Dirk Taillaert

6.2k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 4.8k citations indexed

About

Dirk Taillaert is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Surfaces, Coatings and Films. According to data from OpenAlex, Dirk Taillaert has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 4.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 63 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 43 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 18 papers in Surfaces, Coatings and Films. Recurrent topics in Dirk Taillaert's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (61 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (37 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (19 papers). Dirk Taillaert is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (61 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (37 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (19 papers). Dirk Taillaert collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, United Kingdom and United States. Dirk Taillaert's co-authors include Roel Baets, Peter Bienstman, Dries Van Thourhout, Wim Bogaerts, Pieter Dumon, Vincent Wiaux, Roel Baets, Frederik Van Laere, Bert Luyssaert and Joris Van Campenhout and has published in prestigious journals such as Applied Physics Letters, Physical Review B and Optics Letters.

In The Last Decade

Dirk Taillaert

61 papers receiving 4.5k citations

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Nanophotonic waveguides in silicon-on-insulator fabricated with CMOS technology

2005 657 citations Wim Bogaerts, Pieter Dumon et al. profile →
Grating Couplers for Coupling between Optical Fibers and Nanophotonic Waveguides

2006 533 citations Dirk Taillaert, Frederik Van Laere et al. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics profile →
An out-of-plane grating coupler for efficient butt-coupling between compact planar waveguides and single-mode fibers

2002 453 citations Dirk Taillaert, Wim Bogaerts et al. profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Dirk Taillaert Belgium	23	4.6k	2.8k	1.2k	623	208	64	4.8k
Lars H. Frandsen Denmark	27	3.4k 0.7×	2.8k 1.0×	684 0.6×	1.0k 1.6×	217 1.0×	99	3.9k
Roberto R. Panepucci United States	15	2.9k 0.6×	2.2k 0.8×	259 0.2×	573 0.9×	236 1.1×	80	3.3k
Robert Halir Spain	36	4.3k 0.9×	2.7k 1.0×	1.3k 1.1×	587 0.9×	218 1.0×	137	4.7k
James Foresi United States	10	3.0k 0.7×	2.4k 0.8×	309 0.3×	440 0.7×	142 0.7×	30	3.3k
Christelle Monat Australia	36	3.9k 0.9×	3.6k 1.3×	333 0.3×	1.1k 1.8×	249 1.2×	138	4.5k
Tomoyuki Yoshie United States	16	1.9k 0.4×	2.5k 0.9×	271 0.2×	759 1.2×	521 2.5×	44	2.7k
Christina Manolatou United States	22	2.4k 0.5×	1.9k 0.7×	333 0.3×	624 1.0×	121 0.6×	39	2.9k
Michal Lipson United States	17	3.1k 0.7×	2.9k 1.0×	260 0.2×	1.4k 2.3×	224 1.1×	46	4.1k
Reginald K. Lee United States	18	2.3k 0.5×	2.0k 0.7×	258 0.2×	556 0.9×	123 0.6×	22	2.7k
Christian Grillet Australia	32	2.9k 0.6×	2.8k 1.0×	236 0.2×	682 1.1×	139 0.7×	118	3.3k

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Yebo, Nebiyu Adello, Dirk Taillaert, Joris Roels, et al.. (2009). Integrated optical gas sensors on silicon-on-insulator platform. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 141–141. 1 indexed citations

Laere, Frederik Van, T. Stomeo, Dirk Taillaert, et al.. (2008). Efficient Polarization Diversity Grating Couplers in Bonded InP-Membrane. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 20(4). 318–320. 21 indexed citations

Bogaerts, Wim, Liu Liu, Shankar Kumar Selvaraja, et al.. (2008). Silicon nanophotonic waveguides and their applications. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 7134. 71341O–71341O. 9 indexed citations

Baets, Roel, Pieter Dumon, Wim Bogaerts, et al.. (2007). Silicon Photonics. 2 indexed citations

Baets, Roel, Pieter Dumon, Wim Bogaerts, et al.. (2007). Silicon Photonics. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1–3. 3 indexed citations

Taillaert, Dirk, et al.. (2007). Si based waveguide and surface plasmon sensors. Proceedings of SPIE, the International Society for Optical Engineering/Proceedings of SPIE. 6477. 647719–647719. 6 indexed citations

Scheerlinck, Stijn, Jonathan Schrauwen, Dirk Taillaert, Dries Van Thourhout, & Roel Baets. (2007). Efficient, Broadband and Compact Metal Grating Couplers for Silicon-on-Insulator Waveguides. 2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO). 49. 1–2. 3 indexed citations

Laere, Frederik Van, Wim Bogaerts, Dirk Taillaert, et al.. (2007). Compact Focusing Grating Couplers Between Optical Fibers and Silicon-on-Insulator Photonic Wire Waveguides. 15. 1–3. 8 indexed citations

Baets, Roel, Dirk Taillaert, Wim Bogaerts, et al.. (2007). Silicon Nanophotonics and Its Applications in Sensing. 2007 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO). 40. 1–2. 2 indexed citations

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Vlaminck, Iwijn De, Joris Roels, Dirk Taillaert, et al.. (2007). Detection of nanomechanical motion by evanescent light wave coupling. Applied Physics Letters. 90(23). 33 indexed citations

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Taillaert, Dirk, Frederik Van Laere, M. Ayre, et al.. (2006). Grating Couplers for Coupling between Optical Fibers and Nanophotonic Waveguides. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 45(8R). 6071–6071. 533 indexed citations breakdown →

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Dumon, Pieter, Wim Bogaerts, Dries Van Thourhout, et al.. (2006). Compact wavelength router based on a Silicon-on-insulator arrayed waveguide grating pigtailed to a fiber array. Optics Express. 14(2). 664–664. 104 indexed citations

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Taillaert, Dirk, Peter Bienstman, & Roel Baets. (2004). Compact efficient broadband grating coupler for silicon-on-insulator waveguides. Optics Letters. 29(23). 2749–2749. 490 indexed citations

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Luyssaert, Bert, Dirk Taillaert, Pieter Dumon, et al.. (2004). A compact photonic horizontal spot-size converter realized in silicon-on-insulator. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 17(1). 73–75. 22 indexed citations

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Bogaerts, Wim, Dirk Taillaert, Bert Luyssaert, et al.. (2004). Basic structures for photonic integrated circuits in Silicon-on-insulator. Optics Express. 12(8). 1583–1583. 201 indexed citations

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Bogaerts, Wim, Pieter Dumon, Johan Wouters, et al.. (2003). Nanophotonic waveguides in silicon-on-insulator fabricated with CMOS technology. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Taillaert, Dirk, Wim Bogaerts, & Roel Baets. (2003). Efficient coupling between submicron SOI-waveguides and single-mode fibers. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 101–112. 8 indexed citations

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Taillaert, Dirk, Wim Bogaerts, Peter Bienstman, et al.. (2002). A high-efficiency out-of-plane fibre coupler for coupling to high index contrast waveguides. 6. 30–31. 3 indexed citations

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Taillaert, Dirk, Wim Bogaerts, Peter Bienstman, D. De Zutter, & Roel Baets. (2001). Design of an out-of-plane coupler for efficient butt-coupling from photonic crystal waveguides to single-mode fibers. Third in a series of Workshops on Photonic and Electromagnetic Crystal Structures (PECS 3), Edited by Thomas F Krauss, 9-14 June 2001, St. Andrews, UK.. Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University). 1 indexed citations

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Bienstman, Peter, et al.. (2001). Out-of-plane scattering in photonic crystal slabs. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 13(6). 565–567. 71 indexed citations

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