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Christian Schweikert

M. Sc.

Research staff member
Institute of Electrical and Optical Communications
Optics group

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+49 711 685 69189
+49 711 685 67900

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Pfaffenwaldring 47
70569 Stuttgart
Germany
Room: 2.411

Subject

The purely electronic technology cannot meet the increasing demand for transmission capacities. In order to be able to handle these large, necessary bandwidths, the path increasingly leads to optical carrier signals (light) on which the data is modulated. A well-known example shows the optical glass fiber, which enables bit rates of over 100 TBits/s - dimensions that cannot be achieved with conventional copper cables or waveguides. Light particles, called photons, are not only predestined for data traffic because of their speed. They have a high sensitivity to their surroundings and can be bundled in a confined space. These two properties provide an excellent basis for the design of compact, integrated and sensitive sensors. In order to be able to control and analyze the behavior of photons, electronic controls and signal processing units are required. The Institute of Electrical and Optical Communications Engineering has the necessary electrical and optical know-how.

I had the first contact with photonic systems during my research work (2018) at Robert Bosch GmbH. The aim of the work was to analyze and optimize a lidar system - a radar based on light. There I was able to personally determine how strongly the trend towards optoelectronic applications is. Thus, photonics accompanied me in my master thesis (2019), in which I designed, characterized and optimized optical components such as grating couplers, filter systems and phase shifters for spectroscopic applications. As a PhD student I am working in the field of sensor technology and its components. This includes applications in the field of interferometric detection or spectroscopy.

If you have any questions regarding topics for bachelor, research or master theses, please feel free to drop by any time.

  1. 2024

    1. C. Schweikert, S. Nau, N. Hoppe, W. Vogel, M. Berroth, and G. Rademacher, “A Grating Coupler With High Coupling Efficiency and Large Bandwidth for Silicon-on-Insulator Technology,” in Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC), 2024, p. accepted.
    2. C. Schweikert, W. Vogel, M. Berroth, and G. Rademacher, “Thermally Robust Silicon-on-Insulator Ring Resonator for Biosensing in the Near-Infrared,” in Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2024, p. accepted, JTu2A.71.
  2. 2023

    1. J. Finkbeiner, P. Thomas, C. Schweikert, M. Grözing, M. Berroth, and G. Rademacher, “Monolithically Integrated Optoelectronic Receiver Front-End,” in Optica Advanced Photonics Congress: Workshop on Ultrafast Signal Processing by Combined Photonic-Electronic Integrated Systems, Busan, Republic of South Korea, 2023.
    2. R. Elster, N. Hoppe, M. Wittlinger, C. Schweikert, W. Vogel, M. Berroth, and G. Rademacher, “Versatile Optical Frequency Comb Generation: Modelling Silicon-Organic Hybrid Phase Shifters,” in Optica Advanced Photonics Congress: Workshop on Ultrafast Signal Processing by Combined Photonic-Electronic Integrated Systems, Busan, Republic of South Korea, 2023.
  3. 2022

    1. C. Schweikert, N. Hoppe, W. Vogel, and M. Berroth, “120° Hybrid for Bimodal Interferometers,” in International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2022, pp. 179--180.
    2. C. Schweikert, S. Zhao, N. Hoppe, W. Vogel, and M. Berroth, “Dual-Polarization Bimodal Waveguide Interferometer,” in IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC), 2022, pp. 1--2.
    3. C. Schweikert, A. Tsianaka, N. Hoppe, R. H. Klenk, R. Elster, M. Greul, M. Kaschel, A. Southan, W. Vogel, and M. Berroth, “Integrated polarization mode interferometer in 220 nm silicon-on-insulator technology,” Optics Letters, vol. 47, no. 17, pp. 4536--4539, 2022.
    4. J. Finkbeiner, N. Hoppe, P. Thomas, and C. Schweikert, “Extreme broadband and reconfigurable integrated photonic electronic receiver on silicon substrate,” in EUROPRACTICE activity report 2021 - 2022, 2022, p. 25.
  4. 2021

    1. R. H. Klenk, M. Heymann, N. Hoppe, B. Shirman, C. Schweikert, M. Greul, A. N. Butterfield, M. Kaschel, W. Vogel, and M. Berroth, “Grating Couplers for Chip-Integrated Optofluidic Fluorescence Quantification,” in Kleinheubacher Tagung, U.R.S.I. Landesausschuss in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland e.V, 2021, pp. 1–3.
    2. M. Leyzner, N. Hoppe, C. Schweikert, W. Vogel, and M. Berroth, “On-Chip Polarization Rotator in 250 nm Silicon-on-Insulator Technology,” ITG-Fachbericht. presented at the ITG-Fachgruppe KT 3.1 Workshop: Modellierung und Simulation photonischer Komponenten und Systeme, 2021.
    3. N. Hoppe, C. Schweikert, W. Vogel, R. Elster, P. Adam, and M. Berroth, “Enhanced Generalized Mach-Zehnder Interferometer for Tunable Channel Routing,” in IEEE Summer Topicals Meeting Series (SUM), 2021, p. WB2.3, 1-3.
    4. C. Schweikert, N. Hoppe, R. Elster, W. Vogel, and M. Berroth, “Improved Phase Detection in On-Chip Refractometers,” in International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), 2021, pp. 113–114.
    5. S. Bauer, D. Wang, N. Hoppe, C. Nawrath, J. Fischer, N. Witz, M. Kaschel, C. Schweikert, M. Jetter, S. L. Portalupi, M. Berroth, and P. Michler, “Achieving stable fiber coupling of quantum dot telecom C-band single-photons to an SOI photonic device,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 119, no. 21, pp. 211101-1-211101–5, 2021.
  5. 2020

    1. C. Schweikert, “Optimierung integrierter optischer Bauelemente für die on-chip-Sensorik,” no. 1074. 2020.
    2. C. Schweikert, N. Hoppe, R. Elster, W. Vogel, and M. Berroth, “Dual-Level Gratings for Efficient and Bandwidth-Enhanced Coupling to Silicon Photonics,” in ITG-Fachbericht, presented at the Workshop ITG-Fachgruppe KT 3.1, Karlsruhe, Germany, 2020.
    3. C. Schweikert, N. Hoppe, R. Elster, T. Föhn, W. Vogel, and M. Berroth, “Design of a Broadband Integrated Notch Filter in Silicon Nitride,” in International Conference on Numerical Simulation of Optoelectronic Devices (NUSOD), Virtual Event (hosted by Politecnico di Torino, Italy), 2020, pp. 89--90.
    4. R. H. Klenk, C. Schweikert, N. Hoppe, L. Nagy, R. Elster, W. Vogel, and M. Berroth, “Integrated Dispersive Structures for Bandwidth-Enhancement of Silicon Grating Couplers,” Optical and Quantum Electronics, vol. 52, no. 2, pp. 1--13, 2020.
  6. 2019

    1. C. Schweikert, “Untersuchung von reichweitereduzierenden Effekten eines kohärent arbeitenden Laserentfernungsmesssystems.” 2019.
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