Photonics Research Group - UGent-imec

The Photonics Research Group (about 85 people) is an associated lab of imec and is part of the Department of Information Technology of Ghent University. The group has been active in photonics device research for many years. The managing professors in the group are Roel Baets, Peter Bienstman, Wim Bogaerts, Stephane Clemmen, Bart Kuyken, Nicolas Le Thomas, Geert Morthier, Gunther Roelkens and Dries Van Thourhout. The main research directions are silicon nanophotonics, heterogeneous integration, optical communication, photonic (bio) sensors and photonic integrated circuits for biomedical applications in the near-infrared and mid-infrared wavelength range. More in particular, the silicon nanophotonics work focuses on the design and fabrication of SOI - based photonic devices using standard lithographic techniques compatible with CMOS processing.