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Geert Morthier

Geert Morthier

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
34
Citations
7382
World Ranking
5702
National Ranking
121

Overview

Geert Morthier is affiliated with Ghent University in Belgium and specializes in research at the intersection of engineering and physics, with a focus on photonic and optical devices. Their body of work spans multiple subfields including electrical and electronic engineering, atomic and molecular physics, optics, biomedical engineering, artificial intelligence, and surfaces, coatings, and films.

Their research topics cover a range of specialized areas within photonics, including:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Advanced Photonic Communication Systems
  • Optical Network Technologies

Morthier has contributed extensively to the academic literature, with noteworthy papers published in high-impact venues. Among recent publications are:

  • "Micro-Transfer Printing for Heterogeneous Si Photonic Integrated Circuits" (2022) in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
  • "Present and Future of Micro-Transfer Printing for Heterogeneous Photonic Integrated Circuits" (2024) in APL Photonics
  • "Wafer-Scale Hybrid Integration of InP DFB Lasers on Si Photonics by Flip-Chip Bonding with sub-300nm Alignment Precision" (2022) in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
  • "GaAs nano-ridge laser diodes fully fabricated in a 300-mm CMOS pilot line" (2025) in Nature
  • "High wall-plug efficiency and narrow linewidth III-V-on-silicon C-band DFB laser diodes" (2022) in Optics Express

Morthier collaborates frequently with other researchers in the field. Their most frequent co-authors include:

  • Günther Roelkens
  • Joris Van Campenhout
  • Peter Verheyen
  • Laurens Bogaert
  • Dries Van Thourhout

Their work has appeared predominantly in the following publication venues:

  • Optics Express
  • IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
  • IEEE Photonics Journal
  • Optics Letters
  • APL Photonics

The scientific output of Geert Morthier reflects a focus on advancing technologies in semiconductor lasers, photonic integration methods, and optical device fabrication and characterization. Their research contributes to developments relevant to both fundamental studies in optics and applied photonics engineering.

Best Publications

  • Experimental demonstration of reservoir computing on a silicon photonics chip

    Kristof Vandoorne;Pauline Mechet;Thomas Van Vaerenbergh;Martin Fiers

  • An ultra-small, low power all-optical flip-flop memory on a silicon chip

    Liu Liu;Liu Liu;Rajesh Kumar;Koen Huybrechts;Thijs Spuesens

  • Athermal Silicon-on-insulator ring resonators by overlaying a polymer cladding on narrowed waveguides

    Jie Teng;Pieter Dumon;Wim Bogaerts;Hongbo Zhang

  • Optical bistability and pulsating behaviour in Silicon-On-Insulator ring resonator structures.

    G Priem;P Dumon;Walter Bogaerts;D Van Thourhout

  • Novel Light Source Integration Approaches for Silicon Photonics

    Zhechao Wang;Amin Abbasi;Utsav Deepak Dave;Andreas De Groote

  • Handbook of Distributed Feedback Laser Diodes

    Geert Morthier;Patrick Vankwikelberge

  • Gain-coupled DFB lasers versus index-coupled and phase shifted DFB lasers: a comparison based on spatial hole burning corrected yield

    K. David;G. Morthier;P. Vankwikelberge;R.G. Baets

  • III-V-on-Silicon Photonic Devices for Optical Communication and Sensing

    Gunther Roelkens;Amin Abassi;Paolo Cardile;Utsav Dave

  • CLADISS-a longitudinal multimode model for the analysis of the static, dynamic, and stochastic behavior of diode lasers with distributed feedback

    P. Vankwikelberge;G. Morthier;R. Baets

  • Cascadable excitability in microrings.

    Thomas Van Vaerenbergh;Martin Fiers;Pauline Mechet;Thijs Spuesens

  • III-V-on-Si photonic integrated circuits realized using micro-transfer-printing

    Jing Zhang;Grigorij Muliuk;Joan Juvert;Sulakshna Kumari

  • Nonlinear properties of and nonlinear processing in hydrogenated amorphous silicon waveguides.

    Bart Kuyken;H. Ji;Stéphane Clemmen;Shankar Kumar Selvaraja

  • Heterogeneously integrated III-V/silicon distributed feedback lasers

    S. Keyvaninia;S. Verstuyft;L. Van Landschoot;F. Lelarge

  • Control of widely tunable SSG-DBR lasers for dense wavelength division multiplexing

    G. Sarlet;G. Morthier;R. Baets

  • Optical packet routing in IP-over-WDM networks deploying two-level optical labeling

    T. Koonen;G. Morthier;J. Jennen;H. de Waardt

  • Crosstalk analysis of multiwavelength optical cross connects

    T. Gyselings;G. Morthier;R. Baets

  • Transfer-printing-based integration of a III-V-on-silicon distributed feedback laser.

    Jing Zhang;Bahawal Haq;James O'Callaghan;Agnieszka M. Gocalińska

  • Micro-Transfer Printing for Heterogeneous Si Photonic Integrated Circuits

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  • Extended modulation bandwidth of DBR and external cavity lasers by utilizing a cavity resonance for equalization

    G. Morthier;R. Schatz;O. Kjebon

  • Nanophotonic Devices for Optical Interconnect

    Dries Van Thourhout;Thijs Spuesens;Shankar Kumar Selvaraja;Liu Liu

  • An ultra-small, low-power all-optical flip-flop memory on a silicon chip

    Rajesh Kumar;Koen Huybrechts;Liu Liu;Thijs Spuessens

Frequent Co-Authors

Roel Baets
Roel Baets Ghent University
Gunther Roelkens
Gunther Roelkens Ghent University
Dries Van Thourhout
Dries Van Thourhout Ghent University
Peter Bienstman
Peter Bienstman Ghent University
Pieter Dumon
Pieter Dumon Luceda Photonics
Xigao Jian
Xigao Jian Dalian University of Technology
Wim Bogaerts
Wim Bogaerts Ghent University
Yoshiaki Nakano
Yoshiaki Nakano University of Tokyo
J-M. Fedeli
J-M. Fedeli CEA LETI

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