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Meint Smit is a Full Professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), where he leads the Photonic Integration group at the COBRA Research Institute. Currently, his research focuses on Generic Integration Technology. Unlike today’s microelectronics, technology development in photonics is strongly application-specific: for almost every application a novel technology is developed, which makes the entry costs very high. This has prevented a breakthrough of Photonic Integration. In response to this, Smit pioneered the use of the microelectronics methodology in photonics, and contributed to the launch of open-access integration technology platforms for InP and Silicon Photonics.
A key achievement has been placing lasers onto a piece of Silicon, relying on Indium Phosphide to generate light directly in the chip. Meint’s group are developing methods to build full photonic circuits in a thin Indium Phosphide layer on top of a silicon wafer containing the driver, receiver and control electronics, to realise very short and efficient connections.
Academic background
Meint Smit graduated in Electrical Engineering at Delft University of Technology in 1974, and received his PhD in 1991 (with honors). In 1976, he joined Delft University of Technology. Five years later, he switched to optical communications and the research field of Integrated Optics. Meint became leader of the Photonic Integrated Circuits group of the Delft University in 1994.
Meint is the inventor of the Arrayed Waveguide Grating for which he received a LEOS Technical Achievement award in 1997. A year later he was appointed Full Professor and his group, together with the groups of prof. Wolter and prof. Khoe (COBRA, TU/e) received a €40m research grant to establish a National Research Center on Photonics. In 2002 he and his group moved to TU/e. In 2002 he was appointed LEOS Fellow for contributions to the field of Opto-Electronic Integration. He is leading the InP platform (JePPIX) in which Europe’s key players in InP technology cooperatie on two major European projects (EuroPIC and PARADIGM). He has held many invited and keynote presentations and led a number of major European projects.
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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Projects
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Zwaartekracht PSN Research Centre for Integrated Nanophotonics
Fiore, A. (Project Manager), Petruzzella, M. (Project member), Curto, A. G. (Project member), Godiksen, R. H. (Project member), Picelli, L. (Project member), Smit, M. (Project member), Al-Daffaie, S. (Project member), Banfi, E. (Project member), van Elst, D. M. J. (Project member), Verstijnen, T. J. F. (Project member), Perez Sosa, M. (Project member), Liang, M. (Project member), van Veldhoven, P. J. (Project member), Pagliano, F. (Project member), Buntinx, S. (Project member), Koenraad, P. M. (Project member) & Silov, A. Y. (Project member)
1/01/14 → 31/03/25
Project: First tier
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Zwaartekracht ECO Research Centre for Integrated Nanophotonics
Koonen, A. M. J. (Project Manager), Smit, M. (Project member), Cao, Z. (Project member), van der Heide, S. (Project member), Shi, B. (Project member), Spiegelberg, M. (Project member), Raz, O. (Project Manager), Al-Daffaie, S. (Project member), Mukit, M. (Project member), Shi, B. (Project member), Spiegelberg, M. (Project member), Otupiri, R. (Project member), Raz, O. (Project Manager), Cao, Z. (Project member), Spiegelberg, M. (Project member), van der Heide, S. (Project member), Shi, B. (Project member), Smit, M. (Project member), Al-Daffaie, S. (Project member), Mukit, M. (Project member), Otupiri, R. (Project member) & Haasen, W. (Project member)
1/01/14 → 31/03/25
Project: First tier
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A dual-mode 2 × 2 semiconductor optical amplifier on an InP membrane
Wang, Y., Wei, Y., Dolores Calzadilla, V., Dai, D., Smit, M., Williams, K. A. & Jiao, Y., 27 Sept 2023, 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2023: Technical Digest Series. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2 p. 10260148Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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Efficiency-boosted semiconductor optical amplifiers via mode-division multiplexing
Wang, Y. (Corresponding author), Wei, Y., Dolores Calzadilla, V., Dai, D., Williams, K. A., Smit, M. & Jiao, Y., 20 Sept 2023, In: Optica. 10, 9, p. 1153-1160 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Prospects and Challenges for InP-based Generic PICs
Smit, M. & Williams, K. A., 3 Jul 2023, p. 1-1. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to conference › Abstract › Academic
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Ultra-compact and efficient microheaters on a submicron-thick InP membrane
Wang, Y. (Corresponding author), 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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Broadband operation of an InP optical phased array
Gagino, M. (Corresponding author), van Rijn, M. B. J., Bente, E. A. J. M., Smit, M. K. & Dolores-Calzadilla, V., 15 May 2022, In: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 34, 10, p. 541-544 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
Open AccessFile13 Citations (Scopus)226 Downloads (Pure)
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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. (Creator), Smit, M. (Creator), Dai, D. (Creator) & Jiao, Y. (Creator), Optica Publishing Group, 3 Aug 2022
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.6102387, https://opticapublishing.figshare.com/collections/Mode_division_multiplexing_on_an_InP_membrane_on_silicon/6102387
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Prizes
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NOvel Large-scale InP-Membrane based Integration Technology & Science
Smit, M. K. (Recipient), 2011
Prize: ERC › Advanced › Scientific
Activities
- 3 Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition
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ePIXnet Workshop on Access, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Smit, M. (Organiser)
26 Mar 2007Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Scientific
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ePIXnet Workshop on Access
Smit, M. (Organiser)
26 Mar 2007Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Scientific
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29th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2003)
Smit, M. (Organiser)
20 Sept 2003Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Scientific