, A. Marinins, R. Jansen, G. Roelkens, P. Soussan, X. Rottenberg, B. Kuyken, III-V-on-Silicon-Nitride Mode-Locked Laser with 2 pJ On-Chip Pulse Energy, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, p.SM1A.1 doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2021.SM1A.1 (2021)  Download this Publication (407KB).
    16. J. Zhang, C. Op de Beeck, B. Haq, S. Cuyvers, A. Hermans, J. De Witte, E. Soltanian, A. Gocolinska, E. Pelucchi, B. Corbett, A. J. Trindate, C. Bowers, J. Van Campenhout, G. Lepage, P. Verheyen, III-V-on-Si/SiN lasers realized using micro-transfer printing, SPIE photonics west (invited), (2021).
    17. S. Cuyvers, S. Poelman, K. Van Gasse, B. Kuyken, Novel Hybrid Modeling Strategy for Semiconductor Mode-Locked Lasers , OSA Laser Congress, (2020).
    18. 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).
    19. 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)  Download this Publication (341KB).
    20. 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)  Download this Publication (611KB).

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