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SUMMARY:Programmable Photonics
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Wim Bogaerts\, Ghent University\nAbstract: In the past f
 ew years\, new concepts for general-purpose\, programmable photonic integr
 ated circuits (PIC) have been proposed. PICs manipulate light on the surfa
 ce of a chip\, often fabricated in silicon or other semiconductors. Today\
 , most PICs are developed for one specific function\, and are therefore ca
 lled application-specific photonic integrated circuits (ASPIC)\, similar t
 o  electronic application-specific integrated circuits (ASIC). The new pr
 ogrammable PICs are targeted to take a place like electronic field-program
 mable gate arrays (FPGA) and microcontrollers\, which can be programmed in
  software to perform different tasks\, and can be deployed into multiple a
 pplication domains. Several programmable PIC concepts have already been ex
 perimentally demonstrated on a modest scale\, reproducing functionality in
  programming that was hitherto limited to custom-designed hardware. The pr
 ogramming is generally done through electro-optic tuners\, such as integra
 ted waveguide heaters\, electro-optic materials or MEMS. We will discuss d
 ifferent architectures for programmable photonic circuits\, and the many t
 rade-offs that come with these new circuit concepts. We will also discuss 
 some of the results of two projects running at Ghent University-IMEC on pr
 ogrammable photonic circuits: PhotonicSWARM and MORPHIC.\nThe PhotonicSWAR
 M project\, a consolidator grant by the European Research Council\, looks 
 into the scaling potential of programmable PICs\, combining distributed op
 tical paths with distributed control algorithms to keep larger circuits ma
 nageable. Programmable photonic circuits need many electronic control circ
 uits\, and we explore ways to address thousands of electro-optic tuners on
 to a single chip. The MORPHIC project\, a collaboration between 6 groups i
 n Europe including the QLAB at EPFL\, looks to extend silicon photonics wi
 th MEMS to enable programmable circuits which consume little or no power t
 o maintain their programmed state.\n\nBio: Wim Bogaerts is a full professo
 r in the Photonics Research Group of Ghent University and IMEC\, Belgium. 
 He specializes in silicon photonics\, complex photonics integrated circuit
 s and their design\, and programmable photonics. Wim Bogaerts studied engi
 neering (applied physics) in Ghent\, and did a PhD in the Photonics Resear
 ch Group of Ghent University-IMEC\, building the design and technology fou
 ndations for IMEC's first silicon photonics technology platform on 200mm C
 MOS tools. This led to collaborations with tens of partners\, growing into
  a silicon photonics multi-project-wafer service in IMEC\, eventually know
 n as ePIXfab. To enable the design of these photonic chips\, Wim and his c
 olleagues developed the software package IPKISS\, a parametric design fram
 ework for photonic circuits.\nIn 2010\, Wim became Professor at Ghent Univ
 ersity\, specializing in advanced design methodologies for integrated phot
 onics\, tackling the challenges that form the design gap for silicon photo
 nics. With the growing industrial interest in silicon photonics\, this kno
 w-how became ever more relevant for a larger community. In June 2014\, he 
 co-founded Luceda Photonics\, a Ghent University - IMEC- VUB spin-off to b
 ring the IPKISS software and other advanced design tools to the rapidly gr
 owing photonics market.\nWith Luceda Photonics successfully established in
  the Integrated photonics market\, Wim returned in 2016 to his fundamental
  research interest\, establishing a research activity in large-scale silic
 on photonics and programmable photonic circuits. On this topic he received
  the ERC consolidator grant PhotonicSwarm. He also teaches design and tech
 nology of photonic integrated circuits\, both at the level of the M.Sc. pr
 ogram in Ghent\, as in specialization courses. He is a very strong adept o
 f Agile and Lean philosophies\, with a passion to apply them to the peculi
 ar ecosystem of academic research. He holds a black belt in lean. He is a 
 member of IEEE\, OSA\, SPIE and the Scrum Alliance\, as well as a travelli
 ng lecturer of the Optical Society (OSA).\n\n(the talk will take place at 
 EPFL main campus in room SV1717\, and it will be broadcasted to Microcity
  MC B0 302)\n\nThe meeting will be live broadcasted using zoom. The follo
 wing link will be available 11h00 - 12h30: https://epfl.zoom.us/j/21122927
 6\n \nLearn more about Programmable Photonics within the MORPHIC Project 
 in the video project presentation.
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