Yves Bellouard

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 micromanufacturing.

He received a BS in Theoretical Physics and a MS in Applied Physics from Université Pierre et Marie Curie in Paris, France in 1994-1995 and a PhD in Microengineering from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Lausanne, Switzerland in 2000. 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 about four years where he started working on femtosecond laser processing of glass materials. From 2010 until 2013, Yves Bellouard initiated and coordinated the Femtoprint project, a European research initiative aiming at investigating a table-top printer for microsystems ('3D printing of microsystems'). In 2013, he received an ERC Starting Grant (Consolidator-2012) and in 2018, an ERC Proof-of-Concept from the European Research Council. In 2013, he received a JSPS Fellowship from the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science.

His current research interests are in advanced manufacturing in general and more specifically on laser-based methods to tailor material properties including laser-based self-organization processes.

Awards

Best Teacher Award (Microengineering section)

2019-2020

EPFL

ERC Proof-of-concept

2018

European Research Council

Innovation Award in Laser Technology (ILT)

2014

Arbeitskreis Lasertechnik AKL e.V. / Europea

JSPS Fellowship Science

2013

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

ERC Starting / Consolidator Grant (transition phase)

2012

European Research Council

Excellentie funds

2008

Eindhoven University of Technology

Omega Scientific Award

2001

Fondation du Prix Omega

Publications

Infoscience publications

Journals

2022

Ultrafast Laser Direct-Writing of Self-Organized Microstructures in Ge-Sb-S Chalcogenide Glass

G. Torun; A. Yadav; K. A. Richardson; Y. Bellouard

Frontiers in Physics. 2022-04-14. DOI : 10.3389/fphy.2022.883319.

Yves Bellouard

Associate Professor

Fields of expertise

Biography

Awards

Publications

Infoscience publications

Journals

2022

Ultrafast Laser Direct-Writing of Self-Organized Microstructures in Ge-Sb-S Chalcogenide Glass

Glass-in-glass infiltration for 3D micro-optical composite components

Abnormal temperature dependent elastic properties of fused silica irradiated by ultrafast lasers

On the behavior of uniaxial static stress loaded micro-scale fused silica beams at room temperature

Wavelength-multiplexed single-shot ptychography

2021

Ultrafast laser interaction with transparent multi-layer SiO2/Si3N4 films

Few pulses femtosecond laser exposure for high efficiency 3D glass micromachining

Highly motile nanoscale magnetic artificial cilia

3D metal freeform micromanufacturing

On the use of a digital twin to enhance femtosecond laser inscription of arbitrary phase patterns

Contactless Optical Packaging Concept for Laser to Fiber Coupling

Direct-write laser-induced self-organization and metallization beyond the focal volume in tellurite glass

Vibration monitoring based on optical sensing of mechanical nonlinearities in glass suspended waveguides

2020

ABH damping of monolithic silica glass cantilever by structural and material modification using fs laser micromachining

Laser-induced densification of fused silica using spatially overlapping sub-30fs pulses

Lens aberration compensation in interference microscopy

Elastic properties of self-organized nanogratings produced by femtosecond laser exposure of fused silica

Ablation in Externally Applied Electric and Magnetic Fields

2019

A Monolithic Gimbal Micro-Mirror Fabricated and Remotely Tuned with a Femtosecond Laser

Local tuning of fused silica thermal expansion coefficient using femtosecond laser

2018

Self-organized nanostructures forming under high-repetition rate femtosecond laser bulk-heating of fused silica

Effect of the Combination of Femtosecond Laser Pulses Exposure on the Etching Rate of Fused Silica in Hydrofluoric Acid

A Monolithic Micro-Tensile Tester for Investigating Silicon Dioxide Polymorph Micromechanics, Fabricated and Operated Using a Femtosecond Laser

2017

Unraveling Brittle-Fracture Statistics from Intermittent Patterns Formed During Femtosecond Laser Exposure

Combination of additive and subtractive laser 3D microprocessing in hybrid glass/polymer microsystems for chemical sensing applications

Ultrafast Laser to Tailor Material Properties: An Enabling Tool in Advanced Three-dimensional Micromanufacturing

Laser-Induced Transition between Nonlinear and Linear Resonant Behaviors of a Micromechanical Oscillator

Plasmon-less surface enhanced Raman spectra induced by self-organized networks of silica nanoparticles produced by femtosecond lasers

2016

Femtosecond laser direct-write waveplates based on stress-induced birefringence

Stress-state manipulation in fused silica via femtosecond laser irradiation

2015

Deep-UV fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy

Monolithic transparent 3D dielectrophoretic micro-actuator fabricated by femtosecond laser

Non-contact sub-nanometer optical repositioning using femtosecond lasers

Structural, electrical and magnetic characterization of in-situ crystallized ZnO:Co thin films synthesized by reactive magnetron sputtering

Formation of in-volume nanogratings with sub-100-nm periods in glass by femtosecond laser irradiation

A Monolithic Micro-Tensile Tester for Investigating Silicon Dioxide Polymorph Micromechanics, Fabricated and Operated Using a Femtosecond Laser

On the anisotropy of stress-distribution induced in glasses and crystals by non-ablative femtosecond laser exposure

Tailored surface birefringence by femtosecond laser assisted wet etching

High-fidelity visualization of formation of volume nanogratings in porous glass by femtosecond laser irradiation

Laser-assisted morphing of complex three dimensional objects

Transition and self-healing process between chaotic and self-organized patterns observed during femtosecond laser writing

2014

Kinetics of laser-assisted carbon nanotube growth

Miniaturized Reaction Chamber for Optimized Laser-Assisted Carbon Nanotube Growth

Design and Fabrication of a Prototype Actuator for Fourier Transform Interferometry

Three-Dimensional Glass Monolithic Micro-Flexure Fabricated by Femtosecond Laser Exposure and Chemical Etching

2013

Femtosecond versus picosecond laser machining of nano-gratings and micro-channels in silica glass

In-situ localized carbon nanotube growth inside partially sealed enclosures

Stress distribution around femtosecond laser affected zones: effect of nanogratings orientation

Molding topologically-complex 3D polymer microstructures from femtosecond laser machined glass

2012

Closed-loop control of laser assisted chemical vapor deposition growth of carbon nanotubes

The Femtoprint Project

Direct volume variation measurements in fused silica specimens exposed to femtosecond laser

Lab on a chip technologies for algae detection: a review

Optical classification of algae species with a glass lab-on-a-chip

Optically transparent glass micro-actuator fabricated by femtosecond laser exposure and chemical etching

2011

On the bending strength of fused silica flexures fabricated by ultrafast lasers [Invited]

Optofluidic lab-on-a-chip for rapid algae population screening

Femtosecond-laser generation of self-organized bubble patterns in fused silica

2010

Spatio-temporally focused femtosecond laser pulses for nonreciprocal writing in optically transparent materials