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Electronics and Electrical Engineering
Netherlands
2022

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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
61
Citations
17028
World Ranking
1510
National Ranking
16

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Netherlands Leader Award
  • 2003 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to optoelectronic integration, in particular for wavelength division multiplexing applications.

Overview

MK Meint Smit is affiliated with Eindhoven University of Technology in the Netherlands. Their research area is primarily within engineering, focusing on electrical and electronic engineering, with additional intersections in atomic and molecular physics, optics, and artificial intelligence.

The scientist's work covers topics including photonic and optical devices, optical network technologies, advanced photonic communication systems, semiconductor lasers and optical devices, advanced fiber laser technologies, and aspects of neural networks and reservoir computing.

Their recent publications span several notable journals and conferences, including:

  • "Broadband Operation of an InP Optical Phased Array," 2022, IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • "Ultra-Compact and Efficient Microheaters on a Submicron-Thick InP Membrane," 2022, Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • "Efficiency-boosted semiconductor optical amplifiers via mode-division multiplexing," 2023, Optica
  • "Mode division multiplexing on an InP membrane on silicon," 2022, Optics Letters
  • "Versatile butt-joint regrowth for dense photonic integration," 2021, Optical Materials Express

Frequent collaborators include Victor Dolores-Calzadilla, Yi Wang, Kevin Williams, Yuqing Jiao, and Daoxin Dai. These coauthors have contributed to multiple works alongside MK Meint Smit, reflecting a collaborative research environment in photonics and related fields.

The scientist's publication venues feature specialized photon science and optoelectronics journals such as:

  • IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Optica
  • Optics Letters
  • Optical Materials Express

MK Meint Smit was awarded IEEE Fellow status in 2003 for contributions to optoelectronic integration, specifically in the area of wavelength division multiplexing applications.

Best Publications

  • PHASAR-based WDM-devices: Principles, design and applications

    M.K. Smit;C. Van Dam

  • Lasing in metallic-coated nanocavities

    Martin T. Hill;Yok-Siang Oei;Barry Smalbrugge;Youcai Zhu

  • A fast low-power optical memory based on coupled micro-ring lasers.

    Martin T. Hill;Harmen J. S. Dorren;Tjibbe de Vries;Xaveer J. M. Leijtens

  • Lasing in metal-insulator-metal sub-wavelength plasmonic waveguides.

    Martin T. Hill;Milan Marell;Eunice S P Leong;Barry Smalbrugge

  • An introduction to InP-based generic integration technology

    Meint Smit;Xaveer Leijtens;Huub Ambrosius;Erwin Bente

  • New focusing and dispersive planar component based on an optical phased array

    MK Meint Smit

  • Optical bandwidth and fabrication tolerances of multimode interference couplers

    P.A. Besse;M. Bachmann;H. Melchior;L.B. Soldano

  • Net optical gain at 1.53 mu m in Er-doped Al2O3 waveguides on silicon

    van den Gn Gerlas Hoven;Rjim Koper;A Albert Polman;van C Dam

  • Past, present, and future of InP-based photonic integration

    Meint Smit;Kevin Williams;Jos van der Tol

  • Moore's law in photonics

    Meint Meint Smit;van der Jjgm Jos Tol;MT Martin Hill

  • Planar monomode optical couplers based on multimode interference effects

    L.B. Soldano;F.B. Veerman;M.K. Smit;B.H. Verbeek

  • Laser emission and photodetection in an InP/InGaAsP layer integrated on and coupled to a Silicon-on-Insulator waveguide circuit.

    G Gunther Roelkens;Van D Thourhout;Rgf Roel Baets;R Richard Nötzel

  • Upconversion in Er-implanted Al2O3 waveguides

    van den Gn Gerlas Hoven;E Snoeks;A Albert Polman;van C Dam

  • Photoluminescence characterization of Er-implanted Al2O3 films

    van den Gn Gerlas Hoven;E Snoeks;A Albert Polman;van Jwm Uffelen

  • A generic foundry model for InP-based photonic ICs

    M. Smit;X. Leijtens;E. Bente;J. van der Tol

  • Generic foundry model for InP-based photonics

    MK Meint Smit;Xjm Xaveer Leijtens;Eajm Erwin Bente;van der Jjgm Jos Tol

  • Mach-Zehnder interferometer polarization splitter in InGaAsP/InP

    L.B. Soldano;A.I. de Vreede;M.K. Smit;B.H. Verbeek

  • Adhesive Bonding of InP ∕ InGaAsP Dies to Processed Silicon-On-Insulator Wafers using DVS-bis-Benzocyclobutene

    G Gunther Roelkens;J Brouckaert;Van D Thourhout;Rgf Roel Baets

  • Al2O3 films for integrated optics

    MK Meint Smit;GA Gerard Acket;van der Cj Laan

  • Heterogeneously integrated III-V/silicon distributed feedback lasers

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

  • Plasmonic communications : light on a wire

    Juerg Leuthold;C. Hoessbacher;S. Muehlbrandt;A. Melikyan

  • Four-channel integrated-optic wavelength demultiplexer with weak polarization dependence

    A.R. Vellekoop;M.K. Smit

Frequent Co-Authors

R Richard Nötzel
R Richard Nötzel South China Normal University
Martijn J. R. Heck
Martijn J. R. Heck Eindhoven University of Technology
Gunther Roelkens
Gunther Roelkens Ghent University
Daan Lenstra
Daan Lenstra Eindhoven University of Technology
MT Martin Hill
MT Martin Hill University of Western Australia
Roel Baets
Roel Baets Ghent University
GD Giok-Djan Khoe
GD Giok-Djan Khoe Eindhoven University of Technology
Andrea Fiore
Andrea Fiore Eindhoven University of Technology
J-M. Fedeli
J-M. Fedeli CEA LETI
H. de Waardt
H. de Waardt Eindhoven University of Technology

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