Prof. Sylvain Blaize Profile

Prof. Sylvain Blaize

at Univ de Technologie Troyes

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Proceedings Article | 28 February 2020 Presentation + Paper

Quantum emitters based on polymeric structures embedded with quantum dots fabricated via photo-polymerization

Xiaolun Xu, Josslyn Beltran Madrigal, Aurélie Broussier, Giuseppe Emanuele Lio, Fabien Geoffray, Ali Issa, Safi Jradi, Renaud Bachelot, Christophe Couteau, Sylvain Blaize

Proceedings Volume 11292, 112920O (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2544446

KEYWORDS: Quantum dots, Waveguides, Polymers, Polymerization, Two photon polymerization, Nanocomposites, Nanolithography

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Proceedings Article | 22 May 2019 Presentation + Paper

Towards a new platform for quantum photonics applications

Christophe Couteau, Mackrine Nahra, Muhammad Muhammad, Stefano Pierini, Xiaolun Xu, Aurélie Broussier, Renaud Bachelot, Sylvain Blaize

Proceedings Volume 10933, 109330S (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2516240

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Glasses, Photonics, Quantum optics, Integrated optics, Photonic crystals, Single photon, Nanophotonics, Plasmonics, Ions

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Very recently, the interest for quantum technologies by the scientific community and industry has strongly increased. Different types of implementations have been proposed as a practical implementation for a quantum bit. In particular, quantum photonics is a strong candidate for such applications. We are interested in using single photons and single spins in diamond as a solid state host matrix (nanodiamonds or membranes). Integration of nanosources of light is currently a major bottleneck preventing the realisation of all-photonic chips for quantum technologies and nanophotonics applications. Ideally, one needs optical circuitry, on-chip photodetection and on-chip generation of quantum states of light (single photons, entangled photons…). Our recent work on a new platform for quantum photonics using integrated optics can offer an easier and robust way to create compact quantum circuits that can be on chip and scalable. In this context, the coupling between waveguides and single photon emitters is critical. The goal of our research is to efficiently couple single photon emitters with a new platform made of optical glass waveguides. These waveguides are based on the so-called ion-exchange glass technology and is know in the photonics industry for quite some time but has never been used in the context of quantum technologies. Efficient light-matter interface is of primordial importance in this system. To achieve this goal, several paths are undertaken such as the use of dielectric and plasmonic structuration in order to increase the light interaction with the waveguide or to develop fabrication techniques to insert the emitters directly inside the guide (for nanodiamonds). We will show what is our current state of the art for placing single emitters at the right place on our optical waveguides made of ion-exchange in glass and in particular what can be done to improve our first promising results in order to get near unity coupling between the optical bus and single photon emitters. We will show first results with semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) but also using nitrogen-vacancy and silicon-vacancy defects in nanodiamond. The very first step in of our approach consists in the design of the structured waveguide using electromagnetic FDTD. We demonstrated that it is possible to achieve more than 90% coupling. In practice, before using coloured centres in diamond, we started working with CdSe/ZnS semiconductor nanocrystals. So far, we use straight waveguides defined to be single modes at the nominal wavelength of the emission line of the nanoemitters. The positioning of nanoemitters is still a challenge to be achieved. We developed an original technique based on photopolymerisation of light where the nanocrystals are grafted into a light sensitive polymer and can be placed at adequate positions.

Proceedings Article | 21 May 2018 Presentation + Paper

Bridging integrated waveguides with single photon emitters

Christophe Couteau, Stefano Pierini, Xiaolun Xu, Josslyn Beltram-Madrigal, Renaud Bachelot, Sylvain Blaize

Proceedings Volume 10674, 106740S (2018) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2307091

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Single photon, Quantum communications, Integrated optics, Plasmonics, Glasses, Electromagnetism, Photopolymerization, Image processing, Polymers

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Very recently, the interest for quantum technologies by the scientific community and industry has strongly increased. Different types of implementations have been proposed as a practical implementation for a quantum bit as trapped atoms, superconducting qubits and single photons. In particular, we are interested in using single photons and single spins in solid state host matrices such as diamond (nanodiamonds or membranes). Integration of nanosources of light is currently a major bottleneck preventing the realisation of all-photonic chips for quantum technologies and nanophotonics applications. Nanophotonics and integrated optics are vast growing fields with huge market potentials in particular for quantum technologies. Ideally, one needs optical circuitry, on-chip photodetection and on-chip generation of quantum states of light (single photons, entangled photons…). We want to present our recent work on using integrated optics that can offer an easier and robust way to create fixed and compact quantum circuits that can be on chip and scalable. In this context, the coupling between waveguides and single photon emitters is critical. The goal of our research is to efficiently couple single photon emitters with a new platform made of optical glass waveguides. To achieve this goal, several paths are undertaken such as the use of dielectric and plasmonic structuration in order to increase the light interaction with the waveguide or to develop fabrication techniques to insert the emitters directly inside the guide (for nanodiamonds). We will show what is our current state of the art for placing single emitters at the right place on our optical waveguides made of ion-exchange in glass and in particular what can be done to improve our first promising results in order to get near unity coupling between the optical bus and single photon emitters. We will show first results with semiconductor nanocrystals (NCs) but also using nitrogen-vacancy defects in diamond either under nanodiamond form or in thin membranes.

Proceedings Article | 21 November 2017 Open Access

Combining and cophasing a telescope array in a single chip-integrated optics: a new solution for spaced based aperture synthesis interferometry

J.-P. Berger, I. Schanen, J.-E. Broquin, P. Benech, S. Blaize, E. Ghibaudo, C. Sanchez-Perez, P. Kern, M. Lacolle, P. Haguenauer, G. Fontaine, E. LeCoarer, K. Perraut, F. Malbet

Proceedings Volume 10569, 1056903 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2307953

KEYWORDS: Interferometry, Telescopes, Information operations, Integrated optics, Space telescopes, Waveguides, Synthetic apertures, Interferometers, Metrology, Visibility

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Proceedings Article | 9 October 2015 Paper

Optical near field in integrated plasmonics on silicon photonics

Rafael Salas-Montiel, Sylvain Blaize

Proceedings Volume 9545, 95450A (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2208272

KEYWORDS: Silicon photonics, Plasmonics, Near field scanning optical microscopy, Integrated optics, Near field optics, Waveguides, Electromagnetism, Near field, Nanostructures, Radio propagation

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Proceedings Article | 5 October 2015 Presentation

Adiabatic mode coupler on ion-exchanged waveguides for the efficient excitation of surface plasmon modes (Presentation Recording)

Josslyn Beltran Madrigal, Martin Berthel, Florent Gardillou, Ricardo Tellez Limon, Christophe Couteau, Denis Barbier, Aurelien Drezet, Rafael Salas-Montiel, Serge Huant, Sylvain Blaize, Wei Geng

Proceedings Volume 9545, 95450Q (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188304

KEYWORDS: Biosensing, Waveguides, Surface plasmons, Electromagnetism, Plasmonics, Glasses, Near field scanning optical microscopy, Photonics, Light wave propagation, Radio propagation

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Several works have already shown that the excitation of plasmonic structures through waveguides enables a strong light confinement and low propagation losses [1]. This kind of excitation is currently exploited in areas such as biosensing [2], nanocircuits[3] and spectroscopy[4]. The efficient excitation of surface plasmon modes (SPP) with guided modes supported by high-index-contrast waveguides, such as silicon-on-insulator waveguides, had already been shown [1,5]. However, the use of weakconfined guided modes of a glass ion exchanged waveguide as a SPP excitation source represents a technological challenge, because the mismatch between the size of their respective electromagnetic modes is so high that the resultant coupling loss is unacceptable for practical applications. In this work, we describe how an adiabatic taper structure formed by an intermediate high-index-contrast layer placed between a plasmonic structure and an ion-exchanged waveguide decreases the mismatch between effective indices, size, and shape of the guided modes. This hybrid structure concentrates the electromagnetic energy from the micrometer to the nanometer scale with low coupling losses to radiative modes. The electromagnetic mode confined to the high-index-contrast waveguide then works as an efficient source of SPP supported by metallic nanostructures placed on its surface. We theoretically studied the modal properties and field distribution along the adiabatic coupler structure. In addition, we fabricated a high-index-contrast waveguide by electron beam lithography and thermal evaporation on top of an ion-exchanged waveguide on glass. This structure was characterized with the use of near field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM). Numerical simulations were compared with the experimental results. [1] N. Djaker, R. Hostein, E. Devaux, T. W. Ebbesen, and H. Rigneault, and J. Wenger, J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 16250 (2010). [2] P. Debackere, S. Scheerlinck, P. Bienstman, R. Baets, Opt. Express 14, 7063 (2006).] [3] A. A. Reiserer, J.-S. Huang, B. Hecht, and T. Brixner. Opt. Express 18(11), 11810–11820 (2010). [4] R. Salas-Montiel, A. Apuzzo, C. Delacour, Z. Sedaghat, A. Bruyant et al. Appl. Phys Lett 100, 231109 (2012) [5] A. Apuzzo M. Fevier, M. Salas-Montiel et al. Nano letters, 13, 1000-1006

Proceedings Article | 5 October 2015 Presentation

Interfacing ion-exchanged waveguide for the efficient excitation of surface plasmons (Presentation Recording)

Josslyn Beltran Madrigal, Martin Berthel, Florent Gardillou, Ricardo Tellez Limon, Christophe Couteau, Denis Barbier, Aurelien Drezet, Rafael Salas-Montiel, Serge Huant, Sylvain Blaize

Proceedings Volume 9547, 95471W (2015) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2188124

KEYWORDS: Radio propagation, Waveguides, Plasmonics, Surface plasmons, Glasses, Electromagnetism, Near field scanning optical microscopy, Nanostructures, Photonics, Light wave propagation

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Several works have already shown that the excitation of plasmonic structures through waveguides enables a strong light confinement and low propagation losses [1]. This kind of excitation is currently exploited in areas such as biosensing [2], nanocircuits[3] and spectroscopy[4]. Efficient excitation of surface plasmon modes (SPP) with guided modes supported by high-index-contrast waveguides, such as silicon-on-insulator waveguides, had already been shown [1,5], however, the use of weak-confined guided modes of an ion exchanged waveguide on glass as a source of excitation of SPP represents a scientific and technological breakthrough. This is because the integration of plasmonic structures into low-index-contrast waveguide increases the bandwidth of operation and compatibility with conventional optical fibers. In this work, we describe how an adiabatic tapered coupler formed by an intermediate high-index-contrast layer placed between a plasmonic structure and an ion-exchanged waveguide decreases the mismatch between effective indices, size, and shape of the guided modes. This hybrid structure concentrates the electromagnetic energy from the micrometer to the nanometer scale with low coupling losses to radiative modes. The electromagnetic mode confined to the high-index-contrast waveguide then works as an efficient source of SPP supported by metallic nanostructures placed on its surface. We theoretically studied the modal properties and field distribution along the adiabatic coupler structure. In addition, we fabricated a high-index-contrast waveguide by electron beam lithography and thermal evaporation on top of an ion-exchanged waveguide on glass. This structure was characterized with the use of near field scanning optical microscopy (NSOM). Numerical simulations were compared with the experimental results. [1] N. Djaker, R. Hostein, E. Devaux, T. W. Ebbesen, and H. Rigneault, and J. Wenger, J. Phys. Chem. C 114, 16250 (2010). [2] P. Debackere, S. Scheerlinck, P. Bienstman, R. Baets, Opt. Express 14, 7063 (2006).] [3] A. A. Reiserer, J.-S. Huang, B. Hecht, and T. Brixner. Opt. Express 18(11), 11810–11820 (2010). [4] R. Salas-Montiel, A. Apuzzo, C. Delacour, Z. Sedaghat, A. Bruyant et al. Appl. Phys Lett 100, 231109 (2012) [5] A. Apuzzo M. Févier, M. Salas-Montiel et al. Nano letters, 13, 1000-1006

Proceedings Article | 13 September 2013 Paper

Modal analysis of LSP propagation in an integrated chain of gold nanowires

R. Tellez-Limon, M. Fevrier, A. Apuzzo, R. Salas-Montiel, S. Blaize

Proceedings Volume 8807, 88070J (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024029

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Dielectrics, Dispersion, Radio propagation, Absorption, Gold, Wave propagation, Surface plasmons, Electromagnetism, Nanowires

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Proceedings Article | 11 September 2013 Paper

Optical near field imaging of localized surface plasmons modes in metallic nanostructures integrated on dielectric waveguides

Josslyn Beltran Madrigal, Natalia Dubrovina, Rafael Salas-Montiel, Heriberto Márquez Becerra, André de Lustrac, Mickaël Fevrier, Aniello Apuzzo, Gilles Lerondel, Anatole Lupu, Sylvan Blaize

Proceedings Volume 8809, 880932 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2024812

KEYWORDS: Nanostructures, Waveguides, Radio propagation, Geometrical optics, Near field optics, Silicon, Near field scanning optical microscopy, Surface plasmons, Wave propagation, Nanowires

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Proceedings Article | 6 March 2013 Paper

Metal-dielectric metamaterials for guided wave optics applications

N. Dubrovina, X. Le Roux, S. Blaize, A. de Lustrac, G. Lerondel, A. Lupu

Proceedings Volume 8627, 86270Y (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2003063

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Metamaterials, Near field scanning optical microscopy, Silicon, Near field optics, Dielectric polarization, Light wave propagation, Dielectrics, Interfaces

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Proceedings Article | 16 May 2012 Paper

Light propagation in metallic nanoparticle chains on SOI waveguide

Mickaël Février, Philippe Gogol, Abdelhanin Aassime, Robert Megy, Alexandre Bondi, Alexei Chelnokov, Aniello Apuzzo, Sylvain Blaize, Gilles Lerondel, Jean-Michel Lourtioz, Béatrice Dagens

Proceedings Volume 8431, 84311I (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.921650

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Near field optics, Nanoparticles, Particles, Near field, Silicon, Plasmonics, Finite-difference time-domain method, Geometrical optics, Light wave propagation

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Proceedings Article | 1 March 2011 Paper

Development of a polarization resolved mid-IR near-field microscope

Zohreh Sedaghat, Aurelien Bruyant, Michel Kazan, Julien Vaillant, Sylvain Blaize, Névine Rochat, Nicolas Chevalier, Enric Garcia-Caurel, Pierre Morin, Pascal Royer

Proceedings Volume 7946, 79461N (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.874932

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Microscopes, Mid-IR, Tungsten, Near field scanning optical microscopy, Near field, Silicon, Polarizability, Wave plates, Objectives

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Proceedings Article | 17 January 2011 Paper

Optical near field in silicon photonics

R. Salas-Montiel, A. Apuzzo, A. Bruyant, P. Royer, G. Lérondel, S. Blaize

Proceedings Volume 7943, 79430S (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875235

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Near field scanning optical microscopy, Near field optics, Brain-machine interfaces, Near field, Wave propagation, Silicon, Multimode interference devices, Silicon photonics, Light wave propagation

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Proceedings Article | 17 January 2011 Paper

Light confinement and propagation characteristics in plasmonic gap waveguides on silicon

Rafael Salas-Montiel, Sylvain Blaize, Aurélien Bruyant, Aniello Apuzzo, Gilles Lérondel, Cécile Delacour, Philippe Grosse, Jean-Marc Fédéli, Alexei Tchelnokov

Proceedings Volume 7943, 79430R (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875181

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Near field optics, Plasmonics, Silicon, Near field scanning optical microscopy, Copper, Near field, Wave propagation, Light wave propagation, Atomic force microscopy

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Proceedings Article | 17 January 2011 Paper

Far field scattering by a waveguide-coupled nanowire

Laurent Arnaud, Aurélien Bruyant, Mickael Renault, Yassine Hadjar, Gilles Lérondel, Pascal Royer, Guillaume Custillon, Alain Morand, Pierre Benech, Jérôme Ferrand, Sylvain Blaize

Proceedings Volume 7941, 79410H (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875477

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Polarization, Scattering, Gold, Light scattering, Wave propagation, Chromium, Glasses, Nanowires, Nanoantennas

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Proceedings Article | 12 February 2010 Paper

Stationary Wave Integrated Fourier Transform Spectrometer (SWIFTS)

Jérôme Ferrand, Guillaume Custillon, Gregory Leblond, Fabrice Thomas, Thibault Moulin, Etienne le Coarer, Alain Morand, Sylvain Blaize, Thierry Gonthiez, Pierre Benech

Proceedings Volume 7604, 760414 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.841349

KEYWORDS: Spectroscopy, Waveguides, Fourier transforms, Sensors, Actuators, Scattering, Light scattering, Electroluminescent displays, Performance modeling, Signal to noise ratio

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Proceedings Article | 12 July 2008 Paper

A SWIFTS operating in visible and near-infrared

J. Ferrand, G. Custillon, S. Kochtcheev, S. Blaize, A. Morand, G. Leblond, P. Benech, P. Royer, P. Kern, E. Le Coarer

Proceedings Volume 7010, 701046 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.788913

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Scattering, Light scattering, Gold, Spectroscopy, Near field optics, Photography, Visible radiation, Fourier transforms, Nanowires

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Proceedings Article | 1 May 2008 Paper

Compact spectrometer modelling based on wavelength-scale stationary wave Fourier transform in integrated optic

Alain Morand, Guillaume Custillon, Pierre Benech, Etienne Le Coarer, Gregory Leblond, Sylvain Blaize

Proceedings Volume 6996, 69960M (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.781173

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Scattering, Spectrographs, Fourier transforms, Cameras, Photodetectors, Spectroscopy, Light scattering, Integrated optics, Spatial frequencies

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Proceedings Article | 7 March 2008 Paper

Optical field probing in photonic structures by atomic force microscopy combined with optical heterodyne detection

Sylvain Blaize, Gilles Lérondel, Aurélien Bruyant, Renaud Bachelot, Pascal Royer

Proceedings Volume 6896, 689616 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.763854

KEYWORDS: Near field optics, Near field scanning optical microscopy, Waveguides, Heterodyning, Atomic force microscopy, Brain-machine interfaces, Silicon, Integrated optics, Dispersion, Wave propagation

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Proceedings Article | 12 February 2008 Paper

A compact SWIFTS spectrograph with a leaky loop structure

Bruno Martin, Alain Morand, Pierre Benech, Gregory Leblond, Sylvain Blaize, Gilles Lerondel, Etienne Lecoarer

Proceedings Volume 6896, 689617 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.763221

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Planar waveguides, Electromagnetism, Spectrographs, Photodetectors, Signal detection, Refractive index, Fourier transforms, Radio propagation, Silver

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Proceedings Article | 27 August 2005 Paper

High accuracy optoelectronic control system for near field characterization of millimeter long wave guiding structures

L. Chassagne, S. Topcu, Y. Alayli, P. Juncar, G. Lerondel, S. Blaize, A. Bruyant, I. Stefanon, P. Royer

Proceedings Volume 5858, 585806 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.611900

KEYWORDS: Actuators, Near field, Interferometers, Control systems, Mirrors, Heterodyning, Near field optics, Phase shifts, Electronic circuits, Optoelectronics

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SPIE Journal Paper | 1 October 2003

Glass integrated optics ultranarrow linewidth distributed feedback laser matrix for dense wavelength division multiplexing applications

Lionel Bastard, Sylvain Blaize, Jean-Emmanuel Broquin

OE, Vol. 42, Issue 10, (October 2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.1600729

KEYWORDS: Semiconductor lasers, Waveguides, Glasses, Dense wavelength division multiplexing, Optical fibers, Fiber lasers, Integrated optics, Fiber Bragg gratings, Laser applications, Optical amplifiers

Proceedings Article | 18 June 2002 Paper

Ion-exchanged glass DFB lasers for DWDM

Sylvain Blaize, Lionel Bastard, Cedric Cassagnetes, Guy Vitrant, Jean-Emmanuel Broquin

Proceedings Volume 4640, (2002) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.433203

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Glasses, Semiconductor lasers, Laser glasses, Fiber lasers, Dense wavelength division multiplexing, Laser optics, Optical fibers, Doping, Ion exchange

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Proceedings Article | 29 June 2001 Paper

Fabrication and characterization of Bragg gratings in Er-Yb-doped glass waveguides using interferometric method

M. Florea, Jean-Emmanuel Broquin, Sylvain Blaize, Niculae Puscas

Proceedings Volume 4430, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.432884

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Glasses, Interferometry, Fiber Bragg gratings, Semiconducting wafers, Ions, Lithium, LabVIEW, Data acquisition, Calibration

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Proceedings Article | 15 May 2001 Paper

1.55-um DFB waveguide lasers integrated on Yb-Er-doped phosphate glass substrate

Sylvain Blaize, Jean-Emmanuel Broquin, Jacob Philipsen, Cedric Cassagnetes

Proceedings Volume 4277, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.426821

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Glasses, Waveguide lasers, Ion exchange, Ions, Photoresist materials, Fiber Bragg gratings, Optical amplifiers, Optical fibers, Erbium

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