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Bart Kuyken discusses his group's recent research on a high-speed heterogeneous lithium tantalate silicon photonics platform.

imec and Ghent University researcher, Bart Kuyken, discusses his group’s recent Nature Photonics paper. The micro-transfer printing process, material platforms utilized, and prospects to innovate upon existing silicon photonics process and workflows are discussed."All Things Photonics"® is produced by Photonics Media and airs biweekly, on Tuesdays.Sponsored by:Hamamatsu – www.Hamamatsu.comOmega Optical - www.omega-optical.com

People in this episode

Guest: Bart Kuyken

Topics covered

• lithium tantalate
• silicon photonics
• micro-transfer printing
• material platforms
• innovation
• research

Keywords

• lithium tantalate
• silicon photonics
• micro-transfer printing
• Nature Photonics
• imec
• Ghent University
• innovation

Sponsors

Hamamatsu, Omega Optical

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: imec, Ghent University, Nature Photonics, Photonics Media

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