ISBN 978 90 5487 650 2

• Towards merged optical metro-access networks
  T. Pfeiffer
• Micropillar cavity lasers in the cavity quantum electrodynamics regime
  S. Reitzenstein, C. Kistner, S. Münch, T. Heindel, C. Schneider, M. Strauß, A. Rahimi Iman, M. Kamps, S. Höfling, A. Forchel
• Semiconductor ring lasers for all-optical flip-flop and signal processing
  A. Trita, G. Mezosi, M. J. Latorre Vidal, M. Zanola, J. Javaloyes, S. Balle, M. Sorel, G. Giuliani
• Low-speckle laser projection using farfield nonmodal laser emission of a semiconductor laser
  G. Craggs, F. Riechert, Y. Meuret, H. Thienpont, U. Lemmer, G. Verschaffelt
• Al₂O₃:Er³⁺ as a broad gain medium for 1.53-µm integrated optical applications
  J.D.B. Bradley, R. Stoffer, L. Agazzi, F. Ay, K. Wörhoff, M. Pollnau
• Quantum dot twin stripe lasers as emitter and receiver in chaotic encrypted communication systems
  J. Pozo, A. Corradi, E. Smalbrugge, T. de Vries, R. Nötzel, D. Lenstra, M.K. Smit
• Optical gradient dipole forces for nanophotonic devices on a silicon-on-insulator chip
  J. Roels, B. Maes, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets
• All-optical signal processing with standard edge-emitting laser diodes
  K. Huybrechts, R. Baets, G. Morthier
• Non-dispersive chirped fiber Bragg grating component for ultrafast optical communications
  C. Caucheteur, S. Bette, A. Mussot, A. Kudlinski, E. Louvergneaux, M. Douay, M. Taki, P. Mégret
• Optical wireless communication using silicon-on-insulator technology
  K. Van Acoleyen, H. Rogier, R. Baets
• Manipulating frequency entangled photons
  L. Olislager, J. Cussey, A.T. Nguyen, Ph. Emplit, S. Massar, J.-M. Merolla, K. Phan-Huy
• Label-free enzyme sensing with grated silicon photonic wire
  L.J. Kauppinen, M. Dijkstra, H.J.W.M. Hoekstra, R.M. de Ridder
• Refractive index sensing with an InGaAsP photonic crystal membrane cavity by means of photoluminescence
  E.C.I. Ryckebosch, M.A. Dündar, R. Nötzel, F. Karouta, L.J. van IJzendoorn, R.W. van der Heijden
• DNA separation and fluorescence monitoring by integrated waveguides in an optofluidic chip
  C. Dongre, J. van Weerd, G.A.J. Besselink, R. Martínez Vázquez, R. Osellame, R. Ramponi, G. Cerullo, R. van Weeghel, H.H. van den Vlekkert, H.J.W.M. Hoekstra, M. Pollnau
• Perfect absorption in thin NbN films
  E.F.C. Driessen, M.J.A. de Dood
• Tuning SOI filter structures with liquid crystals
  W. De Cort, N. Hattasan, J. Beeckman, K. Neyts, R. Baets
• Neodymium-complex-doped steady-state polymer waveguide lasers
  J. Yang, C. Grivas, M.B.J. Diemeer, A. Driessen, M. Pollnau
• Deeply-etched DBR gratings for photonic integrated circuits and tunable lasers
  B. Docter, J. Pozo, F. Karouta, S. Beri, I.V. Ermakov, J. Danckaert, M.K. Smit
• Subwavelength confinement of light
  V. Ginis, P. Tassin, I. Veretennicoff
• Left-handed metamaterial at D-band using single circular split-ring resonators
  A. Elhawil, J. Stiens, C. De Tandt, W. Ranson, B. Zhu, R. Vounckx
• OTDR technique for the characterization of supercontinuum generation along optical fibers
  G. Ravet, A. Mussot, M. Wuilpart, A. Kudlinski, C. Caucheteur, P. Mégret
• Simple and accurate measurements to characterize microdisk lasers for all-optical flip-flop operation
  R. Kumar, L. Liu, G. Roelkens, G. Morthier, R. Baets
• Absorption enhancement in organic solar cells by metallic nanoparticles
  H. Shen, P. Bienstman, B. Maes
• Multi-level modulation formats for optical access networks
  N. Sotiropoulos, A.M.J. Koonen, H. de Waardt
• A single beam photonic free-electron laser
  T. Denis, P.J.M. van der Slot, K.-J. Boller
• Miniaturized laser Doppler velocimetors (LDVs) integrated on silicon-on-isulator (SOI)
  Y. Li, R. Baets
• Liquid crystal tuning of InGaAsP photonic crystal membrane type nanocavities
  M.A. Dündar, H.H.J.E. Kicken, A.Y. Silov, R. Nötzel, F. Karouta, R.W. van der Heijden
• Efficiency comparison between integrated optical waveguide probes and conventional fiber probes in the detection of backscattered light
  N. Ismail, F. Sun, F. Civitci, K. Wörhoff, R.M. de Ridder, M. Pollnau, A. Driessen
• Grating light valves: a SiGe based approach towards monolithic integration of MOEMS
  S. Rudra, J. Roels, G. Bryce, S. Severi, A. Witvrouw, R. Baets, D. Van Thourhout
• Focused ion beam etching of thin diamond layers
  M. Verbist, D. Van Thourhout
• Metamaterial application in active millimeter wave imaging
  S. Islam, J. Stiens, R. Vounckx
• Sub-micrometer active-passive integration for InP-based membranes on silicon
  R. Zhang, F. Bordas, J. van der Tol, P. Thijs, H. Ambrosius, G. Roelkens, M.A. Dündar, T. de Vries, M.K. Smit
• Performance evaluation of multi-band OFDM systems for short-haul optical communications
  Y. Shi, H. Yang, C.M. Okonkwo, E. Tangdiongga, A.M.J. Koonen
• Dynamics of coupled cavities for optical reservoir computing
  M. Fiers, B. Maes, P. Bienstman
• Improved-index-contrast KY(WO₄)₂:Gd, Lu, Yb epitaxial waveguides suitable for highly efficient waveguide lasing
  S. Aravazhi, D. Geskus, K. Wörhoff, M. Pollnau
• Amorphous silicon: material for photonic-photonic and electronic-photonic integration
  S.K. Selvaraja, P. Dumon, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets
• Engineering the heterogeneously integrated III-V/SOI tunable laser
  S. Keyvaninia, G. Roelkens, D. Van Thourhout
• Optical injection in semiconductor ring lasers
  W. Coomans, S. Beri, G. Van der Sande, L. Gelens, J. Danckaert
• Neodymium-doped Al₂O₃ channel waveguide amplifiers
  K. van Dalfsen, J. Yang, F. Ay, K. Wörhoff, M. Pollnau
• Integrated optical gas sensors on silicon-on-insulator platform
  N.A. Yebo, D. Taillaert, J. Roels, D. Lahem, M. Debliquy, P. Lommens, Z. Hens, R. Baets
• Analysis of gain, noise figure and dynamic range of an analog photonic link employing a low-biased Mach-Zehnder modulator
  D.A.I. Marpaung, C.G.H. Roeloffzen, D.H.P. Maat, K.F. Dijkstra, W. van Etten
• Phase noise analysis of an RF local oscillator signal generated by optical heterodyning of two DFB lasers
  M.R.H. Khan, M. Burla, C.G.H. Roeloffzen, D.A.I. Marpaung, W. van Etten
• Photonics-CMOS 3D integration: copper through-silicon-via approach
  A. Masood, W. Bogaerts, J. Van Olmen, J. Van Aelst, D. Van Thourhout, D. Sabuncuoglu Tezcan
• Observation and modeling of long-wavelength InAs/InP(100) quantum dot amplifier small signal gain spectra
  B.W. Tilma, M.S. Tahvili, J. Kotani, R. Nötzel, M.K. Smit, E.A.J.M. Bente
• Strong edge effect in photonic graphene
  S.R. Zandbergen, M.J.A. de Dood
• Characterization of integrated electro-optically tunable cascaded filters for tunable laser purposes
  B.W. Tilma, X.J.M. Leijtens, M.K. Smit, E.A.J.M. Bente
• Theoretical and experimental investigation of excitability in semiconductor ring lasers
  L. Gelens, S. Beri, L. Mashal, G. Van der Sande, M. Sorel, G. Mezosi, J. Danckaert, G. Verschaffelt
• Simulations of fast switching between longitudinal modes of semiconductor laser cavity induced by on-chip filtered optical feedback
  I.V. Ermakov, S. Beri, B. Docter, J. Pozo, M.K. Smit, J. Danckaert
• Simultaneous excitation of N single colloidal quantum dots
  E. Brainis, V. Henry, A. Licari, V. Staicu, Z. Hens, Ph. Emplit
• Loss mechanisms in dielectric optical micro-bends
  R. Stabile, K.A. Williams
• Designing an integrated Al₂O₃:Er³⁺ distributed feedback laser
  E.H. Bernhardi, H.A.G.M. van Wolferen, M. Dijkstra, L. Agazzi, K. Wörhoff, M. Pollnau, R.M. de Ridder
• Systematic noise analysis of CAPD based time-of-flight cameras
  T. Van den Hauwe, W. van der Tempel, R. Grootjans, D. Van Nieuwenhove, M. Kuijk
• Photon wave function description of space-time entanglement in quantum imaging
  E. Brainis, A. Licari, V. Henry, Ph. Emplit
• Integrated multi-wavelength lasers: a design study
  J. Zhao, X.J.M. Leijtens, B. Docter, M.K. Smit
• Comparison of SiON layers doped with phosphorous and boron for integrated optics applications
  F. Sun, A. Driessen, K. Wörhoff
• Modeling the optical properties of metallic nanoparticles
  K.Q. Le, P. Bienstman
• Metal coated DBR/DFB lasers
  M.J.H. Marell, M.T. Hill, M.K. Smit
• Use of chirped fiber Bragg gratings for transverse strain sensing purposes
  S. Bette, C. Caucheteur, M. Wuilpart, P. Mégret
• Operating regime and stability of mode-locking in 10GHz quantum dot laser diodes around 1.5µm
  M.S. Tahvili, M.J.R. Heck, R. Nötzel, M.K. Smit, E.A.J.M. Bente