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Ir. Tom Vandekerckhove  (Doctoral Researcher)

This person is working in this group since 2020.
Affiliation: Ghent University - IMEC
Department of Information Technology
Address: Technologiepark-Zwijnaarde 126
9052 Ghent
Belgium
Office: iGent, Office 130.006
E-mail: tom.vandekerckhove@ugent.be
ORCID: 0000-0002-5639-9300
LinkedIn: tom-vandekerckhove/
Research Area: Integrated optics, nonlinear optics, quantum optics
Promotors: Bart Kuyken and Stephane Clemmen
TomVandekerckhove
Tom received his BSc and MSc in Engineering physics from Ghent University (Belgium) in 2017 and 2019 respectively. He then spent one year at Cornell University as a master student working on WSe2 monolayer-based single photon emission under the supervision of professor Gregory D. Fuchs. Tom started his PhD in 2020 at the photonics research group and OPERA-photonique. He works under the supervision of Bart Kuyken and Stephane Clemmen on the development of integrated nonlinear waveguides with a second order nonlinearity through micro-transfer printing for quantum photonics applications.

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Publications (31)

    International Journals

  1. M. Niels, T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, S. Poelman, T. Reep, G. Roelkens, M. Billet, B. Kuyken, Centimetre-Scale Micro-Transfer Printing to enable Heterogeneous Integration of Thin Film Lithium Niobate with Silicon Photonics, Optical Materials Express, 15(3), p.531-540 doi:10.1364/OME.551748 (2025)  Download this Publication (3.7MB).
  2. I. Tanghe, T. Vandekerckhove, M. Samoli, A. Waters, D. Harankahage, M. Zamkov, C. Seassal, H-S. Nguyen, D. Van Thourhout, P. Geiregat, Unraveling the Nature of Lasing Emission from Hybrid SiliconNitride and Colloidal Nanocrystal Photonic Crystals with LowRefractive Index Contrast, ACS Photonics, 11(11), p.4906-4915 doi:10.1021/acsphotonics.4c01410 (2024)  Download this Publication (6.7MB).
  3. E. Picavet, K. De Geest, E. Lievens, Hannes Rijckaert, T. Vandekerckhove, Eduardo Solano Minuesa, Davy Deduytsche, Laura Van Bossele, D. Van Thourhout, Klaartje De Buysser, Jeroen Beeckman, Solution-processed Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 thin films with strong remnant Pockels coefficient, ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES, 16(31), p.41134-41144 doi:10.1021/acsami.4c07073 (2024)  Download this Publication (8.7MB).
  4. I. Tanghe, K. Molkens, T. Vandekerckhove, Dobromil Respekta, Amelia Waters, Jiamin Huang, Jacob Beavon, Dulanjan Harankahage, Chao Yang Lin, Kai Chen, D. Van Thourhout, Mikhail Zamkov, P. Geiregat, Two-Dimensional Electron-Hole Plasma in Colloidal Quantum Shells Enables Integrated Lasing Continuously Tunable in the Red Spectrum, ACS Photonics, 18(22), p.14661-14671 doi:10.1021/acsnano.4c02907 (2024)  Download this Publication (5.3MB).
  5. G. Roelkens, J. Zhang, L. Bogaert, E. Soltanian, M. Billet, A. Uzun, B. Pan, Y. Liu, E. Delli, D. Wang, V. Bonito Oliva, L.Thi Ngoc Tran, X. Guo, H. Li, S. Qin, K. Akritidis, Y. Chen, Y. Xue, M. Niels, D. Maes, M. Kiewiet, T. Reep, T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, I. Luntadila Lufungula, J. De Witte, L. Reis, S. Poelman, Y. Tan, H. Deng, W. Bogaerts, G. Morthier, D. Van Thourhout, B. Kuyken, Present and future of micro-transfer printing for heterogeneous photonic integrated circuits, Applied Physics Letters - Photonics (invited), doi:10.1063/5.0181099 (2024)  Download this Publication (1.4MB).
  6. T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, L. Bogaert, M. Billet, S. Poelman, S. Cuyvers, J. Van Kerrebrouck, A. Moerman, O. Caytan, N. Singh, S. Lemey, G. Torfs, P. Ossieur, G. Roelkens, S. Clemmen, B. Kuyken, Heterogeneous integration of a High-Speed Lithium Niobate Modulator on Silicon Nitride using Micro-Transfer Printing, APL Photonics, 8, p.paper 086102 (7 pages) doi:10.1063/5.0150878 (2023)  Download this Publication (7.1MB).
  7. T. Vandekerckhove, T. Vanackere, J. De Witte, S. Cuyvers, L.N Reis, M. Billet, G. Roelkens, S. Clemmen, B. Kuyken, Reliable micro-transfer printing method for heterogeneous integration of lithium niobate and semiconductor thin films, Optical Materials Express, doi:10.1364/OME.494038 (2023)  Download this Publication (8MB).
  8. G. Roelkens, J. Zhang, L. Bogaert, M. Billet, D. Wang, B. Pan, C.J. Krückel, E. Soltanian, D. Maes, T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, S. Cuyvers, J. De Witte, I. Luntadila Lufungula, X. Guo, H. Li, S. Qin, G. Muliuk, S. Uvin, B. Haq, C. Op de Beeck, J. Goyvaerts, G. Lepage, P. Verheyen, J. Van Campenhout, G. Morthier, B. Kuyken, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets, Micro-transfer printing for heterogeneous Si photonic integrated circuits, IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (invited), 29(3), p.8200414 doi:10.1109/JSTQE.2022.3222686 (2022)  Download this Publication (6.4MB).
      International Conferences

    1. M. Niels, M. Billet, T. Vandekerckhove, T. Vanackere, Y. Tan, G. Roelkens, B. Kuyken, Micro-Transfer Printing for cm-scale Heterogeneous Integration of Lithium Niobate, Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Society Benelux Chapter, (2024).
    2. I. Tanghe, T. Vandekerckhove, M. Samoli, A. Waters, D. Harankahage, M. Zamkov, Z. Hens, C. Seassal, H-S. Nguyen, D. Van Thourhout, P. Geiregat, Unraveling the Nature of Lasing Emission from Hybrid Silicon Nitride and Colloidal Nanocrystal Low Refractive Index Photonic Crystals, Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Society Benelux Chapter, (2024)  Download this Publication (675KB).
    3. I. Tanghe, M. Samoli, A. Waters, J. Huang, K. Molkens, S. A. Cayan, T. Vandekerckhove, F. Abbasi, D. Van Thourhout, M. Zamkov, P. Geiregat, Building Solution-Processible Lasers by Decoupling the Optical Material from the Integrated Platform (Invited), Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, United States, (2024).
    4. M. Niels, T. Vanackere, S. Poelman, T. Vandekerckhove, G. Roelkens, M. Billet, B. Kuyken, Characterisation of Micro-Transfer Printed cm-scale Lithium Niobate on a Silicon Nitride platform, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Pacific Rim, South Korea, doi:10.1109/CLEO-PR60912.2024.10676767 (2024)  Download this Publication (134KB).
    5. J. De Witte, Z. Liu, A. Shadmani, T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, G. Roelkens, C. Pedersen, L. Midolo, D. Van Thourhout, B. Kuyken, SiN/ GaAs quantum photonic platform with efficient fiber-coupling, Optica Quantum 2.0 Conference and Exhibition 2024, Netherlands, p.paper QW3A.15 (2 pages) doi:10.1364/QUANTUM.2024.QW3A.15 (2024)  Download this Publication (482KB).
    6. T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, M. Billet, Y. Tan, M. Niels, T. Zhai, A. Parracino, V. Bonito-Oliva, J. Withouck, G. Roelkens, D. Van Thourhout, S. Clemmen, B. Kuyken, Towards scalable heterogeneous integration of thin-film lithium niobate on silicon photonics using microtransfer printing, Proceedings Volume 13012, Integrated Photonics Platforms III; 130120B (invited), 13012, France, doi:10.1117/12.3026043 (2024)  Download this Publication (1.7MB).
    7. J. De Witte, Z. Liu, A. Shadmani, T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, G. Roelkens, C. Pedersen, L. Midolo, D. Van Thourhout, B. Kuyken, Micro-transfer printing for the heterogeneous integration of single-photon sources on SiN, Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Society Benelux Chapter, (2024)  Download this Publication (651KB).
    8. T. Vandekerckhove, R. Van Assche, I. Tanghe, M. Niels, S. Poelman, T. Vanackere, M. Billet, S. Clemmen, B. Kuyken, Highly-Selective Etching of Micro-Transfer-Printed Thin-Film Lithium Niobate for Low Coupling Losses, CLEO 2024, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2024), United States, p.paper STh3F.6 (2 pages) doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2024.STh3F.6 (2024)  Download this Publication (1.7MB).
    9. T. Vandekerckhove, T. Vanackere, J. De Witte, G. Roelkens, S. Clemmen, B. Kuyken, Deterministic Phase-Matching of Micro-Transfer-Printed Periodically-Poled Lithium Niobate Waveguides, in CLEO 2024, Technical Digest Series (Optica Publishing Group, 2024), United States, p.paper STh3F.5 (2 pages) doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2024.STh3F.5 (2024)  Download this Publication (1.6MB).
    10. M. Niels, M. Billet, T. Vandekerckhove, T. Vanackere, Y. Tan, G. Roelkens, B. Kuyken, Micro-Transfer Printing for cm-scale Heterogeneous Integration of Lithium Niobate, Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Society Benelux Chapter, Belgium, p.4 (2023)  Download this Publication (418KB).
    11. I. Tanghe, K. Molkens, T. Vandekerckhove, A. Waters, J. Beavon, D. Van Thourhout, M. Zamkov, P. Geiregat, Exploring Colloidal Quantum Shells as a Novel Lasing Medium on an Integrated Silicon Nitride Platform, Annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Society Benelux Chapter, Belgium, (2023)  Download this Publication (8.6MB).
    12. I. Ansari, K. De Geest, J. De Witte, T. Vandekerckhove, H. Rijckaert, E. Picavet, E. Lievens, G.F Feutmba, T. Van de Veire, B. Kuyken, J. Beeckman, D. Van Thourhout, PZT micro-transfer printing for photonic MEMS, IEEE Photonics Conference, United States, p.paper TuE3.3 doi:10.1109/IPC57732.2023.10360713 (2023)  Download this Publication (1.3MB).
    13. M. Niels, M. Billet, T. Vandekerckhove, T. Vanackere, G. Roelkens, B. Kuyken, Scalable cm-scale Micro-Transfer Printing for Heterogeneous Integration of Lithium Niobate, Frontiers in Optics, United States, doi:10.1364/FIO.2023.FW5E.5 (2023).
    14. L. Reis, M. Billet, T. Vandekerckhove, F. Raineri, I. Sagnes, K. Pantzas, G. Beaudoin, G. Roelkens, F. Leo, B. Kuyken, Large size gallium phosphide micro-transfer printing for integrated nonlinear photonics, Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2023 (FiO/LS), United States, p.paper FTh3E.6 (2 pages) doi:10.1364/FIO.2023.FTh3E.6 (2023)  Download this Publication (1.3MB).
    15. Y. Tan, M. Niels, M. Billet, T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, G. Roelkens, B. Kuyken, D. Van Thourhout, Heterogeneously Integrated Si-LN Microring Modulator based on Transfer-printing method, European Conference on Optical Communication, 2023, United Kingdom, p.Tu.C.2.3 (3 pages) (2023)  Download this Publication (476KB).
    16. M. Billet, T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, M. Niels, L.N Reis, D. Maes, M. Kiewiet, K. Akritidis, S. Cuyvers, S. Poelman, T. Reep, V. Bonito Oliva, F. Leo, G. Roelkens, B. Kuyken, Filling the gap of silicon nitride photonic platform functionalities using micro-transfer printing, (invited) publication in Advanced Photonics Congress, South Korea,  (to be published)  Download this Publication (154KB).
    17. J. Zhang, L. Bogaert, M. Billet, D. Wang, B. Pan, S. Qin, E. Soltanian, S. Cuyvers, D. Maes, T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, S. Poelman, M. Kiewiet, I. Luntadila Lufungula, X. Guo, H. Li, J. De Witte, G. Lepage, P. Verheyen, J. Van Campenhout, B. Kuyken, G. Morthier, D. Van Thourhout, R. Baets, G. Roelkens, Photonic integrated circuits realized using micro-transfer printing, PIERS (invited), (2023).
    18. T. Vandekerckhove, T. Vanackere, J. De Witte, S. Cuyvers, L.N Reis, M. Billet, G. Roelkens, S. Clemmen, B. Kuyken, Pillar-Based High-Yield Heterogeneous Integration of Lithium Niobate and Gallium Phosphide Thin Films, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, United States, p.paper STh4O.6 (2 pages) doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2023.STh4O.6 (2023)  Download this Publication (1.7MB).
    19. T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, L. Bogaert, M. Billet, S. Poelman, S. Cuyvers, Joris Van Kerrebrouck, Arno Moerman, Olivier Caytan, Sam Lemey, Guy Torfs, G. Roelkens, S. Clemmen, B. Kuyken, High-Speed Lithium Niobate Modulator on Silicon Nitride using Micro-Transfer Printing, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, United States, p.paper STh1R.1 (2 pages) doi:10.1364/CLEO_SI.2023.STh1R.1 (2023)  Download this Publication (367KB).
    20. T. Vandekerckhove, T. Vanackere, J. De Witte, I. Luntadila Lufungula, E. Vissers, G. Roelkens, S. Clemmen, B. Kuyken, High-Efficiency Second Harmonic Generation in Heterogeneously-Integrated Periodically-Poled Lithium Niobate on Silicon Nitride, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe, Germany, (2023)  Download this Publication (776KB).
    21. M. Billet, L.N Reis, T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, F. Leo, G. Roelkens, B. Kuyken, Heterogeneous integration on silicon nitride for integrated photonics: lasers and nonlinear materials., JNTE 2022 (invited), France, (2022)  Download this Publication (147KB).
    22. J. De Witte, A. Shadmani, T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, P. Lodahl, G. Roelkens, L. Midolo, B. Kuyken, D. Van Thourhout, Towards the heterogeneous integration of single-photon sources on SiN using micro-transfer printing, International Conference on Integrated Quantum Photonics, (2022)  Download this Publication (245KB).
    23. S. Cuyvers, T. Vanackere, T. Vandekerckhove, S. Poelman, C. Op de Beeck, J. De Witte, A. Hermans, K. Van Gasse, N. Picque, D. Van Thourhout, G. Roelkens, S. Clemmen, B. Kuyken, High-Yield Heterogeneous Integration of Silicon and Lithium Niobate Thin Films, Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, United States, (2022)  Download this Publication (240KB).
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