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"Photonic integrated circuits are critical enablers for the modern internet and will enable a host of low-energy, high-speed, high-precision solutions for imaging, sensing, metrology and beyond."
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Kevin Williams is a Full Professor and Chair of the Photonic Integration research group at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e). His key fields of expertise include photonic integrated circuits, semiconductor lasers and their application in communications and sensing. Kevin’s research group explores the scaling properties of photonic circuits, enabling faster and more energy-efficient components and circuits.
The group builds on its know-how in active-passive monolithic InP integration, creating circuits with lasers, amplifiers, energy-efficient quantum well modulators, detectors, power splitters, filters and more all on the same chip. This is addressed within three main themes: Generic integration – a methodology for enabling many different circuits using the same platform technology and an important vehicle for researching and validating the latest photonic devices and processes. Heterogeneous and hybrid integration – the technologies for combining and co-designing photonic components and circuits with Silicon Electronics and dielectric materials, Integrated nano-photonics – using InP membranes on Silicon for the miniaturization of components and the leveraging of sub-wavelength photonic structures in circuits. Kevin teaches courses in design, electronics and photonics.
Academic background
Kevin Williams graduated in Electronic Engineering from the University of Sheffield and received his PhD from the School of Physics at the University of Bath in 1995. He subsequently moved to the University of Bristol where he was awarded a Royal Society university research fellowship to study high speed and high power semiconductor lasers. In 2001, he moved to the University of Cambridge where he was also appointed a Fellow and lecturer at Churchill College Cambridge. He moved to the Electro-optic Communications group at TU/e in 2006 after receiving an EC Marie Curie Chair award. In 2011, he received a Vici award from the Dutch NWO to perform research into large-scale high-performance photonic integrated circuits.
He is presently leading the Photonic Integration group at the Institute of Photonic Integration (formerly known as the COBRA research institute). He has recently chaired the European Conference on Integrated Optics 2017 and serves as the Primary Guest Editor for the JSTQE special issue on InP integration photonics in 2018.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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Indium-Phosphide Pilot Line for up-scaled, low-barrier, self-sustained, PIC ecosystem
de Vries, T., Williams, K. A., Leijtens, X. J. M., Yao, W., Pustakhod, D., Trajkovic, M., Panina, K., Kwak, A. M. G., Trajkovic, M., Visscher, I., Heck, M. J. R. & Langendijk, E.
1/01/19 → 31/12/23
Project: Research direct
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OIP4NWE: Interreg - OIP4NWE
Dolores Calzadilla, V., Leenders, H., Panina, K., Kwak, A. M. G., Trajkovic, M., de Vries, T., Martina, S., Williams, K. A., Dave, S. & Hazan, J.
25/10/18 → 31/10/23
Project: Research direct
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An integrated Optical Coherence Tomography system for medical imaging at 1300nm
Bente, E. A. J. M., Williams, K. A., Hazan, J. & van der Hagen, D.
1/01/18 → 31/07/23
Project: Research direct
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Measurement system architecture and design for a piezo-electric wafer stage
Bente, E. A. J. M., Williams, K. A. & Jones, R.
2/01/17 → 30/11/25
Project: Research direct
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AUTOALIGN: Electronically aligned optical-fiber-arrays
Williams, K. A. & Cardarelli, S.
1/02/15 → 30/04/19
Project: Research direct
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Demonstration of an on-chip TE-mode optical circulator
Ma, R., Reniers, S. F. G., Shoji, Y., Mizumoto, T., Jiao, Y., van der Tol, J. J. G. M. & Williams, K. A., 25 Jan 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. XX, X, 10025737.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Novel wafer-scale adhesive bonding with improved alignment accuracy and bond uniformity
Abdi, S., de Vries, T., Spiegelberg, M., Williams, K. A. & Jiao, Y., 1 Feb 2023, In: Microelectronic Engineering. 270, 7 p., 111936.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Ultra-compact and efficient microheaters on a submicron-thick InP membrane
Wang, Y., Dolores Calzadilla, V., Williams, K. A., Smit, M. & Jiao, Y., 15 Mar 2023, In: Journal of Lightwave Technology. 41, 6, p. 1790-1800 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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1300 nm Semiconductor Optical Amplifier Compatible With an InP Monolithic Active/Passive Integration Technology
Hazan, J., Andreou, S., Pustakhod, D., Kleijn, S., Williams, K. A. & Bente, E. A. J. M., 1 Jun 2022, In: IEEE Photonics Journal. 14, 3, 11 p., 1532311.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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A method of heat sink fabrication in InP membrane lasers by bonding on double-layer BCB
Zozulia, A., Jiao, Y. & Williams, K., 2022, European semiconductor laser workshop 2022, ESLW 2022. 2 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic
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Mode division multiplexing on an InP membrane on silicon
Wang, Y. (Creator), Wei, Y. (Creator), Dolores Calzadilla, V. (Contributor), Williams, K. A. (Creator), Smit, M. (Creator), Dai, D. (Creator) & Jiao, Y. (Creator), Optica Publishing Group, 3 Aug 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6102387
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Prizes
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NWO Vici Award : Ultrafast optical processor chips
Williams, Kevin A. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: NWO › Vici › Scientific
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Royal Society University Fellowship
Williams, Kevin A. (Recipient), 1996
Prize: Other › Fellowships & memberships › Scientific
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Feedback-insensitive Semiconductor Laser
Daan Lenstra (Speaker), T.T.M. van Schaijk (Member), E.A.J.M. Bente (Member) & K.A. Williams (Member)
7 Mar 2018Activity: Talk or presentation types › Contributed talk › Scientific
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Cordis Europe (External organisation)
Kevin Williams (Member)
2005Activity: Membership types › Membership of committee › Scientific