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2025
Digital Biosensing at the Nanoscale: CMOS Nanocapacitor Arrays for Stochastic Biosensing, a Proof of Concept (2025)[Thesis › PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT]. University of Twente. Saghafi, M.https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036565387Watt-class silicon photonics-based optical high-power amplifier (2025)Nature photonics, 19(3), 307-314. Article e149. Singh, N., Lorenzen, J., Wang, K., Gaafar, M. A., Sinobad, M., Francis, H., Edelmann, M., Geiselmann, M., Herr, T., Garcia-Blanco, S. M. & Kärtner, F. X.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-024-01587-9High-frequency electrochemical impedance measurements of self-assembled monolayer formation using CMOS-based nanocapacitor arrays (2025)Sensors and Actuators Reports, 9. Article 100293 (E-pub ahead of print/First online). Chinnathambi, S., Saghafi, M., Tripathy, S., Widdershoven, F. P. & Lemay, S. J. G.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.snr.2025.100293Sub-2W tunable laser based on silicon photonics power amplifier (2025)Light: Science and Applications, 14(1). Article 18. Singh, N., Lorenzen, J., Kilinc, M., Wang, K., Sinobad, M., Francis, H., Carreira, J., Geiselmann, M., Demirbas, U., Pergament, M., Garcia-Blanco, S. M. & Kärtner, F. X.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41377-024-01681-1
2024
Femtosecond pulse amplification on a chip (2024)Nature communications, 15(1). Article 8109. Gaafar, M. A., Ludwig, M., Wang, K., Wildi, T., Voumard, T., Sinobad, M., Lorenzen, J., Francis, H., Carreira, J., Zhang, S., Bi, T., Del’Haye, P., Geiselmann, M., Singh, N., Kärtner, F. X., Garcia-Blanco, S. M. & Herr, T.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52057-3Characterization and Packaging of Erbium-Doped Alumina Waveguide Amplifier on a Silicon Nitride Layer (2024)In 2024 International Topical Meeting on Microwave Photonics, MWP 2024. IEEE. Coulaud, Q., Cadiou, E., Romanelli, M., Alouini, M., Bonneville, D. B., Osornio-Martinez, C. E., Garcia-Blanco, S. M., Hegeman, I. & Dekker, R.https://doi.org/10.1109/MWP62612.2024.10736307High power >1.5W tunable laser based on integrated LMA power amplifier (2024)In 2024 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO 2024. IEEE. Singh, N., Lorenzen, J., Sinobad, M., Wang, K., Kilinc, M., Francis, H., Carriera, J., Geiselmann, M., Pergament, M., Demirbas, U., Garcia-Blanco, S. M. & Kärtner, F. X.Large mode area waveguide based high-energy passively Q-switched laser in silicon photonics (2024)EPJ Web of Conferences , 307. Article 02008. Singh, N., Lorenzen, J., Sinobad, M., Wang, K., Liapis, A. C., Frankis, H., Gaafar, M. A., Haugg, S., Francis, H., Carreira, J., Geiselmann, M., Herr, T., Bradley, J., Sun, Z., Garcia-Blanco, S. M. & Kärtner, F. X.https://doi.org/10.1051/epjconf/202430702008Thick waveguides of low-stress stoichiometric silicon nitride on sapphire (SiNOS) (2024)Optics express, 32(21), 36835-36847. Martinussen, S., Berenschot, E., Bonneville, D., Wang, K., Dijkstra, M., Tas, N., García Blanco, S. M. & Tiggelaar, R. M.https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.536578Polarization-resolved near-field characterization of coupling between a bus waveguide and a ring resonator (2024)Results in Optics, 16. Article 100695. Tkachuk, V. V., Korterik, J. P., Chang, L. & Offerhaus, H. L.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rio.2024.100695Watt-class CMOS-compatible optical high power amplifier (2024)[Working paper › Preprint]. Research Square Publications. Singh, N., Lorenzen, J., Wang, K., Gaafar, M., Sinobad, M., Francis, H., Edelmann, M., Geiselmann, M., Herr, T., Garcia-Blanco, S. & Kärtner, F.https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-4602013/v1External Net Gain in Monolithically Integrated Si3N4-Al2O3:Er3+ Spiral Waveguide Amplifiers (2024)In The 25th European Conference on Integrated Optics - Proceedings of ECIO 2024 (pp. 47-50) (Springer Proceedings in Physics; Vol. 402). Springer. Bonneville, D. B., Martinez, C. E. O., Hegeman, I., Coulaud, Q., Dijkstra, M. & García-Blanco, S. M.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63378-2_9High Power 1.8 W Tunable Laser Based on CMOS Compatible Power Amplifier (2024)In The 25th European Conference on Integrated Optics - Proceedings of ECIO 2024 (pp. 28-31) (Springer Proceedings in Physics; Vol. 402). Springer. Singh, N., Lorenzen, J., Kilinc, M., Wang, K., Sinobad, M., Francis, H., Carriera, J., Geiselmann, M., Demirbas, U., Pergament, M., Garcia-Blanco, S. M. & Kärtner, F. X.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-63378-2_5High power >1.5W tunable laser based on CMOS compatible high-power amplifier (2024)In 2024 IEEE Silicon Photonics Conference, SiPhotonics 2024 - Proceedings (IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics GFP). IEEE. Singh, N., Lorenzen, J., Sinobad, M., Wang, K., Kilinc, M., Francis, H., Carriera, J., Geiselmann, M., Demirbas, U., Pergament, M., Garcia-Blanco, S. M. & Kärtner, F. X.https://doi.org/10.1109/SiPhotonics60897.2024.10544301Parallel Sensing with Multiple Microrings on a Single Bus Waveguide (2024)IEEE journal of quantum electronics, 60(3), 1-5. Article 7500105. Zheng, Z., Hendriks, W. A. P. M., Garcia-Blanco, S. M. & Chang, L.https://doi.org/10.1109/JQE.2024.3386101Residual Stress Analysis of Thin Film Materials for Fabricating Suspended Low Stress Si3N4 Waveguides on Sapphire (2024)In 2023 22nd International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Transducers 2023 (pp. 2086-2089). IEEE. Berenschot, E., Martinussen, S., Wang, K., García-Blanco, S., Tas, N. & Tiggelaar, R.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10516852Silicon photonics-based high-energy passively Q-switched laser (2024)Nature photonics, 18(5), 485-491. Singh, N., Lorenzen, J., Sinobad, M., Wang, K., Liapis, A. C., Frankis, H. C., Haugg, S., Francis, H., Carreira, J., Geiselmann, M., Gaafar, M. A., Herr, T., Bradley, J. D. B., Sun, Z., Garcia-Blanco, S. M. & Kärtner, F. X.https://doi.org/10.1038/s41566-024-01388-0High on-chip gain spiral Al2O3:Er3+ waveguide amplifiers (2024)Optics express, 32(9), 15527-15536. Bonneville, D. B., Osornio-Martinez, C. E., Dijkstra, M. & García-Blanco, S. M.https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.516705Sub-wavelength scale characterization of on-chip coupling mirrors (2024)Optics express, 32(3), 2972-2981. Tkachuk, V. V., Korterik, J. P., Chang, L. & Offerhaus, H. L.https://doi.org/10.1364/OE.506358High power >1.5W tunable laser based on integrated LMA power amplifier (2024)[Contribution to conference › Paper] Conference on Laser Science and Electro-optics, CLEO 2024. Singh, N., Lorenzen, J., Sinobad, M., Wang, K., Kilinc, M., Francis, H., Carriera, J., Geiselmann, M., Pergament, M., Demirbas, U., Garcia-Blanco, S. M. & Kärtner, F. X.https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_SI.2024.SM2I.3Integrated Femtosecond Pulse Amplifier (2024)[Contribution to conference › Paper] Conference on Laser Science and Electro-optics, CLEO 2024. Gaafar, M. A., Ludwig, M., Wang, K., Wildi, T., Voumard, T., Sinobad, M., Lorenzen, J., Francis, H., Zhang, S., Bi, T., Del'Haye, P., Geiselmann, M., Kärtner, F. X., Garcia-Blanco, S. M., Singh, N. & Herr, T.https://doi.org/10.1364/CLEO_AT.2024.AM3J.4Spectroscopic Properties of Thulium-doped High-power Integrated LMA Amplifiers (2024)In CLEO: Science and Innovations 2024: Part of Conference on Lasers & Electro-Optics, 5-10 May 2024, North Carolina, United States. Optica Publishing Group (formerly OSA). Lorenzen, J., Wang, K., Kilinc, M., Francis, H., Carreira, J., Geiselmann, M., Demirbas, U., Sinobad, M., Pergament, M., García Blanco, S. M., Kärtner, F. X. & Singh, N.
2023
Exploring the surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) activity of gold nanostructures embedded around nanogaps at wafer scale: Simulations and experiments (2023)Applied Materials Today, 35. Article 101929. Lafuente, M., Muñoz, P., Berenschot, E. J. W., Tiggelaar, R. M., Susarrey-Arce, A., Rodrigo, S. G., Kooijman, L. J., García-Blanco, S. M., Mallada, R., Pina, M. P. & Tas, N. R.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apmt.2023.101929High energy passively Q-switched laser on a CMOS platform (2023)In 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023. IEEE. Singh, N., Lorenzen, J., Sinobad, M., Wang, K., Liapis, A. C., Frankis, H., Gaafar, M. A., Haugg, S., Francis, H., Carreira, J., Geiselmann, M., Herr, T., Bradley, J., Sun, Z., Garcia-Blanco, S. M. & Kärtner, F. X.https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC57999.2023.10231957Towards On-Chip Ultrafast Pulse Amplification (2023)In 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe & European Quantum Electronics Conference (CLEO/Europe-EQEC) (pp. 1-1). Gaafar, M. a., Wang, K., Ludwig, M., Wildi, T., Sinobad, M., Lorenzen, J., Francis, H., Geiselmann, M., Kärtner, F. x., Garcia-Blanco, S. M., Singh, N. & Herr, T.https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO/Europe-EQEC57999.2023.10231611Watt-class CMOS-compatible power amplifier (2023)In 2023 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe and European Quantum Electronics Conference, CLEO/Europe-EQEC 2023. IEEE. Singh, N., Lorenzen, J., Sinobad, M., Wang, K., Gaafar, M. A., Francis, H., Geiselmann, M., Herr, T., Garcia-Blanco, S. M. & Kärtner, F. X.https://doi.org/10.1109/CLEO/EUROPE-EQEC57999.2023.10231735First near-UV hybrid integrated laser in the Al2O3 platform (2023)In Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXVII. Article PC124240A (Proceedings of SPIE; Vol. 12424). SPIE. Franken, C., Hendriks, W., Dijkstra, M., do Nascimento Jr., A., Winkler, L., van Rees, A., Mardani, S., Dekker, R., van Kerkhof, J., van der Slot, P., García Blanco, S. & Boller, K.https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2657253Low loss sputter coated aluminum nitride waveguides (2023)In Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXVII. Article 1242403. SPIE. Mardani, S., Hendriks, W. A. P. M., Dijkstra, M. & García Blanco, S. M.https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2656323Low-loss photonic integrated circuits for UV applications (2023)In Integrated Optics: Devices, Materials, and Technologies XXVII. Article 1242402. SPIE. Hendriks, W. A. P. M., Dijkstra, M., Mardani, S., Hegeman, I. & García Blanco, S.https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2657143Hybrid integrated near UV lasers using the deep-UV Al2O3 platform (2023)[Working paper › Working paper]. ArXiv.org. Franken, C. A. A., Hendriks, W. A. P. M., Winkler, L. V., Dijkstra, M., do Nascimento Jr., A. R., van Rees, A., Mardani, M. R. S., Dekker, R., van Kerkhof, J., van der Slot, P. J. M., García Blanco, S. M. & Boller, K.-J.https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2302.11492
2022
Self-referenced sensor (2022)[Patent › Patent]. Mitjans Prat, F., Padilla García, L., Kozyreff, G., Acharyya, N., de Goede, M., Chang, L., Dijkstra, M., García Blanco, S. M., Ramón-azcón, J., Obregón Núñez, R., Martínez Fraiz, E., Toudert, J., MARTORELL PENA, J., Brankovic, V., Mihajlovic, V., PARAUSIC, M. & TASOVAC, D.3D printed on-chip parabolic mirror for chip-to-fiber and chip-to-chip coupling (2022)In ECIO 2022: 23rd European Conference on Integrated Optics: 4th May - 6th May, Milan, Italy (pp. 324-326). Politecnico di Milano. Kong, Y., Offerhaus, H. L., Dijkstra, M., García Blanco, S. M. & Chang, L.Fabrication and characterization of symmetric Au-nanostructures with SERS activity: (Student paper) (2022)In ECIO 2022: 23rd European Conference on Integrated Optics: 4th May - 6th May, Milan, Italy (pp. 54-56). Politecnico di Milano. Lafuente, M., Berenschot, E. J. W., Tiggelaar, R. M., Susarrey Arce, A., Mallada, R., Pina, M. P., García Blanco, S. M. & Tas, N. R.Low-stress Si3N4 waveguides on sapphire substrate: (Student paper) (2022)In ECIO 2022: 23rd European Conference on Integrated Optics: 4th May - 6th May, Milan, Italy (pp. 54-56). Politecnico di Milano. Wang, K., Berenschot, E. J. W., Dijkstra, M., Tiggelaar, R. M., Martinussen, S. M., Chang, L., Hendriks, W. A. P. M., Borgelink, B. T. H., Frentrop, R. N., García Blanco, S. M., Tas, N. R. & Tkachuk, V. V.Photonic chip based biosensing system with fully automatic alignment and parallel detection capability (2022)In ECIO 2022: 23rd European Conference on Integrated Optics: 4th May - 6th May, Milan, Italy (pp. 95-97). Politecnico di Milano. Chang, L., Hendriks, W. A. P. M., Hegeman, I., Frentrop, R. N., Dijkstra, M., Korterik, J. P., Schilder, N. A., Seubers, H. A. & García Blanco, S. M.TiO2 channel waveguides with 0.5 dB/cm propagation losses: (Student paper) (2022)In ECIO 2022: 23rd European Conference on Integrated Optics: 4th May - 6th May, Milan, Italy (pp. 375-377). Politecnico di Milano. Aguirre-Fontenla, A., Hendriks, W. A. P. M., Dijkstra, M. & García Blanco, S. M.https://www.ecio-conference.org/2022-proceedings/Towards broadband optical wafer-level testing system with on-chip micro-parabolic mirror (2022)[Contribution to conference › Paper] 26th annual Symposium of the IEEE Photonics Benelux Chapter 2022. Kong, Y., Offerhaus, H. L., Dijkstra, M. & García Blanco, S. M.