The IEEE Silicon Photonics Conference delivers insights on current and future innovations in photonic devices, materials, and applications, as well as novel monolithic and heterogeneous integration and fabrication technologies on silicon platforms. Formerly known as IEEE Group IV Photonics Conference since 2004, IEEE SiPhotonics inherits a track record of close personal interactions between colleagues from both academia and industry with state-of-the-art oral and poster presentations of contributed and invited papers, as well as plenary sessions with overviews of important topics and advancements in silicon photonics.
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SiPhotonics 2026
April 13 - 15, 2026 | Ottawa, Canada
Insights on current and future innovations in photonic devices, materials, and applications, as well as novel monolithic and heterogeneous integration and fabrication technologies on silicon photonics
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- INVITED SPEAKERS
Yoojin Ban, Technology Strategist, is an invited speaker in the 'Electronic-Photonic and Heterogeneous Integration (EPHI)' session
Dongbo Wang, R&D Project Coordinator at Photonics Research Group (Ghent University - imec), is an invited speaker in the 'Active Photonic Devices (APD)' session
Peter Offermans, Principal Member of Technical Staff, is an invited speaker in the 'Industry: Sensing' session
- PAPERS
MA4 - 280 Gb/s optical-amplification-free transmission using O-band vertical PN-junction based RRM
Armands Ostrovskis1, Minkyu Kim2, Darja Cirjulina1, Toms Salgals1, Michael Koenigsmann3, Benjamin Krueger3, Fabio Pittala3, Lu Zhang4, Xianbin Yu4, Richard Schatz5, Markus Gruen3, Hadrien Louchet3, Robert Jahn3, Kazuo Yamaguchi3, Vjaceslavs Bobrovs1, Peter De Heyn2, Xiaodan Pang4, Oskars Ozolins1
1Riga Technical university, 2imec, Leuven, Belgium, 3Keysight Technologies Deutschland GmbH, 4Zhejiang University, 5RISE Research Institutes of Sweden
TuB4 - Out-of-Plane Coupling of Expanded Beam via Polymer Waveguides for CPO
Jef Van Asch1, Jeroen Missinne1, Cheng-Jhih Luo2, Joris Van Campenhout2, Geert Van Steenberge1
1Centre for Microsystems Technology (CMST), imec and Ghent University, 2imec
MC3 - Demonstration of Expanded Beam Fiber Array Coupling in Silicon Photonics Platform
Cheng-Jhih Luo1, Junwen He1, Sebastian Hänsch2, Damien Leech1, Maumita Chakrabarti1, Yoojin Ban1, Joris Van Campenhout1
1imec, 2ASMPT
WA3 - Nano-opto-electro-mechanical phase shifter integrated in silicon photonic circuits and fabrication methods
Chiara Marchese1, Qingzhong Deng1, Christian Haffner1, Peter Verheyen1, Filippo Ferraro1, Hasan Goktas1, Yoojin Ban1, Maumita Chakrabarti1, Dimitrios Velenis1, Imene Jadli1, Joris Van Campenhout1, Wim Bogaerts2
1imec, 2University of Ghent