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34
Citations
5556
World Ranking
5752
National Ranking
69

Overview

Martijn J. R. Heck is affiliated with Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research primarily spans the fields of engineering and physics and astronomy, with a strong focus on electrical and electronic engineering as well as atomic and molecular physics and optics.

The scientist's work centers around photonic and optical devices, optical network technologies, and semiconductor lasers and optical devices. Other areas of interest include advanced fiber laser technologies, neural networks and reservoir computing, semiconductor quantum structures and devices, and advanced photonic communication systems.

Notable recent papers include:

  • "Opportunities for photonic integrated circuits in optical gas sensors," 2020, Journal of Physics Photonics
  • "Deterministic photon source interfaced with a programmable silicon-nitride integrated circuit," 2023, npj Quantum Information
  • "Integrated Hybrid Plasmonic-Photonic Device for All-Optical Switching and Reading of Spintronic Memory," 2023, Physical Review Applied
  • "Integration of GaAs waveguides on a silicon substrate for quantum photonic circuits," 2022, Optics Express
  • "A Computationally Efficient Integrated Coupled Opto-Electronic Oscillator Model," 2020, Journal of Lightwave Technology

The scientist collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Nicolas Volet, Lars Nielsen, Leonardo Midolo, Andreas D. Wieck, and Arne Ludwig.

Martijn J. R. Heck has published extensively in several journals and conferences, with multiple contributions in the Journal of Lightwave Technology, Optics Letters, and the arXiv preprint repository. Other frequent publication venues include the Journal of the Optical Society of America B and the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics.

Best Publications

  • Ultra-low-loss high-aspect-ratio Si3N4 waveguides.

    Jared F. Bauters;Martijn J. R. Heck;Demis John;Daoxin Dai

  • Hybrid Silicon Photonic Integrated Circuit Technology

    M. J. R. Heck;J. F. Bauters;M. L. Davenport;J. K. Doylend

  • Two-dimensional free-space beam steering with an optical phased array on silicon-on-insulator

    Jonathan K Doylend;Martijn Heck;Jock T Bovington;Jonathan D Peters

  • Planar waveguides with less than 0.1 dB/m propagation loss fabricated with wafer bonding.

    Jared F. Bauters;Martijn J. R. Heck;Demis D. John;Jonathon S. Barton

  • Highly integrated optical phased arrays: photonic integrated circuits for optical beam shaping and beam steering

    Martijn J.R. Heck

  • Fully integrated hybrid silicon two dimensional beam scanner.

    J C Hulme;J K Doylend;M J R Heck;J D Peters

  • Integrated waveguide coupled Si_3N_4 resonators in the ultrahigh-Q regime

    Daryl T. Spencer;Jared F. Bauters;Martijn J. R. Heck;John E. Bowers

  • Hybrid Silicon Photonics for Optical Interconnects

    Martijn J R Heck;Hui-Wen Chen;Alexander W Fang;Brian R Koch

  • Ultra‐low loss waveguide platform and its integration with silicon photonics

    Martijn J. R. Heck;Jared F. Bauters;Michael L. Davenport;Daryl T. Spencer

  • Ultra-high quality factor planar Si 3 N 4 ring resonators on Si substrates

    Ming-Chun Tien;Jared F. Bauters;Martijn J. R. Heck;Daryl T. Spencer

  • Silicon on ultra-low-loss waveguide photonic integration platform.

    Jared F. Bauters;Michael L. Davenport;Martijn J. R. Heck;J. K. Doylend

  • Low-loss Si3N4 arrayed-waveguide grating (de)multiplexer using nano-core optical waveguides.

    Daoxin Dai;Zhi Wang;Jared F. Bauters;M.-C. Tien

  • Low-Loss Silicon Nitride AWG Demultiplexer Heterogeneously Integrated With Hybrid III–V/Silicon Photodetectors

    Molly Piels;Jared F. Bauters;Michael L. Davenport;Martijn J. R. Heck

  • Heterogeneous Silicon/III–V Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

    Michael L. Davenport;Sandra Skendzic;Nicolas Volet;Jared C. Hulme

  • Energy Efficient and Energy Proportional Optical Interconnects for Multi-Core Processors: Driving the Need for On-Chip Sources

    Martijn J. R. Heck;John E. Bowers

  • Low threshold and high speed short cavity distributed feedback hybrid silicon lasers

    Chong Zhang;Sudharsanan Srinivasan;Yongbo Tang;Martijn J. R. Heck

  • Integrated Ultra-Low-Loss 4-Bit Tunable Delay for Broadband Phased Array Antenna Applications

    Renan L. Moreira;John Garcia;Wenzao Li;Jared Bauters

  • Ultra-low loss Si3N4 waveguides with low nonlinearity and high power handling capability.

    Ming-Chun Tien;Jared F Bauters;Martijn J R Heck;Daniel J Blumenthal

  • Observation of Q-switching and mode-locking in two-section InAs-InP (100) quantum dot lasers at 1.53 µm

    Mjr Martijn Heck;Eajm Erwin Bente;E Barry Smalbrugge;YS Yok-Siang Oei

  • An Integrated Hybrid Silicon Multiwavelength AWG Laser

    G. Kurczveil;M. J. Heck;J. D. Peters;J. M. Garcia

  • Hybrid III/V silicon photonic source with integrated 1D free-space beam steering

    J. K. Doylend;M. J. R. Heck;J. T. Bovington;J. D. Peters

  • Heterogeneously integrated 2.0 μm CW hybrid silicon lasers at room temperature.

    Alexander Spott;Michael Davenport;Jon Peters;Jock Bovington

Frequent Co-Authors

John E. Bowers
John E. Bowers University of California, Santa Barbara
MK Meint Smit
MK Meint Smit Eindhoven University of Technology
R Richard Nötzel
R Richard Nötzel South China Normal University
Daniel J. Blumenthal
Daniel J. Blumenthal University of California, Santa Barbara
Daan Lenstra
Daan Lenstra Eindhoven University of Technology
Dries Van Thourhout
Dries Van Thourhout Ghent University
Larry A. Coldren
Larry A. Coldren University of California, Santa Barbara
José Capmany
José Capmany Universitat Politècnica de València
Idelfonso Tafur Monroy
Idelfonso Tafur Monroy Eindhoven University of Technology

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