Dries Van Thourhout

27.2k total citations · 7 hit papers
604 papers, 19.3k citations indexed

About

Dries Van Thourhout is a scholar working on Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and Biomedical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Dries Van Thourhout has authored 604 papers receiving a total of 19.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 584 papers in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, 327 papers in Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics and 103 papers in Biomedical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Dries Van Thourhout's work include Photonic and Optical Devices (533 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (182 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (176 papers). Dries Van Thourhout is often cited by papers focused on Photonic and Optical Devices (533 papers), Photonic Crystals and Applications (182 papers) and Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices (176 papers). Dries Van Thourhout collaborates with scholars based in Belgium, France and Netherlands. Dries Van Thourhout's co-authors include Roel Baets, Wim Bogaerts, Pieter Dumon, Günther Roelkens, Shankar Kumar Selvaraja, Peter Bienstman, Dirk Taillaert, Joris Van Campenhout, Katrien De Vos and Tom Claes and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Advanced Materials and Nature Communications.

In The Last Decade

Dries Van Thourhout

562 papers receiving 18.3k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

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.

Silicon microring resonators

2011 1.8k citations Wim Bogaerts, Pieter Dumon et al. profile →
Nanophotonic waveguides in silicon-on-insulator fabricated with CMOS technology

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

2006 533 citations Dirk Taillaert, Wim Bogaerts et al. profile →
High-speed plasmonic phase modulators

2014 474 citations Dries Van Thourhout et al. profile →
Silicon-on-Insulator Spectral Filters Fabricated With CMOS Technology

2010 366 citations Wim Bogaerts, Pieter Dumon et al. profile →
Taking silicon photonics modulators to a higher performance level: state-of-the-art and a review of new technologies

2021 243 citations Bart Kuyken, Dries Van Thourhout et al. profile →
GaAs nano-ridge laser diodes fully fabricated in a 300-mm CMOS pilot line

2025 23 citations Yannick De Koninck, Charles Caër et al. Nature profile →

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Dries Van Thourhout

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	GaAs nano-ridge laser diodes fully fabricated in a 300-mm CMOS pilot line breakdown → 2025 ·Nature ·Yannick De Koninck, Charles Caër, Didit Yudistira, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Alexey Milenin, (unknown), Geert Morthier, Dries Van Thourhout, Peter Verheyen, Marianna Pantouvaki, Bernardette Kunert, Joris Van Campenhout	23
2	Design of a High-Speed Waveguide Ge/Si SACM Avalanche Photodiode 2025 ·Journal of Lightwave Technology ·(unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Didit Yudistira, Roger Loo, (unknown), Peter Verheyen, (unknown), (unknown), Dries Van Thourhout, Joris Van Campenhout	0
3	Micro-transfer Printed Thin Film Lithium Niobate (TFLN)-on-Silicon Ring Modulator 2024 ·ACS Photonics ·Ying Tan, (unknown), Maximilien Billet, (unknown), (unknown), Tom Vanackere, Joris Van Kerrebrouck, Günther Roelkens, Bart Kuyken, Dries Van Thourhout	22
4	Silicon Integrated Microwave Photonic Mixer Based on Cascaded Microring Resonator Modulators 2024 ·IEEE Photonics Technology Letters ·F. Liu, Zhenzhou Tang, (unknown), (unknown), Dries Van Thourhout, Shilong Pan	2
5	A silicon photonics waveguide-coupled colloidal quantum dot photodiode sensitive beyond 1.6 µm 2024 ·APL Photonics ·Chao Pang, Yu‐Hao Deng, (unknown), (unknown), Yüjie Guo, David Cheyns, Pieter Geiregat, Zeger Hens, Dries Van Thourhout	4
6	Piezoelectrically driven Fano resonance in silicon photonics 2024 ·APL Photonics ·(unknown), (unknown), John P. George, Hannes Rijckaert, Jeroen Beeckman, Dries Van Thourhout	0
7	Optical gain and lasing from bulk cadmium sulfide nanocrystals through bandgap renormalization 2023 ·Nature Nanotechnology ·(unknown), (unknown), Isabella Wagner, (unknown), Ali Hossain Khan, Kai Chen, Justin M. Hodgkiss, Iwan Moreels, Dries Van Thourhout, Zeger Hens, Pieter Geiregat	31
8	Unique design approach to realize an O-band laser monolithically integrated on 300 mm Si substrate by nano-ridge engineering 2022 ·Optics Express ·(unknown), (unknown), Yuting Shi, Yves Mols, Muhammad Muneeb, Yannick De Koninck, Didit Yudistira, Marianna Pantouvaki, Joris Van Campenhout, R. Langer, Dries Van Thourhout, Bernardette Kunert	16
9	Low Dark Current and High Responsivity 1020nm InGaAs/GaAs Nano-Ridge Waveguide Photodetector Monolithically Integrated on a 300-mm Si Wafer 2021 ·Journal of Lightwave Technology ·(unknown), Yannick De Koninck, Didit Yudistira, (unknown), (unknown), Dries Van Thourhout, Bernardette Kunert, Marianna Pantouvaki, Joris Van Campenhout	26
10	Time-resolved photoluminescence characterization of InGaAs/GaAs nano-ridges monolithically grown on 300 mm Si substrates 2020 ·Journal of Applied Physics ·Yuting Shi, (unknown), Nils C. Gerhardt, Marianna Pantouvaki, Joris Van Campenhout, (unknown), R. Langer, Dries Van Thourhout, Bernardette Kunert	7
11	III–V-on-Silicon C-Band High-Speed Electro-Absorption-Modulated DFB Laser 2017 ·Journal of Lightwave Technology ·Amin Abbasi, (unknown), Bart Moeneclaey, Jochem Verbist, Xin Yin, Johan Bauwelinck, Dries Van Thourhout, Günther Roelkens, Geert Morthier	13
12	Electrically Tunable Optical Nonlinearities in Graphene-Covered SiN Waveguides Characterized by Four-Wave Mixing 2017 ·ACS Photonics ·Koen Alexander, N. A. Savostianova, S. A. Mikhaǐlov, Bart Kuyken, Dries Van Thourhout	70
13	Ultra-compact silicon nitride grating coupler for microscopy system 2015 ·Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) ·Yunpeng Zhu, Yunlong Jiao, Jie Wang, Weiqiang Xie, Bin Tian, Dries Van Thourhout	1
14	Assessing colloidal quantum dot optical properties through free standing layers on photonic waveguides 2013 ·Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) ·(unknown), Pieter Geiregat, Dries Van Thourhout, Zeger Hens	1
15	Iodine enhanced focused ion beam etching of silicon for photonic device modification and prototyping 2008 ·Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) ·Jonathan Schrauwen, (unknown), (unknown), Dries Van Thourhout, Roel Baets	0
16	Heterogeneous integration of III-V membrane devices and ultracompact SOI waveguides 2004 ·Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) ·Günther Roelkens, Dries Van Thourhout, Roel Baets	2
17	Experimental verification of a novel integrated isolator concept 2003 ·Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) ·Mathias Vanwolleghem, Wouter Van Parys, Dries Van Thourhout, Roel Baets, F. Lelarge, Olivier Gauthier‐Lafaye, B. Thédrez, Roel Wirix-Speetjens, J. De Boeck	2
18	A multimodal waveguide for enhanced performance in optical disc read-out 2003 ·Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) ·(unknown), Dries Van Thourhout, (unknown), Steven Verstuyft, Roel Baets	0
19	Nanophotonic waveguides in silicon-on-insulator fabricated with CMOS technology 2003 ·Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) ·Wim Bogaerts, Pieter Dumon, (unknown), Johan Wouters, S. Beckx, Dirk Taillaert, Bert Luyssaert, Joris Van Campenhout, Dries Van Thourhout, Roel Baets	1
20	High Q InGaAsP ring resonator filters 1999 ·Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) ·Bart Vanderhaegen, Dries Van Thourhout, (unknown), (unknown), (unknown), Ingrid Moerman, Peter Van Daele, Roel Baets, X.J.M. Leijtens, (unknown), (unknown)	1

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