INTEC, the Department of Information Technology of Ghent University, is a large department (approximately 300 people) covering many fields related to photonics: photonic integration, high speed electronics for photonic systems, photonic networks and network protocols. INTEC’s Photonics Research Group has a focus on photonic integration and silicon photonics and works closely with imec, Belgium, in developing photonic integrated circuits for telecom, datacom, sensing and biosensing. The Electronics Design group of INTEC has a focus on custom design of high speed electronic circuitry for advanced photonics systems. The Broadband Communication Networks group works closely with iMinds in its research on network architectures and protocols. INTEC is strongly involved in the European Master of Science in Photonics program, a joint degree offered by Ghent University and Vrije Universiteit Brussel. www.intec.ugent.be
