Biography

Yuqing Jiao is an Assistant Professor in the Institute for Photonic Integration (IPI, formerly COBRA Research Institute), at Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. His research area covers photonic integrated circuits (PICs) from telecom applications, through to PICs for sensing and interconnects. He has strong background in both silicon/silica and InP material systems, and he also has intensive experience in cleanroom fabrication as well as electromagnetic theories,

He is currently focusing on an advanced InP membrane based on photonic integration platform for wide applications such as optical interconnects and beam steering. His other research interests include novel semiconductor technology and materials, emerging photonic applications. He is supervising 5 PhD students on the same topic.

As a young profession in this area, He has (co)authored more than 30 papers in refereed international journals as well as more than 60 international conference papers (including 5 invited talks in international conferences). He is a member of IEEE. He serves as a board member of IEEE Photonics Society Benelux Chapter. He also serves as an active reviewer for 11 international journals.

Current Projects

  • Membrane Nanophotonics

    Building next-generation photonic integration platform in a nanophotonic membrane

    Membrane-based nanophotonics: Leading the research activities in device development of the InP membrane nanophotonic circuits. Highlights:

    • The first laser on the ultrathin InP membrane which integrates both active and passive components in the cavity. Its ultra-small cross-section is as small as one tenth of traditional designs.
    • High-speed photodetectors with record-wide electrical bandwidth among hybridly integrated photodetectors (collaboration with Longfei Shen @ PhI group).
    • The first on-chip optical wireless receiver operating at 200Gb/s, with large acceptance angle up to 20° (collaboration with Zizheng Cao @ ECO group).
    • High-performance metallic gratings that can achieve efficiency up to 90%. They operate independently of the underlying substrate (supervised PhD student Aura Higuera Rodriguez).
    • Ultra-sharp (R<1µm) waveguide bends with only 0.13 dB loss per 90° bend.
  • Novel nanofabrication technologies

    Developing advanced technologies for convergence of photonic chips and electronics

    Novel nanofabrication technology: Extensive experience in cleanroom (>8 years), covering various material systems: silica, silicon, polymer and III-V. Invented several novel technology for nanophotonics and 2D material processing.

    • Novel fullerene (C60)-assisted electron-beam lithography for ultra-precise definition of nano-strutures.
    • Ultra-smooth dry etch process, resulting record-low optical loss in InP membrane.
    • Novel silver-based metal contacts with an order-of-magnitude lower optical loss (collaboration with Longfei Shen @ PhI group).
    • Large-scale InP membrane bonding technology (up to 3-inch full wafers), with tunable bonding layer thickness.
    • First thermally stable patterning technology for atomic layer deposition (ALD) and graphene applications (collaboration with Dr. Ageeth Bol’s group @ Applied Physics, Eindhoven University of Technology).
  • Next-generation nanophotonic platform

    Development and coordination of the nanophotonic platform at TU/e

    Next-generation nanophotonic platform: Leading the research and coordination activities in development of the next-generation InP nanophotonic platform and its multi-project wafer (MPW) runs

    Past Projects

    • New customized laser on generic InP platform (2017-2018)

      Development and customization of directly modulated V-cavity tunable laser array on generic InP platform

      Collaboration project (funded by Zhejiang University) on “Directly modulated V-cavity tunable laser array on generic InP platform” (2017-2018).

    • Quantum dot medical imaging system on a single chip (2010-2013)

      Towards a monolithically integrated medical imaging system operating at long wavelength

      Long-wavelength medical imaging system on a single chip: Pioneer research in long-wavelength quantum dot gain systems. Systematic understanding of physical dynamics in the quantum dot systems.

      This project is under the framework of the Brainbridge Program (a collaboration program between Zhejiang University, TU/e and Philips).

      • First quantum dot tunable laser system at 1700 nm band (~300 components on a single chip).
      • First quantum dot photodetector covering record-wide wavelength range.
      • First practical 2D images for various objects, at 1700 nm wavelength.
      • First dot-in-a-well gain system with 3 times improved modal gain.
    • High performance polymer photonic platform (2009-2010)

      Developing SU-8 based polymer PIC platform with low cost and high performance

      Company project with NEC America. In this project I developed a low-cost coherent receiver for Internet application, based on polymer waveguide technology. This work has been recorded in the NEC whitepaper 2010, and published in the IEEE Photonics Technology Letters (2011).

      Achiement: Extensive research and technology development in polymer-on-silicon platform. Insight into the next-generation high-confinement photonic circuits.

      • Record-compact polarization splitter for low-confinement waveguide systems.
      • First optical mixer circuit based on low-cost polymer material, requiring only one photolithography step.
      • First systematic discovery of the validity of various numerical methods for high-confinement photonic circuits.
    • Low cost photonic integrated devices for fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) (2008-2009)

      Developing novel technology and device chips for low-cost FTTH access networks.

      Company project with Ericsson (Sweden).

      The project aims for low cost PIC solutions for fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) networks. I successfully developed an integrated co-exister based on silica-on-Si technology for the data routing between 2.5G passive optical network (PON) and next generation 10G PON.

      Achievements: Extensive research and technology development in low-cost silica-on-silicon platform. Insight into the next-generation high-confinement photonic circuits.

      • Novel Ge-B co-doped silica glass for improved optical and thermal properties (collaboration with Prof. Jian-Jun He’s group @ Zhejiang University).
      • First 4-channel wavelength router for record-wide wavelength span.
      • First systematic discovery of the validity of various numerical methods for high-confinement photonic circuits.

    Supervision, Coaching and Graduation Committee

    • High-speed optical modulator on photonic membrane platform (ongoing)

      Amir Abbas Kashi: “High-speed optical modulator on photonic membrane platform”

      TU/e, Project Zwaartekracht, 2017-present

    • Al-based quantum well membrane lasers (ongoing)

      J. van Engelen: “Al-based quantum well membrane lasers”

      TU/e, Project Zwaartekracht, 2016-present

    • Laser developments on InP membrane on Si platform (ongoing)

      V. G. Pogoretskii: “Laser developments on InP membrane on Si platform”

      TU/e, Project Zwaartekracht, 2015-present

    • Photonic crystal nanobeam lasers

      A. Higuera Rodriguez: “Photonic crystal nanobeam lasers”

      TU/e, Project ERC NOLIMITS, 2012-2017

    • Electrically pumped laser on InP membrane

      S. Bhat: “Electrically pumped laser on InP membrane”

      TU/e, Project STW IMOS, 2010-2015

    • Silica-based planar lightwave circuits

      Pengxin Chen: “Silica-based planar lightwave circuits”

      Zhejiang University, 2008-2010

    • Design and simulation of a novel 1×2 couplerfor InP photonic membrane circuits

      Sander Reniers: “Design and simulation of a novel 1×2 couplerfor InP photonic membrane circuits”

      TU/e, 2016

    • Investigation of Membrane Stretching in BCB Bonding

      Manigandan Sivasubramanian: “Investigation of Membrane Stretching in BCB Bonding”

      TU/e, 2015-2016

    • Design of an ultra-sharp waveguide bend on InP membrane

      Jian Liu: “Design of an ultra-sharp waveguide bend on InP membrane”

      TU/e, 2015

    • Optimization of Multimode Interference Reflector on InP membrane

      Wenting Tao: “Optimization of Multimode Interference Reflector on InP membrane”

      TU/e, 2015

    • Thermo-optic tuning of wavelength (de)multiplexers on InP membrane

      Yandan Jiang: “Thermo-optic tuning of wavelength (de)multiplexers on InP membrane”

      TU/e, 2014

    • PhD Committee

      Longfei Shen: “Ultrafast photodetector on the InP-membrane-on-silicon platform”

      TU/e, 2016.

    • PDEng Committee

      Monica Llorens Revull: “Wavelength stabilized optical frequency comb lasers”

      TU/e, 2016

    • Master Committee

      1. Stefano Andreou: “Applications of slot waveguides in IMOS”, TU/e, 2015
      2. Zhongbiao Chen: “FMBC Realization and Synchronization”, TU/e, 2015
      3. Xinran Zhao, TU/e: “Channel estimation and equalization in FBMCOQAM systems”, TU/e, 2015
      4. Jorn van Engelen: “A Novel Optically Wide-Band Electro-Absorption Modulator based on Bandfilling in n-InGaAs”, TU/e, 2016
      5. Jasper Pijl: “Automated Photonic Device Design”, TU/e, 2016
      6. Xiaoheng Huang: “Building a Complex Simulation Platform for Mode Locking Laser for Radio- over-Fiber in-home Communication”, TU/e, 2016