Professional Affiliations

Scientific head of the Advanced Light Source Laboratory (ALLS)

Director of the Énergie Matériaux Télécommunications Research Centre

Research axes

Lasers and Ultra-fast Phenomena

Biophotonics

Ongoing projects

• Development of state-of-the-art light sources for ultrafast molecular imaging and benchtop X-ray experiments
•  Innovative laser technologies for amplification and frequency conversion of octave-scale laser sources
• Optical process control for plasma-assisted deposition of functional nanoelectronic thin films
• Development of a multi-MV/cm THz source and its applications for nonlinear optics
• Development of a tunable coherent light source in the mid-infrared based on a two-color picosecond laser system.
• New generation of femtosecond lasers based on frequency parametric amplification
• Development of a simplified platform for coherent Raman microscopy
• Tunable femto/picosecond infrared source for organic thin film fabrication
• Validation of a prototype for a new generation of slit scan camera
• Integration of a picosecond solid state laser to a plasma deposition chamber
• Tunable mid-infrared light sources based on O/E-Land fiber laser technologies
• Use of laser ablation to protect metal surfaces from water and ice
• Innovative attosecond technologies for real-time imaging and monitoring of ultrafast processes in materials
• Innovations in concepts, components and applications for guided optics
• Benchtop experiments in soft X-ray absorption spectroscopy based on femtosecond lasers with high average peak power

Research teams

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