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At ECOC 2025, held in Copenhagen, Denmark from September 28-October 2, 2025, doctoral fellow Haoyang Tan gave an oral presentation on his work about “Single soliton comb generation in SiC microresonators via thermal compensation using obliquely polarized pumping.” ECOC is a leading conference in the field of optical communication, bringing together researchers, engineers, and industry…

At CLEO Europe 2025, held in Munich, Germany from June 22-27, 2025, doctoral fellow Haoyang Tan presented a poster to share his recent work titled “Flexible Platicon Generation via Random Backscattering in Ultra-high-Q Microresonators”. CLEO Europe served as a comprehensive and prestigious gathering of optics and photonics experts across Europe. The event featured groundbreaking advancements…

This year, members of the µCombSys team have been active at several international conferences, sharing our latest research and connecting with collaborators across the photonics community. We’re grateful for the many engaging discussions and look forward to continuing these exchanges as the project progresses.

From June 1–5, 2025, doctoral fellow Shivaprasad Hulyal presented his research on Arrayed Waveguide Gratings on Lithium Tantalate at INGEN 2025, held in Saanen, Switzerland. INGEN provides a unique forum that brings together researchers in integrated optics and emerging nanophotonics. Shivaprasad’s presentation showcased progress in establishing lithium tantalate as a new photonic integrated circuit (PIC)…

At CLEO Europe 2025, held in Munich, Germany from June 22–27, 2025, doctoral fellow Shivaprasad Hulyal delivered a presentation on Arrayed Waveguide Gratings on Lithium Tantalate. CLEO Europe brings together the European and international photonics community, serving as a key stage for new breakthroughs in optics and quantum electronics. Shivaprasad’s talk emphasized the emergence of…

Our doctoral fellow, Shivaprasad Hulyal, recently presented his work on Arrayed Waveguide Gratings on Lithium Tantalate at the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO US 2025) in Los Angeles, California, held from May 4–9, 2025. CLEO is one of the leading global gatherings for photonics and electro-optics. The presentation introduced lithium tantalate as a new…

We are pleased to announce the publication of a new research article in Optica by program fellow Shivaprasad Hulyal, alongside co-authors Jianqi Hu, Chengli Wang, Jiachen Cai, Grigorii, and Tobias J. Kippenberg. https://doi.org/10.1364/OPTICA.565570 In this work, the authors demonstrate arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs) on a lithium tantalate (LiTaO₃) platform, utilizing its low optical anisotropy for…

From June 30th to July 11th, µCombSys will be in Ghent to attend the Epixfab Summer School (https://epixfab.eu/en/upcoming-trainings/training/10th-silicon-photonics-summer-school) and a workshop on Photonics and Packaging. This tailored workshop will cover laser labs, RD-tools, wafer-scale testing, and photonic packaging techniques. Moreover, it includes software sessions (OpticStudio, Lumerical), cleanroom demos, and a visit to Imec’s 300 mm…

SOLIFEM is a comprehensive 4-day workshop that takes place 21-24 October 2024 and is organized by EPFL, Switzerland. Please read here for more details: https://solifem-microcombsys.epfl.ch/

The Microcombsys Doctoral Network will start 1 October 2023. Related news will be published here.