Universiteit Gent

Imec Vzw

Imec

Vrije Universiteit Brussel

Coms&sens

Com&sens Bvba

Geert Van Steenberge

Jeroen Missinne

Erwin Bosman

Joris Van Campenhout

Günther Roelkens

Hugo Thienpont

Dries Van Thourhout

Bram Van Hoe

Tom Sterken

Geert Luyckx

Eli Voet

Sandeep Kalathimekkad

Douglas Charles La Tulipe

Junwen He

Yigit Yilmaz

Do Won Kim

A method for accurately positioning a component on a receiver substrate is provided. The component is transferred from a donor substrate to a receiver substrate facing the donor substrate. The method comprises creating at least one nozzle at a predefined location in the area of contact between a blister forming layer on the donor substrate, and a component attached to the donor substrate by adhesion to the blister forming layer. The blister forming layer comprises at least a dynamic release layer, consisting of a dynamic release material. The application of the laser beam creates a blister that contains vaporized dynamic release material. The blister expands until a nozzle is created, the nozzle allowing the vaporized dynamic release material to exit the blister and cause the release of the component and its propulsion towards the receiver substrate. The nozzle releases the material in the form of a narrow jet of gas.

Method for positioning components on a substrate and substrates suitable for the method

A silicon-based photonic chip is provided that includes an interface for optically coupling the photonic chip to an optical fiber or an optical fiber assembly. The interface includes: a single-mode waveguide configured to guide light and to provide a first light beam; a first optical element configured to expand the light beam in a first direction in-plane of the photonic chip, thereby providing an expanded light beam; and a second optical element configured to deflect and to further expand the expanded light beam in a second direction, thereby providing an output light beam from the photonic chip. Also provided are methods for fabricating such a photonic chip.

Two-stage expanded beam optical coupling

An optical system and method for connecting two optical fibers is described in the present disclosure. An example optical system includes a first optical fiber embedded in an embedding material, the first optical fiber comprising side walls extending in a longitudinal direction in contact with the embedding material, a second, external, optical fiber, and a self-written waveguide in optical contact with the first and second optical fibers. Only a cross section perpendicular to the side walls of the first optical fiber is outside the embedding material, in contact with the self-written waveguide.

Optical coupling of embedded optical fibers

The present disclosure generally relates to a method of optically coupling a photonic integrated circuit and an external optical component. In one aspect, a method comprises: providing a photonic integrated circuit comprising at least one integrated optical waveguide, the photonic integrated circuit having a cover layer; providing at least one optical component external to the photonic integrated circuit, the at least one optical component having an optical coupling facet and configured to be optically coupled to the at least one integrated optical waveguide, thereby forming an assembly; determining a position of the optical coupling facet of the at least one optical component in the assembly; determining a position of the at least one integrated optical waveguide; designing an optical interface pattern between the optical coupling facet of the at least one optical component in the assembly and the at least one integrated optical waveguide; and writing the interface pattern in the cover layer of the photonic integrated circuit by means of a femtosecond laser, thereby forming an optical interface for optically coupling the optical coupling facet and the at least one integrated optical waveguide.

Method for optical coupling between a photonic integrated circuit and an external optical element

An optical fluorescence-based sensor comprising at least one sensing element is disclosed. In one aspect, the at least one sensing element comprises a waveguide comprising a waveguide core, a light source optically coupled to an input part of the waveguide core, and a photodetector optically coupled to an output part of the waveguide core, the waveguide core being made of a material comprising a mixture of an optical material and a fluorescent dye.

Optical fluorescence-based chemical and biochemical sensors and methods for fabricating such sensors

An optical shear sensor that includes a first and second outer surface at opposing sides and a sensing element is disclosed. In one aspect, the sensing element has an optoelectronic source for emitting light of a predetermined wavelength and having a source front surface where light exits the optoelectronic source, and a photodetector for detecting light of the predetermined wavelength and having a detector front surface where light of the optoelectronic source is received. The optoelectronic source is positioned along the first outer surface and emits light towards the second outer surface. A flexible sensing layer transparent to the predetermined wavelength covers the front surface of the optoelectronic source and the front surface of the photodetector. Upon application of a shear stress, the sensing layer deforms elastically and the outer surfaces are displaced along directions parallel to each other and the source front surface so the intensity of light detected by the photodetector changes.

Optical shear sensor and method of producing such an optical shear sensor

A sensor for sensing pressure is disclosed. The sensor may be a pressure sensor for sensing pressure, or a tactile sensor for sensing tactile events through pressure measurement. In one aspect, the sensor includes at least one pressure sensor having at least one VCSEL on a substrate. It further includes a compressible sensor layer covering a top surface of the at least one VCSEL, and a reflecting element covering a top surface of the sensor layer. A method of manufacturing such a sensor is also disclosed.

Optical tactile sensors

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Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium

Geert Van Steenberge