ISBN 978-90-365-2768-2

• Silicon Integrated Photonics at IBM
  F. Horst
• Supercritical angle fluorescence (SAF) and plasmonic enhancement strategies for optical biochip applications
  C. McDonagh
• Ion- exchanged rare-earth doped amplifiers and lasers
  J.E. Broquin, E. Ghibaudo, L. Bastard
• Silicon-on-Insulator Microspectrometer
  J. Brouckaert, S. Selvaraja, W. Bogaerts, G. Roelkens, M.Y. Ling, J. Allaert, P. Dumon, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets
• Exploiting micro-ring resonators for all-optical label extractor/eraser of inband labels and 160 Gb/s payload
  N. Calabretta, P.J. Urban, D.H. Geuzebroek, H. de Waardt, H.J.S. Dorren
• Enhancement of Multioctave Dynamic Range in a Push-Pull Modulated Analog Photonic Link
  D.A.I. Marpaung, C.G.H. Roeloffzen, W. van Etten
• Ultrahigh-repetition-rate pulse-train generation in a passive optical fiber cavity
  F. Leo, A. Mussot, P. Kockaert, M. Taki, E. Louvergneau, P. Emplit, M. Haelterman
• Label-free biosensing with silicon-on-insulator slotted racetrack resonator
  T. Claes, J. Gironès, K. De Vos, P. Bienstman, R. Baets
• Detection of light backscattered from liquids by means of integrated optical waveguides
  N. Ismail, F. Sun, K. Wörhoff, M. Pollnau, A. Driessen
• Experimental investigations of coherent optical-frequency domain reflectometry
  K. Yüksel, M. Wuilpart, P. Mégret
• Observation of Cladding Brillouin Scattering (CBS) modes using backscattering technique
  M. Dossou, D. Bacquet, A. Goffin, P. Szriftgiser
• Short-cavity lasers with deeply etched DBR mirrors for Photonic Integrated Circuits
  B. Docter, F. Karouta, E.A.J.M. Bente, T.M.F. de Smet, M.K. Smit
• Novel reflective SOA with MMI-loop mirror based on semi-insulating InP
  L. Xu, X.J.M. Leijtens, P.J. Urban, E. Smalbrugge, T. de Vries, R. Nötzel, Y.S. Oei, M.K. Smit
• Spatial coherence properties of a broad-area Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser in the incoherent emission regime
  G. Craggs, G. Verschaffelt, M. Peeters, H. Thienpont, J. Danckaert, S.K. Mandre, I. Fischer
• Upconversion spectroscopy of Al₂O₃:Er³⁺
  L. Agazzi, J.D.B. Bradley, F. Ay, A. Kahn, H. Scheife, K. Petermann, G. Huber, R.M. de Ridder, K. Wörhoff, M. Pollnau
• Focused-ion-beam fabrication of slots in silicon waveguides and ring resonators
  J. Schrauwen, T. Claes, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets
• Low-loss waveguides and passive devices in BCB-bonded InP membranes on Silicon
  F. Bordas, F. Van Laere, G. Roelkens, E.J. Geluk, F. Karouta, P.J. van Veldhoven, R. Nötzel, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets, M.K. Smit
• 3D Modeling of a thermo-electric detector array for deconvolution based laser beam profile reconstruction
  W. Vandermeiren, J. Stiens, C. De Tandt, G. Borghs, E. Delarbre, R. Vounckx
• Photon pair generation in a continuous regime in nanophotonic silicon waveguide
  S. Clemmen, K. Phan Huy, W. Bogaerts, R. Baets, P. Emplit, S. Massar
• Broadband phased array antenna steering by means of coherent signal combining in an integrated ring resonator-based optical beamformer
  L. Zhuang, A. Meijerink, C.G.H. Roeloffzen, D.A.I. Marpaung, R.G. Heideman, M. Hoekman, A. Leinse, W. van Etten
• SOA-based Wavelength Converter for Multi-service Radio-over-fiber Signals
  Y. Zheng, H. Yang, H.D. Jung, E. Tangdiongga, A.M.J. Koonen
• UWB-over-Multimode-Fiber Technology for Short-Range Communication Networks
  X. Yu, T. Braidwood Gibbon, D. Zibar, I. Tafur Monroy
• 4 Gbit/s hybrid InP-SiGe photoreceiver for the user access network
  L. Xu, M. van Heijningen, G. van der Bent, P.J. Urban, X.J.M. Leijtens, E. Smalbrugge, T. de Vries, R. Nötzel, Y.S. Oei, H. de Waardt, M.K. Smit
• Towards an Integrated Fiber-To-The-Home Transceiver on a Silicon Nanophotonics platform
  D. Vermeulen, G. Roelkens, J. Brouckaert, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets
• Simulation of Multi-Band OFDM UWB Radio Over Multimode Fibre Using Pre-distortion Technique
  H. Yang, Y. Zheng, H.D. Jung, E. Tangdiongga, A.M.J. Koonen
• Design and Simulation of an Integrated Optical Ring-Resonator Based Frequency Discriminator for Analog Optical Links
  R.B. Timens, D.A.I. Marpaung, C.G.H. Roeloffzen, W. van Etten
• Multiwavelength Optical Beam Forming Network with Ring Resonator-based Binary-Tree Architecture for Broadband Phased Array Antenna Systems
  M. Burla, M.R.H. Khan, L. Zhuang, C.G.H. Roeloffzen
• Recent results on characterisation of PF GIPOF designed for high-speed LAN
  A. Goffin, P. Mégret, C. Lethien, M. Dossou, S. Bette
• 5-GHz passively mode-locked quantum dot ring laser diode at 1.5 µm
  M.J.R. Heck, E.A.J.M. Bente, A. Renault, K.S.E. Eikema, W. Ubachs, R. Nötzel, Y.S. Oei, M.K. Smit
• Quantum-Dot InAs/InGaAsP/InP (100) Twin-Stripe Lasers
  J. Pozo, E. Smalbrugge, T. de Vries, R. Nötzel, D. Lenstra, M.K. Smit
• Numerical investigation of semiconductor ring lasers with two external cavities
  I.V. Ermakov, G. Van der Sande, L. Gelens, A. Scirè, P. Colet, C.R. Mirasso, J. Danckaert
• Highly Efficient Photonic Crystal LED Simulations using Reciprocity
  O.T.A. Janssen, H.P. Urbach
• Neodymium-complex-doped, photo-defined polymer channel waveguide amplifiers
  J. Yang, M.B.J. Diemeer, D. Geskus, G. Sengo, M. Pollnau, A. Driessen
• Pump induced refractive index changes in commercial single-mode Yb-doped optical fibers
  A.A. Fotiadi, O.L. Antipov, P. Mégret
• Enhanced Gain in Er-doped Al₂O₃ Channel Waveguide Amplifiers
  J.D.B. Bradley, L. Agazzi, D. Geskus, F. Ay, K. Wörhoff, M. Pollnau, W.M. Arnoldbik
• Effective Fiber Pigtailing Procedure of a QD-SOA
  J.H.C. van Zantvoort, S.G.L. Plukker, E. Smalbrugge, R. Nötzel, G.D. Khoe, A.M.J. Koonen, H. de Waardt
• Hybrid III-V/Silicon laser based on DVS-BCB bonding
  S. Stankovic, G. Roelkens, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets, R. Jones, M. Sysak, B. Koch
• Core/shell Colloidal Quantum Dots for Silicon Compatible Lasers
  B. De Geyter, I. Moreels, A. Meijerink, D. Van Thourhout, Z. Hens
• Modelling End-Pumped Solid-State Lasers
  E.H. Bernhardi, C. Bollig, A. Forbes, M.J.D. Esser
• Modal gain measurements in quantum dot amplifiers in the 1600nm-1800nm wavelength range
  B.W. Tilma, M.J.R. Heck, E.A.J.M. Bente, J. Kotani, R. Nötzel, M.K. Smit
• Fabrication of microcantilever-based IO grated waveguide sensors for detection of nano-displacements
  Pham Van So, L.J. Kauppinen, H.J.W.M. Hoekstra, M. Dijkstra, H.A.G.M. van Wolferen, G.J.M. Krijnen, R.M. de Ridder
• Fluorescence monitoring of capillary electrophoresis separation in a lab-on-a-chip with monolithically integrated waveguides
  C. Dongre, R. Dekker, H.J.W.M. Hoekstra, R. Martinez-Vazquez, R. Osellame, R. Ramponi, G. Cerullo, R. van Weeghel, G.A.J. Besselink, H.H. van den Vlekkert, M. Pollnau
• Towards Integrated Optical Coherence Tomography System on Silicon on Insulator
  G. Yurtsever, R. Baets
• Powder characterization by scanning SHG intensity measurements
  W.P. Beeker, C.J. Lee, K.-J. Boller
• Retroreflective optical marker chips for simultaneous identification and localization
  M. Verbist, W. Bogaerts, J. Schrauwen, R. Baets
• Theoretical study of Stimulated Brillouin Scattering (SBS) in polymer optical fibres
  M. Dossou, P. Szriftgiser, A. Goffin
• Fabrication of All-polymer Microring Resonator by Using a Novel Polymer PSQ-L
  J. Teng, S. Scheerlinck, G. Morthier, R. Baets
• Thin dielectric layers in active plasmonic devices
  M.J.H. Marell, E.A.J.M. Bente, M.T. Hill, M.K. Smit
• InGaAs/InP membrane photodetector bonded on Silicon
  P.R.A. Binetti, X.J.M. Leijtens, T. de Vries, Y.S. Oei, O. Raz, L. Di Cioccio, J.-M. Fedeli, C. Lagahe, R. Orobtchouk, J. Van Campenhout, D. Van Thourhout, P.J. van Veldhoven, R. Nötzel, M.K. Smit
• Colloidal semiconductor quantum dots: From synthesis to photonic applications
  I. Moreels, P. Kockaert, B. De Geyter, D. Van Thourhout, Z. Hens
• Investigations of Al₂O₃ Deposited by ALD as Passivation Layers for InP-based Nano Lasers
  U. Khalique, M.J.H. Marell, F. Karouta, W. Keuning, W.M.M. Kessels, M.T. Hill, M.K. Smit
• Modal Modeling Strategies for the Design of Optical Fibers
  R. Mussina, B.P. de Hon, R.W. Smink, A.G. Tijhuis
• On effective index approximations of photonic crystal slabs
  M. Hammer, O.V. Ivanova
• Exact Theory for Scattering of Waves by Objects with Non-Standard Shapes
  B.J. Hoenders, R. Uitham
• Heuristic approach of Finite Grounded Frequency Selective Surface Arrays characterization in W-band
  S. Islam, J. Stiens, G. Poesen, I. Jaeger, W. De Raedt, R. Vounckx
• Bragg Gratings in Al₂O₃ Channel Waveguides by Focused Ion Beam Milling
  F. Ay, J.D.B. Bradley, R.M. de Ridder, K. Wörhoff, M. Pollnau
• Growth of Yb³⁺, Lu³⁺, Gd³⁺ co-doped KY(WO₄)₂ thin layers
  S. Aravazhi, D. Geskus, K. Wörhoff, M. Pollnau
• A three-dimensional non-paraxial beam propagation method using complex Jacobi iteration
  K.Q. Le, R. Godoy-Rubio, P. Bienstman, G.R. Hadley