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Peter Verheyen

Peter Verheyen

D-Index & Metrics

Electronics and Electrical Engineering

D-Index
45
Citations
7913
World Ranking
3566
National Ranking
77

Overview

Peter Verheyen is affiliated with Imec in Belgium and has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering and Physics and Astronomy. Their research primarily focuses on Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, with additional work in Artificial Intelligence, Biomedical Engineering, and Materials Chemistry.

The main topics covered by Verheyen's research include:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Neural Networks and Reservoir Computing
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Optical Network Technologies
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies

Their recent publications highlight a strong focus on silicon photonics and laser technologies. Notable papers include:

  • "Integrated silicon photonic MEMS," 2023, Microsystems & Nanoengineering
  • "Silicon photonic microelectromechanical phase shifters for scalable programmable photonics," 2021, Optics Letters
  • "Wafer-Scale Hybrid Integration of InP DFB Lasers on Si Photonics by Flip-Chip Bonding with sub-300nm Alignment Precision," 2022, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
  • "GaAs nano-ridge laser diodes fully fabricated in a 300-mm CMOS pilot line," 2025, Nature
  • "Wafer-level hermetically sealed silicon photonic MEMS," 2021, Photonics Research

Verheyen frequently publishes in several venues notable within photonics and optics research:

  • Optics Express
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Optics Letters
  • Photonics Research

The researcher has collaborated extensively with other scientists in the field. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Joris Van Campenhout
  • Wim Bogaerts
  • Niels Quack
  • Alain Yuji Takabayashi
  • Pierre Edinger

Peter Verheyen's body of work spans advanced integrated photonics, nano-fabrication techniques, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and hybrid laser integration, reflecting a multidisciplinary approach to contemporary challenges in photonic devices and optoelectronics.

Best Publications

  • High-efficiency fiber-to-chip grating couplers realized using an advanced CMOS-compatible Silicon-On-Insulator platform

    D. Vermeulen;S. Selvaraja;P. Verheyen;G. Lepage

  • An octave-spanning mid-infrared frequency comb generated in a silicon nanophotonic wire waveguide.

    Bart Kuyken;Takuro Ideguchi;Simon Holzner;Ming Yan

  • Active Components for 50 Gb/s NRZ-OOK Optical Interconnects in a Silicon Photonics Platform

    M. Pantouvaki;S. A. Srinivasan;Y. Ban;P. De Heyn

  • −1 V bias 67 GHz bandwidth Si-contacted germanium waveguide p-i-n photodetector for optical links at 56 Gbps and beyond

    Hongtao Chen;P Verheyen;P De Heyn;G Lepage

  • Photonic Integrated Circuit-Based FMCW Coherent LiDAR

    Aude Martin;Delphin Dodane;Luc Leviandier;Daniel Dolfi

  • 56 Gb/s Germanium Waveguide Electro-Absorption Modulator

    Srinivasan Ashwyn Srinivasan;Marianna Pantouvaki;Shashank Gupta;Hong Tao Chen

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

    Jing Zhang;Grigorij Muliuk;Joan Juvert;Sulakshna Kumari

  • Performance tradeoff between lateral and interdigitated doping patterns for high speed carrier-depletion based silicon modulators

    Hui Yu;Marianna Pantouvaki;Joris Van Campenhout;Dietmar Korn

  • Silicon photonics integrated circuits: a manufacturing platform for high density, low power optical I/O's.

    Philippe P. Absil;Peter Verheyen;Peter De Heyn;Marianna Pantouvaki

  • Comparison of heater architectures for thermal control of silicon photonic circuits

    Adil Masood;Marianna Pantouvaki;Guy Lepage;Peter Verheyen

  • Demonstration of silicon-on-insulator mid-infrared spectrometers operating at 3.8 um

    Muhammad Muneeb;X Chen;P Verheyen;G Lepage

  • Multi-gate devices for the 32 nm technology node and beyond

    N. Collaert;A. De Keersgieter;A. Dixit;I. Ferain

  • Micro-Transfer Printing for Heterogeneous Si Photonic Integrated Circuits

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  • Silicon-organic hybrid (SOH) IQ modulator using the linear electro-optic effect for transmitting 16QAM at 112 Gbit/s

    Dietmar Korn;Robert Palmer;Hui Yu;Philipp C. Schindler

  • High-Responsivity Low-Voltage 28-Gb/s Ge p-i-n Photodetector With Silicon Contacts

    Hong Tao Chen;Peter Verheyen;Peter De Heyn;Guy Lepage

  • 100-Gbps RZ Data Reception in 67-GHz Si-Contacted Germanium Waveguide p-i-n Photodetectors

    Hongtao Chen;M. Galili;P. Verheyen;P. De Heyn

  • Nonlinear absorption and refraction in crystalline silicon in the mid‐infrared

    Xin Gai;Yi Yu;Bart Kuyken;Pan Ma

  • Silicon-on-Insulator Polarization Rotator Based on a Symmetry Breaking Silicon Overlay

    D. Vermeulen;S. Selvaraja;P. Verheyen;P. Absil

  • pMOSFET with 200% mobility enhancement induced by multiple stressors

    L. Washington;F. Nouri;S. Thirupapuliyur;G. Eneman

  • Scalability of the Si/sub 1-x/Ge/sub x/ source/drain technology for the 45-nm technology node and beyond

    G. Eneman;P. Verheyen;R. Rooyackers;F. Nouri

  • Exploring the limits of stress-enhanced hole mobility

    L. Smith;V. Moroz;G. Eneman;P. Verheyen

  • Dark current analysis in high-speed germanium p-i-n waveguide photodetectors

    Hongtao Chen;P Verheyen;P De Heyn;G Lepage

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