Yves Bellouard
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Expertise
Dr. Yves Bellouard is Associate Professor in Microengineering at Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland, where he heads the Galatea lab and the Richemont Chair in Multi-Scale Manufacturing Technologies. Before joining EPFL in 2015, he was Associate Professor at Eindhoven University of Technologies (TU/e) in the Netherlands and prior to that, Research Scientist at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) in Troy, New York for four years.
His current research interests are in advanced manufacturing in general and more specifically, on laser-based processes and methods to tailor material properties.
His current research interests are in advanced manufacturing in general and more specifically, on laser-based processes and methods to tailor material properties.
Journals
2025
High-speed femtosecond UV laser writing of low-loss waveguides in fused silica
Optics Letters. 2025. DOI : 10.1364/OL.557978.Sub-micron elastic properties measurement of single laser-affected volume in fused silica
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids. 2025. DOI : 10.1016/j.jnoncrysol.2025.123399.Sub-wavelength femtosecond laser based nanostructuring of complex patterns in the bulk of fused silica
Optics Express. 2025. DOI : 10.1364/OE.555038.Glass multifocal microlens array through laser-induced topological transformation
Optics Express. 2025. DOI : 10.1364/OE.550321.2024
Wide-Field Polarimetric Second-Harmonic Imaging for Rapid and Nondestructive Investigation of Laser-Induced Crystallization Phenomena
ACS Nano. 2024. DOI : 10.1021/acsnano.4c05554.Femtosecond-laser direct-write photoconductive patterns on tellurite glass
Physical Review Applied. 2024. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.21.014008.Influence of ionization and cumulative effects on laser-induced crystallization in multilayer dielectrics
Physical Review Materials. 2024. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.8.063402.High-magnification observation of flow and solidification processes of laser-melted metals in microchannels
The Proceedings of The Manufacturing & Machine Tool Conference. 2024. DOI : 10.1299/jsmemmt.2024.15.b17.2023
Formation Mechanism of Elemental Te Produced in Tellurite Glass Systems by Femtosecond Laser Irradiation
Advanced Materials. 2023. DOI : 10.1002/adma.202210446.Third-harmonic generation monitoring of femtosecond-laser-induced in-volume functional modifications
Optica. 2023. DOI : 10.1364/OPTICA.486746.High-efficiency non-ablative UV laser nano-scale processing of fused silica by stable filamentation
Optics Express. 2023. DOI : 10.1364/OE.497584.All-glass miniature GHz repetition rate femtosecond laser cavity
Optica. 2023. DOI : 10.1364/OPTICA.496503.2022
Femtosecond laser-shockwave induced densification in fused silica
Optical Materials Express. 2022. DOI : 10.1364/OME.462915.Ultrafast Laser Direct-Writing of Self-Organized Microstructures in Ge-Sb-S Chalcogenide Glass
Frontiers in Physics. 2022. DOI : 10.3389/fphy.2022.883319.Glass-in-glass infiltration for 3D micro-optical composite components
Optics Express. 2022. DOI : 10.1364/OE.451026.Abnormal temperature dependent elastic properties of fused silica irradiated by ultrafast lasers
Physical Review Materials. 2022. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.6.033602.On the behavior of uniaxial static stress loaded micro-scale fused silica beams at room temperature
Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids: X. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.nocx.2022.100083.Wavelength-multiplexed single-shot ptychography
Ultramicroscopy. 2022. DOI : 10.1016/j.ultramic.2021.113418.Ultrafast laser interaction with transparent multi-layer SiO2/Si3N4 films
Journal of Applied Physics. 2022. DOI : 10.1063/5.0065726.2021
Few pulses femtosecond laser exposure for high efficiency 3D glass micromachining
Optics Express. 2021. DOI : 10.1364/OE.435163.Highly motile nanoscale magnetic artificial cilia
Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America (PNAS). 2021. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.2104930118.3D metal freeform micromanufacturing
Journal of Manufacturing Processes. 2021. DOI : 10.1016/j.jmapro.2021.06.002.On the use of a digital twin to enhance femtosecond laser inscription of arbitrary phase patterns
Journal of Physics: Photonics. 2021. DOI : 10.1088/2515-7647/abf743.Contactless Optical Packaging Concept for Laser to Fiber Coupling
IEEE Transactions on Components, Packaging and Manufacturing Technology. 2021. DOI : 10.1109/TCPMT.2021.3080513.Direct-write laser-induced self-organization and metallization beyond the focal volume in tellurite glass
Physical Review Materials. 2021. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.5.055201.Vibration monitoring based on optical sensing of mechanical nonlinearities in glass suspended waveguides
Optics Express. 2021. DOI : 10.1364/OE.414191.2020
Laser-induced densification of fused silica using spatially overlapping sub-30fs pulses
Journal Of Applied Physics. 2020. DOI : 10.1063/5.0011317.Lens aberration compensation in interference microscopy
Optics and Lasers in Engineering. 2020. DOI : 10.1016/j.optlaseng.2020.106015.Elastic properties of self-organized nanogratings produced by femtosecond laser exposure of fused silica
Physical Review Materials. 2020. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.023607.Ablation in Externally Applied Electric and Magnetic Fields
Nanomaterials. 2020. DOI : 10.3390/nano10020182.2019
A Monolithic Gimbal Micro-Mirror Fabricated and Remotely Tuned with a Femtosecond Laser
Micromachines. 2019. DOI : 10.3390/mi10090611.Local tuning of fused silica thermal expansion coefficient using femtosecond laser
Physical Review Materials. 2019. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.3.053802.2017
Combination of additive and subtractive laser 3D microprocessing in hybrid glass/polymer microsystems for chemical sensing applications
Optics Express. 2017. DOI : 10.1364/Oe.25.026280.Plasmon-less surface enhanced Raman spectra induced by self-organized networks of silica nanoparticles produced by femtosecond lasers
Optics Express. 2017. DOI : 10.1364/Oe.25.009587.Laser-Induced Transition between Nonlinear and Linear Resonant Behaviors of a Micromechanical Oscillator
Physical Review Applied. 2017. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.7.064002.Ultrafast Laser to Tailor Material Properties: An Enabling Tool in Advanced Three-dimensional Micromanufacturing
Chimia. 2017. DOI : 10.2533/chimia.2017.295.Unraveling Brittle-Fracture Statistics from Intermittent Patterns Formed During Femtosecond Laser Exposure
Physical Review Applied. 2017. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevApplied.8.054013.2016
Stress-state manipulation in fused silica via femtosecond laser irradiation
Optica. 2016. DOI : 10.1364/Optica.3.001285.Femtosecond laser direct-write waveplates based on stress-induced birefringence
Optics Express. 2016. DOI : 10.1364/Oe.24.027239.2015
High-fidelity visualization of formation of volume nanogratings in porous glass by femtosecond laser irradiation
Optica. 2015. DOI : 10.1364/OPTICA.2.000329.Deep-UV fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy
Photonics Research. 2015. DOI : 10.1364/Prj.3.000283.Monolithic transparent 3D dielectrophoretic micro-actuator fabricated by femtosecond laser
Journal Of Micromechanics And Microengineering. 2015. DOI : 10.1088/0960-1317/25/10/105009.Formation of in-volume nanogratings with sub-100-nm periods in glass by femtosecond laser irradiation
Optics Letters. 2015. DOI : 10.1364/Ol.40.003623.Laser-assisted morphing of complex three dimensional objects
Optics Express. 2015. DOI : 10.1364/OE.23.017355.Tailored surface birefringence by femtosecond laser assisted wet etching
Optics Express. 2015. DOI : 10.1364/OE.23.001428.On the anisotropy of stress-distribution induced in glasses and crystals by non-ablative femtosecond laser exposure
Optics Express. 2015. DOI : 10.1364/OE.23.000086.A Monolithic Micro-Tensile Tester for Investigating Silicon Dioxide Polymorph Micromechanics, Fabricated and Operated Using a Femtosecond Laser
Micromachines. 2015. DOI : 10.3390/mi6091365.Transition and self-healing process between chaotic and self-organized patterns observed during femtosecond laser writing
Optics Express. 2015. DOI : 10.1364/OE.23.016993.Non-contact sub-nanometer optical repositioning using femtosecond lasers
Optics Express. 2015. DOI : 10.1364/Oe.23.029258.2014
Design and Fabrication of a Prototype Actuator for Fourier Transform Interferometry
Progress in Optomechatronic Technologies. 2014. DOI : 10.1007/978-3-319-05711-8_10.Three-Dimensional Glass Monolithic Micro-Flexure Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser Exposure and Chemical Etching
Micromachines. 2014. DOI : 10.3390/mi5030697.Kinetics of laser-assisted carbon nanotube growth
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics. 2014. DOI : 10.1039/c4cp00061g.Miniaturized Reaction Chamber for Optimized Laser-Assisted Carbon Nanotube Growth
Journal of Laser Micro/Nanoengineering. 2014. DOI : 10.2961/jlmn.2014.02.0007.2013
Femtosecond versus picosecond laser machining of nano-gratings and micro-channels in silica glass
Optics Express. 2013. DOI : 10.1364/OE.21.003946.Molding topologically-complex 3D polymer microstructures from femtosecond laser machined glass
Optical Materials Express. 2013. DOI : 10.1364/OME.3.001428.Stress distribution around femtosecond laser affected zones: effect of nanogratings orientation
Optics Express. 2013. DOI : 10.1364/OE.21.024942.In-situ localized carbon nanotube growth inside partially sealed enclosures
AIP Advances. 2013. DOI : 10.1063/1.4821952.2012
The Femtoprint Project
Journal of Laser Micro/Nanoengineering. 2012. DOI : 10.2961/jlmn.2012.01.0001.Optically transparent glass micro-actuator fabricated by femtosecond laser exposure and chemical etching
Applied Physics Letters. 2012. DOI : 10.1063/1.4750236.Optical classification of algae species with a glass lab-on-a-chip
Lab on a Chip. 2012. DOI : 10.1039/c2lc21091f.Closed-loop control of laser assisted chemical vapor deposition growth of carbon nanotubes
Journal of Applied Physics. 2012. DOI : 10.1063/1.4745874.Direct volume variation measurements in fused silica specimens exposed to femtosecond laser
Optical Materials Express. 2012. DOI : 10.1364/OME.2.000789.Lab on a chip technologies for algae detection: a review
Journal of Biophotonics. 2012. DOI : 10.1002/jbio.201200051.2011
Optofluidic lab-on-a-chip for rapid algae population screening
Biomedical Optics Express. 2011. DOI : 10.1364/BOE.2.000658.Femtosecond-laser generation of self-organized bubble patterns in fused silica
Optics Express. 2011. DOI : 10.1364/OE.19.006807.On the bending strength of fused silica flexures fabricated by ultrafast lasers [Invited]
Optical Materials Express. 2011. DOI : 10.1364/OME.1.000816.2010
In situ monitoring of single-wall carbon nanotube laser assisted growth
Nanotechnology. 2010. DOI : 10.1088/0957-4484/21/7/075602.Spatio-temporally focused femtosecond laser pulses for nonreciprocal writing in optically transparent materials
Optics Express. 2010. DOI : 10.1364/OE.18.024673.Towards fast femtosecond laser micromachining of fused silica: The effect of deposited energy
Optics Express. 2010. DOI : 10.1364/OE.18.021490.Dynamical Observation of Femtosecond-Laser-Induced Bubbles in Water Using a Single Laser Source for Probing and Sensing
Applied Physics Express. 2010. DOI : 10.1143/APEX.3.127101.Femtosecond laser micromachining of fused silica molds
Optics Express. 2010. DOI : 10.1364/OE.18.021826.On the use of shape memory alloy thin films to tune the dynamic response of micro-cantilevers
Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering. 2010. DOI : 10.1088/0960-1317/20/1/015039.2008
Thermal modeling of laser-annealing-induced crystallization of amorphous NiTi thin films
Applied Physics A. 2008. DOI : 10.1007/s00339-007-4331-z.Scanning thermal microscopy and Raman analysis of bulk fused silica exposed to lowenergy femtosecond laser pulses
Optics Express. 2008. DOI : 10.1364/OE.16.019520.Time dependent growth of vertically aligned carbon nanotube forest using a laser activated catalytical CVD method
physica status solidi (b). 2008. DOI : 10.1002/pssb.200879576.2006
Thermal conductivity contrast measurement of fused silica exposed to low-energy femtosecond laser pulses
Applied Physics Letters. 2006. DOI : 10.1063/1.2363957.Nanoindentation and birefringence measurements on fused silica specimen exposed to low-energy femtosecond pulses
Optics Express. 2006. DOI : 10.1364/OE.14.008360.2005
Integrating optics and micro-mechanics in a single substrate: a step toward monolithic integration in fused silica
Optics Express. 2005. DOI : 10.1364/OPEX.13.006635.Laser annealing of amorphous NiTi shape memory alloy thin films to locally induce shape memory properties
Acta Materialia. 2005. DOI : 10.1016/j.actamat.2005.07.022.Adaptive Scanning Optical Microscope (ASOM): A multidisciplinary optical microscope design for large field of view and high resolution imaging
Optics Express. 2005. DOI : 10.1364/OPEX.13.006504.2004
Fabrication of high-aspect ratio, micro-fluidic channels and tunnels using femtosecond laser pulses and chemical etching
Optics Express. 2004. DOI : 10.1364/OPEX.12.002120.2001
Contribution aux concepts de « micro et nanofactory »
Nano et Micro Technologies. 2001.Contribution to the Micro- and Nanofactory Concepts
Nano and Micro Technologies. 2001.Enseignement et PhD
Current Phd
Ernesto Gribaudo, Camar Cheayto, Antoine Duret, Chrysoula Stathaki, Martin Thibaud Lentz
Past Phd As Director
Tao Yang, Christos Edouardos Athanasiou, Pieter Vlugter, Saood Nazir, Arunkrishnan Radhakrishnan, Enrico Casamenti, Ruben Ricca, Olivier Bernard, Gözden Torun, Samuel Youcef Benketaf
Past Phd As Codirector
Courses
Advanced micro-/nano- manufacturing
This course contains lectures covering the latest research and development done in the field of micro-/nano- manufacturing methods and processes. It consists on an intensive 5 days training and is done in the framework of a collaboration between FEMTO-ST in France and EPFL.
Manufacturing technologies
Ce cours propose une introduction aux méthodes de production et aux techniques de fabrication, pertinentes à la microtechnique. L'accent est donné sur la compréhension des phénomènes, sur le triangle matériaux/technique de fabrication/conception, mais également sur les aspects économiques.
Products design & systems engineering
Ce cours couvre tous les aspects relatifs à la conception de produits, depuis l'apprentissage de méthodes de conception, de planification et d'organisation, jusqu'à la réalisation concrète d'un prototype.
Selected topics in advanced manufacturing
The course aims at providing a comprehensive overview of ongoing advanced manufacturing research topics and an opportunity for students to investigate current research trends in one particular topic of their choice.