PIC Summit Europe

PIC Summit Europe 2024, taking place on 15-16 October 2024, in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. The event is the most influential event in the European photonic chip industry.

Expect two full days of compelling plenary sessions and panel discussions, attendees can look forward to a multitude of networking opportunities, both formal and informal. Furthermore, a series of engaging workshops and expert sessions will delve into various pertinent topics, ensuring an enriching experience for all participants.

The conference boasts a comprehensive programme, featuring insightful keynotes from policymakers, semiconductor executives, and esteemed members of the photonics community. With a diverse mix of end-users, academics, investors, and industry giants under one roof, PIC Summit Europe serves as a unique platform for fostering meaningful connections and driving impactful change.

PIC Summit Europe will feature a variety of side events focusing on key topics in the photonic chip industry, including human capital, startup funding, road mapping activities, and an academic perspective on the future of photonics and quantum photonics.

As a special offer, register for PIC Summit Europe today and enjoy a 15% discount. Go to www.picsummiteurope.com and use the discount code ChipTechTwente15%.

Wednesday 16 October: Quantum Photonics side event

PIC Summit Europe hosts multiple side events that will zoom in on current and pressing topics in the photonic chip industry such as talent attraction, startup funding, Quantum Photonics and roadmapping activities.

Photonics for Quantum, ChipTech Twente & Quant Center

Theme: Integrated photonics for Quantum developments

Session chairman: Prof. Pepijn Pinkse, University of Twente, AQO Group

Programme

08:30h Walk-in, registration and PIC Summit Europe breakfast – powered by Canada

09:30h Dr. Taofiq Paraiso – Toshiba Europe Ltd.
PICs for Quantum Key Distribution

10:20h Dr. Jelmer Renema – University of Twente AQO group & CSO @ QuiX Quantum
Advances in photonic quantum computing

10:45h Morning break

11:30h Prof. Chigo Okonkwo – Technical University Eindhoven & CTO @ CUbIQ
Towards Chip Scale Quantum Key Distribution Systems

11.55h Dr. Rangana Chaudhuri – Physikalisch- Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
Time on a Chip: PICs for Compact Optical Clocks

12.20h Prof. Florent Baboux – Université Paris Cité MPQ lab
Nonlinear AlGaAs photonic circuits for quantum information

12:45h End of program, start lunch @ PIC Summit Europe Expo

13:45h End of the event (delegates are free to take part in the afternoon program)

Speakers

Dr. Taofiq Paraiso – Toshiba Europe Ltd.

PICs for Quantum Key Distribution
Thanks to a variety of platforms offering ever evolving capabilities, photonic integrated circuits (PICs) hold great promises for the practical deployment of quantum technologies. In particular, research in developing PICs for quantum key distribution (QKD) has reached several milestones in recent years.

In this talk, I will review a series of key results obtained at Toshiba, Cambridge Research Lab, to show how monolithic integration, hybrid integration and advanced laser technology can be used efficiently to develop state-of-the-art QKD chips and systems able to address complex deployment challenges in all segments of our optical communication networks.

Biography
Dr. Taofiq Paraiso is a Team Leader at Toshiba Europe, Cambridge Research Lab, UK, where he is responsible for the development of photonic integrated circuits for quantum key distribution and quantum random number generation, as well as their system integration into practical chip-based QKD devices. Dr. Paraiso has over 15 years of academic and industrial research experience in the fields of quantum photonics, semiconductor physics, light-matter interactions and nanofabrication. He previously held research positions at the California Institute of Technology and the Max-Planck Institute for the Science of Light, Germany. He received his PhD in Physics from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland.

Prof. Florent Baboux – Université Paris Cité MPQ lab

Nonlinear AlGaAs photonic circuits for quantum information
Florent Baboux is Associate professor at Univ. Paris Cité at MPQ lab. He obtained his PhD in 2013 from Sorbonne Univ., working on spin excitations in semiconductor nanostructures. He was then a postdoc fellow at C2N/CNRS, working on light-matter coupling and cavity polaritons, and their application to quantum simulation experiments. At laboratory MPQ since 2016, his research interests are focused on integrated quantum photonics, semiconductor sources of entangled photons and photonic circuits for quantum information.

Dr. Jelmer Renema – University of Twente AQO group & CSO @ QuiX Quantum

Advances in photonic quantum computing

Jelmer Renema studied physics in Leiden, where he also obtained his PhD laude in 2015 on a detection mechanism for superconducting single photon detectors. He received a Rubicon grant from NWO for his postdoc period at Oxford, where he became acquainted with the research that is being done in Twente. He came to the University of Twente as a postdoc in 2018 with a Veni grant and has been working as a university lecturer in the Adaptive Quantum Optics group since 2020. In addition to his academic work, Renema is CTO of the successful UT start-up Quix Quantum.

Dr. Rangana Chaudhuri – Physikalisch- Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)

Time on a Chip: PICs for Compact Optical Clocks

Laboratory optical clocks have achieved extraordinary accuracy, now reaching 18 digits or more, paving the way for groundbreaking research in fundamental physics and enabling new precision measurements. However, their use is limited by the use of bulky components and large form factors. By using photonic integrated circuits (PICs) to shrink component size, a compact optical clock can be designed that maintains laboratory-level precision.
This talk delves into the cutting-edge role of PICs that can be used for the development of compact, high-precision optical clocks, with a focus on active optical components. By integrating key active and passive optical components, PIC technology offers a scalable platform that significantly reduces the size, weight, and power consumption of these timekeeping systems, without compromising on the performance.

Biography
Dr. Rangana Banerjee Chaudhuri is a Scientist and Research Project Leader at the National Metrological Institute of Germany (PTB) in the Experimental Quantum Metrology Division. At PTB, Rangana is responsible for managing EU project and setting up a Nano-photonics testbed for characterizing active photonic elements. Here, her work mainly focuses on characterizing integrated photonic components required for optical clocks, quantum technologies and ion traps.

Prof. Chigo Okonkwo – Technical University Eindhoven & CTO @ CUbIQ

Towards Chip Scale Quantum Key Distribution Systems

Over 99% of all data generated will go through an optical fibre. Optical transmission systems form the foundation of the Internet and are slowly running out of capacity. We need a paradigm shift in how we design and test our systems to develop next-generation low-energy, robust and high capacity photonic networks.

Biography
Chigo Okonkwo is an Associate Professor at TU/e and a cofounder of CUbIQ Technologies. He graduated in 2002 with a Master’s Honours degree in Telecommunications and Information Systems from the University of Essex, United Kingdom. He earned his PhD in Optical Signal Processing from the same university, focusing on cutting-edge advancements in optical communications. In 2010, Chigo joined COBRA TU/e as a Postdoctoral Researcher, contributing to several high-profile EU ICT projects such as ALPHA, POF-PLUS, and EURO-FOS, as well as collaborating with the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) in South Korea. His work during this period centered on developing schemes and architectures for high-capacity in-building and dynamic optical access networks.