Sander Reniers of Eindhoven University of Technology

Indium phosphide photonic integration platforms offer a wide range of passive components, but excel in their optoelectrical functionality. The indium-phosphide-membrane-on-silicon (IMOS) platform bargains this functionality, but combines it with high-index-contrast nanophotonic circuits. Recent demonstrations have highlighted devices with competitive performance metrics, including ultrafast photodiodes, best-in-class thermos-optic phase modulators, multi-pass SOAs, and widely-tunable lasers. Applications of the IMOS devices show high potential in optical wireless, optical cross-connects and sensing applications.

Biography:

Sander Reniers obtained the BSc. and MSc. (cum laude) degrees in electrical engineering from the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in 2014 and 2017, respectively. His MSc thesis work was carried out at Oclaro (now Lumentum) at their Caswell, United Kingdom site, on IQ receivers. He then pursued the PhD degree in the Photonic Integration group at TU/e, which he obtained in 2022. The PhD thesis is titled “Integration of a polarization converter on the IMOS platform.” He stayed at TU/e as a postdoctoral researcher, working on micro-transferprinting of InP coupons. Currently, Sander is working as a senior researcher and process architect in the Photonic Integration group at TU/e, with a focus on heterogeneous integration.