Department of Engineering Physics
Biomedical technology Modelling, simulation and finite element methods Photonic devices and networks Instrumentation and measurements Semiconductor fabrication and packaging Optics Lasers Photonics Surfaces, interfaces and thin films
Innovative Materials
Information and Communication Technologies Environment, Economy, and Society
Research interests and affiliations
Design, fabrication and characterization of optical micro and nano systems. Optical MicroElectro Mechanical Systems (OMEMS) are multidisciplinary by essence. Their optical, electrostatic, mechanical design is based on analytical studies and numerical simulations. The fabrication is based on micro and nano machining of silicon, using thin film layer deposition as well as dry (plasma) and wet etching. Nanofabrication of photonic crystals coupled with mobile MEMS devices, open the path to novel tunable nanophotonic devices. Applications of MEMS and NEMS are numerous: pressure sensors, accelerometers, inkjet printer heads, projection displays, astronomical telescopes (adaptive mirrors) as well as optical telecommunication and biology.
- Microphotonics Laboratory, Director
- Microfabrication Laboratory, Scientific director
- Material Surface Analysis (LASM), Co-head
- Institut de génie biomédical, Member
- Thin Film Physics and Technology Research Group (GCM), Member
- Regroupement québécois sur les matériaux de pointe (RQMP), Member
- Astrolith, Member
- 1901 Biomedical technology
- 2107 Modelling, simulation and finite element methods
- 2505 Photonic devices and networks
- 2518 Instrumentation and measurements
- 2523 Semiconductor fabrication and packaging
- 3110 Optics (see also photon devices 2505)
- 3111 Lasers
- 3112 Photonics
- 3303 Surfaces, interfaces and thin films
Publications
Biography
Yves-Alain Peter received the M.Sc. degree in physics and the Dr.Sc. degree from the University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, in 1994 and 2001, respectively. In 1995, he joined the Department of Medical Radiobiology as a Research Associate at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland. From 1995 to 2001, he was a Graduate Research Assistant with the Applied Optics Group, Institute of Microtechnology, University of Neuchâtel. From 2001 to 2003, he was a Post-Doctoral Researcher with the Microphotonics Group, Stanford University. From 2003 to 2004, he was a Research and Development Engineer and a Project Leader with the Swiss Center for Electronics and Microtechnology, Switzerland. In 2004, he joined Polytechnique Montréal, Canada, where he is now Professor of Engineering Physics. His current research interests include microphotonics and micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems.
Teaching
Yves-Alain Peter, Dr. ès Sc., is Associate Professor in the department of Engineering Physics at École Polytechnique de Montréal since June 2004. He created the course PHS8311 Microsystems (2005).
He participated to the conception of the course PHS1901 Introduction to Engineering Physics (2005) and established new laboratories for the course PHS8310 Microfabrication (2006).
Supervision at Polytechnique
IN PROGRESS
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Post-doctoral fellowship (1)
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Mirjalili, Seyed Mohammad.
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Ph.D. (5)
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Poveda Hospital, Salvador .
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Bahgat, Ahmed.
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Guertin, Régis.
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Bianki, Marc-Antoine.
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Lemieux-Leduc, Cédric.
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Master (thesis) (1)
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Lacasse, Thomas.
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Ph.D. Thesis (6)
- Abdelaziz, A. S. B. (2023). All-Optical Ultrasound Detection Using Optical Microring Resonators and Optical Dual Frequency Combs [Ph.D. thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Leblanc-Hotte, A. (2019). On-Chip Fabry-Pérot Microcavity for Refractive Index Cytometry and Deformability Characterization of Single Cells [Ph.D. thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Ghali, H. (2016). Optical Microcavities for Real-Time Detection of Bacteria [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Vanier, F. (2015). Nonlinear Optics in Chalcogenide and Tellurite Microspheres for the Generation of Mid-Infrared Frequencies [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Zandi, K. (2013). Integrated Microphotonic-MEMS Inertial Sensors [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- St-Gelais, R. (2012). Fundamentals and Applications of On-Chip Interferometers Based on Deep-Etched Silicon-Air Multilayer Reflectors [Ph.D. thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
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Master's Thesis (18)
- Lacasse, T. (2023). Mémoire optique à changement de phase pour calcul neuromorphique destiné à l'intelligence artificielle [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Lavergne, O. (2021). Développement d'outils pour l'étude de la distribution du courant critique dans des rubans supraconducteurs de type ReBCO [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Masse, M. (2020). Étude de la résistivité électrique de rubans supraconducteurs industriels dans le régime sur-critique [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Bianki, M.-A. (2019). Mémoire tampon formée d'un guide d'onde de résonateurs couplés en forme de disques à bord biseauté superposés [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Guertin, R. (2019). Détection multi-gas avec interféromètre de Fabry-Perot sur puce de silicium [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Lemieux-Leduc, C. (2019). Microcavités à modes de galerie en polymère pour la détection de gaz [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Richard, S. (2019). Caractérisation de rubans supraconducteurs en régime sur-critique à l'aide de pulses de courant dans les microsecondes : développement d'une méthode d'analyse des mesures [Master's thesis, Polytechnique Montréal].
- Jubinville, P. (2017). Détection de gaz par un senseur microfabriqué à cavité Fabry-Pérot fonctionnalisée avec des polymères [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Lemieux, K. (2017). Microfabrication de tranchées d'isolement et de trous d'interconnexion à travers le silicium (TSV) pour l'amélioration de photomultiplicateurs de silicium(SiPM) [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Bélanger, J. A. (2014). Biosenseur optofluidique pour la détection d'indice de réfraction volumique [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Ramier, A. (2014). Intégration de guides d'onde et microrésonateurs à modes de galerie par assemblage à puce retournée [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Amrane, T. (2012). Fabrication et caractérisation de cavités organiques à modes de galerie [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Poulin, A. (2012). Réseaux de Bragg verticaux accordables en silicium pour le développement de microsystèmes optiques appliqués [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Bergeron, S. (2010). Microcavités diélectriques circulaires et applications [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Gascon, A. (2010). Fabrication et caractérisation de cristaux photoniques pour exaltation de fluorescence [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Koné, F. B. (2008). Microfabrication d'un cristal photonique à 1D accordable en longueur d'onde [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Masson, J. (2008). Conception et fabrication d'un laser à fibre accordable par une cavité Fabry-Pérot microfabriquée en silicium [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
- Hajj Hassan, M. (2006). Balayeur microélectromécanique dédié aux systèmes échographiques [Master's thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal].
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