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Lou received KHMW Young Talent Graduation Award

December 6, 2023Uncategorizedstevenkye

Lou Kanger, a former master student from our group, received the KHMW Young Talent Graduation Prizes for his master’s project on optical frequency combs. Lou explored frequency combs integrated on a single chip and developed innovative ways to test them for applications in next-generation radio communication.

Currently, Lou works at Enlightra, a start-up company in the field of frequency combs in Switzerland. Prior to his departure to receive the prize, he also gave us an exciting presentation about the latest progress in optical frequency combs and a live demo of the up-to-date prototype from Enlightra.

Congrats Lou! We are so proud of you!

Lou (right) received the prize at the ceremony

Lou gave a demo of the optical frequency comb prototype from Enlightra

Jitse graduated

November 9, 2023Uncategorizedstevenkye

On November 9th, Jitse Boonstra successfully graduated from our group with Bachelor degree. He worked with Zheng on “Calibration and control of cascaded microring resonators using Extremum Seeking Control” for the last two months.

Congrats, Jitse!

Jitse received beers from David as the graduation gift

David’s inauguration-And light said:”Let there be sound!”

September 28, 2023Uncategorizedstevenkye

On September 28, 2023, David hosts his inauguration ceremony for being promoted to full professor and the chair of the Nonlinear Nanophotonics group at the Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Twente.

During the inauguration ceremony, David gave the lecture And light said: “Let there be sound!”. Group members of NLNP and LPNO, colleagues within the university, guests from the Netherlands and other countries in Europe, and friends and family from Indonesia, all joined the event to celebrate this big moment with David.

Congratulations, David! Wish both the light and sound will always resonate with you!

*David welcomes the guest before the ceremony*

*Professors from University of Twente and other institutes congratulate David after his inauguration*

*David and his family celebrate this big moment with guests from Indonesia*

Aldi finished his internship in our group

August 22, 2023UncategorizedGraduationsstevenkye

On Augest 22th, Aldi Fadhilah finished his half-year internship in our group. He worked on the stimulated Brillouin scattering in silicon oxynitride photonics waveguide and its potency for the implementation of Brillouin dynamic grating under the daily supervision of Steven.

Based on his work during the internship, he passed his M.S. defense at the University Jean Monnet with flying colors. Aldi will continue his study as a Ph.D. student at the Technical University of Denmark. Good luck, Aldi! Wish you all the best during your Ph.D.

*Aldi brought cake*s to share at the farewell party

Another publication at APL Photonics

May 25, 2023Uncategorizedstevenkye

We are proud to announce that another paper from our group has been accepted at APL Photonics this month, titled “Linearized integrated microwave photonic circuit for filtering and phase shifting”.

Congrats, Gaojian and Steven!

Martijn graduated

May 17, 2023Uncategorizedstevenkye

On May 17th, Martijn van den Berg graduated from our group with Bachelor degree. He worked with Steven and the whole group on “Simultaneous True Time Delay and Notch Filtering photonic RF front-end” for the last half year.

Congrats, Martijn! And keep rowing forward!

Martijn (center) with the graduation committee after the defense

New publication at APL Photonics

May 16, 2023Uncategorizedstevenkye

We are pleased that our lastest paper titled “Brillouin and Kerr nonlinearities of a low-index silicon oxynitride platform” has been accepted at APL Photonics, and selected as Editor’s pick.

This is a collaborative work between our group and Prof. Andrea Melloni’s research group from Politecnico di Milano. Congrats to all authors!

David celebrated the 12.5-year anniversary

February 3, 2023Uncategorizedstevenkye

Time flies fast. David has worked 12.5 years at the University of Twente since his Ph.D. To celebrate this very Dutch anniversary, he brought some Indonesian snacks this week to the whole group.

Congrats, David! Hope you and we as the whole group can make even bigger achievements in the next 12.5 years.

Klaus handed David the celebration letter from the faculty

Redlef graduated

January 23, 2023Uncategorizedstevenkye

On January 20th, Redlef Braamhaar defended his MSc thesis titled Polarization pulling in a stimulated Brillouin scattering based microwave photonic filter under the supervision of Yvan and Steven.

After the defense Redlef received a bottle of Whiskey as a gift, which he emptied just an hour later at the celebration party. Congrats Redlef, hope you are not too drunk!

*Redlef received the gift from Yvan after the defense*

Okky’s last day in our group

January 13, 2023Uncategorizedstevenkye

After a short graduation trip around Europe, Okky revisited the group for the last time before he leaves the Netherlands. Later, he will start a new life in Indonesian Air Force as a researcher.

Good luck, Okky! You are always welcome in our group and hope to see you again in the future!

Nonlinear Nanophotonics (NLNP)

David Marpaung's research group