Niels Quack
Biography
Prof. Dr. Niels Quack received his MS from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Switzerland, and his PhD from Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich (ETH), 2005 and 2009, respectively. From 2011 to 2015 he was Postdoctoral researcher and Visiting Scholar at University of California, Berkeley, within the Integrated Photonics Laboratory at the Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center. From 2014 to 2015 he was Senior MEMS Engineer at sercalo Microtechnolgy. Research interests include MEMS, Optical MEMS, Tunable Optical Microsystems, Optomechanical Oscillators, Silicon Photonics, Heterogeneous Integration, LIDAR, diamond photonics. He has authored and co-authored more than 30 papers in leading technical journals and conferences. He was awarded for his best class result and one of the most excellent Master's Theses 2005 at EPFL. He is a Senior Member of IEEE.
Awards and Grants
2015 - IEEE Senior Member
2015 - SNSF Professorship
2015 - Best Poster Award, Photonics for Disaggregated Data Centers, OIDA, Los Angeles, USA (co-authored)
2015 - OFC Top Scored Paper, Los Angeles, USA (co-authored, highlighted in OFC press release and awarded as Tingye Li Innovation Prize)
2014 - OFC Top Scored Paper, San Francisco, USA (co-authored)
2013 - NMC Travel Award, Stanford, USA
2013 - IEEE MEMS Outstanding Paper Award, Taipei, Taiwan (co-authored)
2012 - CIS User Grant, 2012, Stanford, USA
2005 - Prix de la Commune d'Ecublens, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
2004 - SSBE, Max Anliker Memorial Poster Award, Zürich, Switzerland
2000 - VEGR Best Matura Project Award, Zürich, Switzerland
Parcours professionnel
| Senior MEMS Engineer | sercalo Microtechnology ltd. | 2014-2015 | |
| Postdoctoral Researcher | Integrated Photonics Laboratory, Berkeley Sensor and Actuator Center | University of California, Berkeley | 2011-2015 |
Education
| Doctor of Sciences | ETH Z�rich | 2005-2010 | |
| Master of Science | EPF Lausanne | 2000-2005 |
Compétences
Integrated Photonics
Diamond Photonics
Silicon Photonics
Heterogeneous Integration
Tunable Optical Microsystems
Microspectrometers
Mid-Infrared Photonics
Optomechanical Oscillators
Optical Switches
MicroLIDAR
Publications
Infoscience
Main Publications
Les données en-ligne ne sont pas accessibles2019
Silicon Photonic MEMS Phase-Shifter
Optics Express. 2019-06-24.
DOI : 10.1364/OE.27.018959.
FCC Physics Opportunities: Future Circular Collider Conceptual Design Report Volume 1
European Physical Journal C. 2019-06-05.
DOI : 10.1140/epjc/s10052-019-6904-3.
Non-contact polishing of single crystal diamond by ion beam etching
Diamond And Related Materials. 2019-02-01.
DOI : 10.1016/j.diamond.2019.01.007.
2018
Single crystal diamond micro-disk resonators by focused ion beam milling
Apl Photonics. 2018-12-01.
DOI : 10.1063/1.5051316.
Digital Silicon Photonic MEMS Phase-Shifter
2018-01-01. International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) , Lausanne, SWITZERLAND , Jul 29-Aug 02, 2018. p. 217-218.
Characterization of crystallographically etched single crystal diamond diffraction gratings
2018-01-01. International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) , Lausanne, SWITZERLAND , Jul 29-Aug 02, 2018. p. 173-174.
Size control of self-organized gold nanoparticles on nanopatterned single crystal diamond
2018-01-01. International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) , Lausanne, SWITZERLAND , Jul 29-Aug 02, 2018. p. 94-95.
Enhancement of optical quality factor by thermal annealing of single crystal diamond micro-resonators
2018-01-01. International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) , Lausanne, SWITZERLAND , Jul 29-Aug 02, 2018. p. 20-21.
Silicon photonic MEMS variable optical attenuator
2018-01-01. Conference on MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XVII , San Francisco, CA , Jan 30-31, 2018. p. UNSP 105450H.
DOI : 10.1117/12.2317507.
Trapezoidal Diffraction Grating Beam Splitters in Single Crystal Diamond
COMPONENTS AND PACKAGING FOR LASER SYSTEMS IV. 2018.
DOI : 10.1117/12.2290557.
Precision micro-mechanical components in single crystal diamond by deep reactive ion etching
MICROSYSTEMS AND NANOENGINEERING. 2018.
DOI : 10.1038/s41378-018-0014-5.
Large-Scale Polarization-Insensitive Silicon Photonic MEMS Switches
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY. 2018.
DOI : 10.1109/JLT.2018.2791502.
Freestanding optical micro-disk resonators in single-crystal diamond by reactive ion etching and multidirectional focused ion-beam milling
ADVANCES IN PHOTONICS OF QUANTUM COMPUTING, MEMORY, AND COMMUNICATION XI. 2018.
DOI : 10.1117/12.2290177.
2017
Geometric Integrators for Nonadiabatic Molecular Quantum Dynamics Induced by the Interaction with the Electromagnetic Field
Lausanne, EPFL, 2017.
DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-8145.
Electronic-Photonic Integrated Circuit for 3D Microimaging
Ieee Journal Of Solid-State Circuits. 2017.
DOI : 10.1109/Jssc.2016.2621755.
2016
Large-Scale Silicon Photonic Switches
2016. 21st OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC) / International Conference on Photonics in Switching (PS) , Niigata, JAPAN , JUL 03-07, 2016.
Die Level Release of Silicon Photonic MEMS
2016. International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) .
Scalable Row/Column Addressing of Silicon Photonic MEMS Switches
2016. International Conference on Optical MEMS and Nanophotonics (OMN) , Jerusalem, ISRAEL , AUG, 2015. p. 561-564.
DOI : 10.1109/Lpt.2016.2515106.
Highly Scalable Digital Silicon Photonic MEMS Switches
2016. Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC) , Los Angeles, CA , MAR 22-26, 2015. p. 365-371.
DOI : 10.1109/Jlt.2015.2496321.
Large-scale broadband digital silicon photonic switches with vertical adiabatic couplers
Optica. 2016.
DOI : 10.1364/OPTICA.3.000064.
Scalable Row/Column Addressing of Silicon Photonic MEMS Switches
IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 2016.
DOI : 10.1109/LPT.2016.2515106.
Enseignement & Phd
Enseignement
- Microengineering,
Programmes doctoraux
- Doctoral Program in Microsystems and Microelectronics
- Doctoral Program in Photonics
Cours
Scaling laws & simulations in micro & nanosystems
Photonic micro- and nanosystems
Advanced MEMS & microsystems
Approfondissement des principes de fonctionnement et technologie des Micro et Nanosystèmes avancés. Familiarisation avec leur implémentation dans des produits et leurs applications.
IMT Distinguished Lecture Series
Introduction to Finite Element Modelling in Microsystems
Silicon Photonics Design