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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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Zwaartekracht ECO Research Centre for Integrated Nanophotonics
Koonen, A. M. J., van Zantvoort, J. H. C., Smit, M., Cao, Z., van der Heide, S., Shi, B., Mekonnen, K. A., Trinidad, A. M., Zhang, X., Spiegelberg, M., Raz, O. & Tessema, N. M.
1/01/14 → 31/12/23
Project: Research direct
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Impact of phase and amplitude variations in the performance of an InP optical phased array
Gagino, M., Williams, K. A., Smit, M., Bente, E. A. J. M. & Dolores Calzadilla, V., 16 Nov 2021, (Submitted) IEEE Benelux Chapter Annual Symposium 2021. 4 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic
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InP-based grating antennas for high resolution optical beam steering
Wang, Y., van Engelen, J. P., Reniers, S., van Rijn, M. B. J., Zhang, X., Cao, Z., Dolores Calzadilla, V., Williams, K., Smit, M. K. & Jiao, Y., 1 Jan 2021, In: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics. 27, 1, 7 p., 8931248.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Versatile butt-joint regrowth for dense photonic integration
Wang, Y., van Engelen, J. P., van Veldhoven, P. J., de Vries, T., Dolores Calzadilla, V., Smit, M., Williams, K. A. & Jiao, Y., 13 Jul 2021, In: Optical Materials Express. 11, 8, p. 2478-2487 431963.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Indium phosphide membrane nanophotonic integrated circuits on silicon
Jiao, Y., van der Tol, J., Pogoretskii, V., van Engelen, J., Kashi, A. A., Reniers, S., Wang, Y., Zhao, X., Yao, W., Liu, T., Pagliano, F., Fiore, A., Zhang, X., Cao, Z., Kumar, R. R., Tsang, H. K., van Veldhoven, R., de Vries, T., Geluk, E. J., Bolk, J. & 3 others, , 1 Feb 2020, In: Physica Status Solidi (A) Applications and Materials Science. 217, 3, 12 p., 1900606.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review
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Indium phosphide photonic integrated circuits
Smit, M. K. & Williams, K. A., 2020, Optical Fiber Communication Conference, OFC 2020. Optical Society of America (OSA)Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review
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NOvel Large-scale InP-Membrane based Integration Technology & Science
Smit, Meint (Recipient), 2011
Prize: ERC › Advanced › Scientific
Activities
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ePIXnet Workshop on Access
Meint Smit (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, European Commission, Brussels, Belgium
Meint Smit (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)
Meint Smit (Organiser)
20 Sep 2003Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Workshop, seminar, course or exhibition › Scientific