Christophe Moser

EPFL STI IMT LAPD
BM 4111 (Bâtiment BM)
Station 17
1015 Lausanne

EPFL STI SMT-GE
BM 1136 (Bâtiment BM)
Station 17
1015 Lausanne

Dr. Christophe Moser is Associate Professor of Microengineering and Industrial Relations at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne. He was the co-founder and CEO of Ondax,Inc for ten years prior to joining EPFL. During this decade, he raised $15 million from corporate and venture capital sources to fund volume production of thick holographic components in glass and develop devices enabled by these components such as tunable add-drop multiplexers for telecommunications, ultra-narrowband notch filters for low frequency Raman systems, high power semi-conductor frequency-narrowed pumps for fiber lasers, single frequency fixed and tunable lasers for sensing and femtosecond pulse compressors for micro-machining applications. Dr. Moser has a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the California Institute of Technology, a minor in finance and a bachelor degree in Physics from EPFL. He is the co-inventor of 24 patents, 14 peer reviewed scientific publications, 9 IEEE proceedings and a book chapter. Private interests include tennis, running, ski, basketball and family excursions. 2010: Associate Professor, EPFL, faculty Science Technique Ingenieur. 2000-2010: co-founder, CEO Ondax, Inc. 1995-2000: Graduate Research Assistant, California Institute of Technology. 1993-1995: Engineering Project manager , TESA. 1988-1993: Bachelor candidate in Physics, EPFL. MAIN PUBLICATIONS: 1. Moser C., Havermeyer F,.Ultra-narrowband tunable laserline notch filter, Appl. Phys. B, 95 (3), pp 597-601, 2009. 2. Moser C. ,Ho L., Havermeyer F,. Self-aligned Non-dispersive External Cavity Tunable Laser, 16 (21), 16691-16696 Optics Express, 2008. 3. Steckman, GJ , Moser C. et al. Volume holographic grating wavelength stabilized laser diodes, IEEE J. Of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, (13), 672-678, 2007. 4. Buse K, Havermeyer F, Liu W., Moser C, Psaltis D. Holographic Filters , Book Chapter Photorefractive Materials and their Applications, 2005. 5. Havermeyer, F; Liu, WH; Moser, C, et al. Volume holographic grating-based continuously tunable optical filter , Opt. Eng. 43 (9), 2017-2021, 2004. 6. Moser C., Maravic I., Schupp B., Adibi A, Psaltis D, Diffraction efficiency of localized holograms in doubly doped LiNbO3 crystals, Opt. Lett. 25: (17),1243-1245, 2000.

Awards

U.S. National Science Foundation Outstanding Entrepreneurship award

2007

Selected publications

Actor neural networks for the robust control of partially measured nonlinear systems showcased for image propagation through diffuse media

Babak Rahmani , Damien Loterie, Eirini Kakkava, Navid Borhani, UÄŸur TeÄŸin, Demetri Psaltis & Christophe Moser
Published in Nature in

Transscleral optical phase imaging of the human retina

Timothé Laforest, Mathieu Künzi, Laura Kowalczuk, Dino Carpentras, Francine Behar-Cohen & Christophe Moser
Published in Nature in

High-resolution tomographic volumetric additive manufacturing

Damien Loterie, Paul Delrot & Christophe Moser
Published in Nature in

Spatiotemporal self-similar fiber laser

UÄŸur TeÄŸin, Eirini Kakkava, Babak Rahmani, Demetri Psaltis, and Christophe Moser
Published in OSA - The Optical Society in

Volumetric Bioprinting of Complex Living‐Tissue Constructs within Seconds

Paulina Nuñez Bernal Paul Delrot Damien Loterie Yang Li Jos Malda Christophe Moser Riccardo Levato
Published in Wiley Online Library in

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Felix Wechsler, Roy Sarkis, Victoria Fay, Buse Ünlü, Maria Isabel Alvarez Castaño, Colin Nikhil Christian

Past EPFL PhD Students

Volker Zagolla, Zahra Monemhaghdoust, Andreas Schmocker, Damien Loterie, Edgar Emilio Morales Delgado, Manon Rostykus, Dino Carpentras, Paul Delrot, Enrico Chinello, Jan Krizek, Ugur Tegin, Babak Rahmani, Georgia Konstantinou, Chiara Bonati, Jorge Madrid Wolff, Jih-Liang Hsieh Leo Hsieh, Ilker Oguz, Mustafa Yildirim, Qianyi Zhang

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Peyman Karami, Oriane Poupart, Sichen Mi, Niyazi Ulas Dinç, Yuting Yang

Courses

3D Printing with light

MICRO-722

Optical aspects of 3D printing technology. This includes optical systems for scanning and excitation, photopolymers, glass and other photoactive materials, and optical components fabricated with 3D printing technology.

Advanced additive manufacturing technologies

MICRO-413

Advanced 3D forming techniques for high throughput and high resolution (nanometric) for large scale production. Digital manufacturing of functional layers, microsystems and smart systems.

Advanced micro-/nano- manufacturing

MICRO-632

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.

Advanced microfabrication practicals

MICRO-373

This TP allows for in-depth training on advanced micro and nanofabrication methods in a clean-room environment for selected applications, gain deeper knowledge in MEMS/NEMS processes, work in a small group together with PhD students/postdocs during 14 weeks touching all aspects of a microprocess.

Introduction to additive manufacturing

ME-413

The state of the art in the domain of additive production processes (the part is built by material addition without use of a shape tool) will be presented. The main application/benefits/shortcomings of the common additive processes as well as technological and economical issues will be discussed.

Laser fundamentals and applications for engineers

MICRO-426

The course will cover the fundamentals of lasers and focus on selected practical applications using lasers in engineering. The course is divided approximately as 1/3 theory and 2/3 covering selected applications.

Optical Computing

MICRO-608

In this course we will start with a brief history of optical computing, describe methods for implementing optical interconnection and logic and then spend most of our time on learning about the recent efforts in optical computing machines for machine learning.

Practical in venture capital

MICRO-633

In a collaboration with EPFL, Verve is seeking PhD students who are interested in gaining first-hand Venture Capital experience and are passionate about working with technology startups across Europe. Fellows will acquire all necessary skills to cover the entire investment process