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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., Langendijk, E., Pogoretskiy , V. G., Trajkovic, M., Visscher, I. & Heck, M. J. R.
1/01/19 → 31/12/22
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 → 28/10/22
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 → 31/12/22
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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BONE
Koonen, A. M. J., van den Boom, H. P. A., Huijskens, F. M., Tangdiongga, E., de Waardt, H. & Williams, K. A.
1/01/08 → 28/02/11
Project: Research direct
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Beyond 110 GHz uni-traveling carrier photodiodes on an InP-membrane-on-silicon platform
Graaf, J. D., Zhao, X., Konstantinou, D., van den Hout, M., Reniers, S., Shen, L., van der Heide, S., Rommel, S., Tafur Monroy, I., Okonkwo, C. M., Cao, Z., Koonen, T., Williams, K. & Jiao, Y., 1 Mar 2022, In: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 28, 2, 10 p., 3802010.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Demonstration of self-spiking neuron behavior in a monolithically integrated two-section laser
Puts, L., Williams, K., Lenstra, D. & Yao, W., 4 May 2022, ECIO 2022 23rd European Conference on Integrated Optics, Proceedings. p. 227-229 3 p. T.P. 20Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic
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1.3µm InGaAsP/InP semiconductor optical amplifier compatible with an active/passive integration technology
Hazan, J., Andreou, S., Pustakhod, D., Kleijn, S., Williams, K. & Bente, E., 26 Nov 2021, 2021 27th International Semiconductor Laser Conference (ISLC). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2 p. 9615686Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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140 Gb/s WDM Data Routing in a Lossless Strictly Non-Blocking SOA-Based Photonic Integrated 8×8 Space Switch
Feyisa, D. W., Shi, B., Smalbrugge, B., Williams, K. A., Calabretta, N. & Stabile, R., 26 Jul 2021, 2021 Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition, OFC 2021 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 3 p. 9489946Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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An Accurate Characterization Method for Integrated Polarization Converters
Reniers, S., Williams, K. A., van der Tol, J. J. G. M. & Jiao, Y., Feb 2021, In: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 57, 1, 6 p., 0600306 .Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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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
Courses
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Eindhoven University of Technology: Netherlands Tames the Light in Photonic Chips
Erik P.A.M. Bakkers, Sylwester Latkowski & Kevin A. Williams
1/06/21
1 item of Media coverage
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-Eindhoven University of Technology: Super accurate sensor could lead to producing even smaller chips
Stefanos Andreou, Erwin A.J.M. Bente & Kevin A. Williams
31/01/20
2 items of Media coverage
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Major Grant to Kickstart Dutch Energy Transition: Eindhoven University of Technology
Theo Hofman, Maarten Steinbuch, Auke Hoekstra, K. Nijmeijer, Mark J. Bentum, Emiel J.M. Hensen, Kevin A. Williams & Andrea Fiore
13/12/19
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Expert Comment