Programme of the IEEE Photonics Benelux Annual Workshop 2013
Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Brussels, Belgium
3 May 2013
Materials, Devices and Systems in Optics and Photonics:
A Platform for Young Researchers to Interact and Share Information

09:40 – 10:00                       Registration
10:00 – 10:10                       Opening remarks

Session 1: Devices, chaired by prof. Guy Verschaffelt
10:10 – 11:00                       (Invited) Dr. Stefano Beri, TE Connectivity
                                               Current challenges in the telecom industry
11:00 – 11:15                       Mulham Khoder, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
                                               Tunable wavelength emission in semiconductor ring lasers with filtered optical feedback
11:15 – 11:30                       Dave Geerardyn, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
                                               Optical depth sensing behind a disturbing surface
11:30 – 11:45                       Hans Ingelberts, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
                                               High speed, high efficiency photon samplers
11:45 – 12:00                       Elton Bitincka, Technical University of Eindhoven
                                               Simple algorithm for continuous tuning of DBR lasers

12:00 – 13:10                       Lunch

Session 2: Systems, chaired by prof. Jan Danckaert
13:10 – 14:00                       (Invited) Prof. Dr. Peter Bienstman, Ghent University
                                               Silicon-based nanophotonic reservoir computing
14:00 – 14:15                       Akram Akrout, Université libre de Bruxelles
                                               Towards an analog input layer for reservoir computers
14:15 – 14:30                       Lars Keuninckx, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
                                               A reservoir computing demonstrator: realtime chaos prediction using a single nonlinear node and delayed feedback
14:30 – 14:45                       Lionel Weicker, Université libre de Bruxelles
                                               Square-wave oscillations exhibiting different duty cycles in a time-delayed optoelectronic oscillator
14:45 – 15:00                       Romain Nguimdo, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
                                               High-speed key exchange using chaotic systems

15:00 – 15:25                       Coffee break

Session 3: Materials, chaired by Vincent Ginis
15:25 – 15:40                       Pierre Wahl, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
                                               Energy-per-bit in plasmonic intergrated photodetectors
15:40 – 15:55                       Xuehao Hu, University of Mons
                                               Bragg gratings inscription at 1550 nm in photosensitive step-index polymer optical fiber
15:55 – 16:10                       Lianyan Li, Ghent University
                                               Properties of shallowly etched second order grating in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguide
16:10 – 16:25                       Nick Van den Broeck, Universiteit Antwerpen
                                               Scattering of light at metallic particles
16:25 – 17:15                       (Invited) Prof. Dr. Ad Lagendijk, Univ. of Amsterdam/FOM-Institute AMOLF
                                               How to become a world-leading scientist?

17:15 – 17:30                       Closing remarks and award ceremony