Jeremy Witzens

Professor Jeremy Witzens leads the Institute and Chair of Integrated Photonics at RWTH Aachen University, focusing on advancing photonic integrated circuits (PICs), optical communication systems, and biomedical applications. His work bridges fundamental photonic research with practical implementations in silicon and other semiconductor platforms.

Research Interests:

• Integrated photonics for optical communications
• Biomedical imaging systems (e.g., retinal probing, STED microscopy)
• Quantum optics and spin qubit interfaces
• Group-IV semiconductor lasers and emitters
• Nonlinear frequency division multiplexing
• Advanced photonic packaging technologies

Recent Article Trends: His 2025–2024 publications emphasize silicon nitride PICs for high-resolution microscopy, 320 GHz photonic-electronic ADCs using Kerr solitons, polarization control in co-packaged optics, and quantum interfaces based on photonic crystals. These works highlight his focus on scalable systems, biomedical applications, and quantum communication technologies.

Institutional Affiliation: Based at RWTH Aachen University, he manages the Institute of Integrated Photonics and contributes to European conferences like ECIO 2024.