Post by Carlos Errando Herranz

One of my goals in starting my research group was to contribute to science and society beyond the usual channels of papers and conferences. We are now taking a step in that direction by open-sourcing both hardware setups and management tools from our lab. The idea is simple: instead of spending weeks chasing setup details through papers and emails, others can compare, adapt, and build from what we have already learned. As a start, we are sharing our room-temperature photonic integrated circuit testing setup, developed and optimized over several years by students in the group, and inspired by practices from many other labs. The setup can image and measure PICs using fiber arrays both for edge and grating coupling, and testing with electrical probes. You just need to make a simple mount for your samples and plug in your favourite laser and detector.  PIC setup: https://lnkd.in/ezmNcQty Second, we are sharing the questionnaire we use for regular development talks with group members. These meetings focus less on technical progress and more on growth, supervision, expectations, well-being, and the working environment. This may be useful for research managers, and perhaps also teams outside academia, who want a more structured way to support people. Development talk guidelines: https://lnkd.in/eWYbvGKE Feedback is very welcome! More to come here: https://lnkd.in/et2ThG8u Thanks to all the current and past group members and mentors who contributed to building, testing, improving, and documenting these tools! An incomplete list here: Jan Riegelmeyer Elena Volkova Odiel Hooybergs Timmy Lin Francis Granger Tommy Haraldsson QuTech Quantum and Computer Engineering department Delft University of Technology #photonics #integratedphotonics #opensource #dyi #siliconphotonics #quantumphotonics