Laser and beyond

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1 LP2N Institut d Optique d Aquitaine TALENCE. Laboratoire Photonique Numérique Nanosciences Laser and beyond Giorgio Santarelli

2 OUTLOOK The photonic sector rationale in Nouvelle Aquitaine (AlphaNOV) A brief presentation of the LP2N mquans : quantum sensor and precision laser systems Starlight+ : a shared lab for high power low noise lasers Irisiome ÆSTHETIC LASER DEVICE Conclusions

3 THE COMPETITIVENESS LP2N CLUSTER Institut d Optique d Aquitaine TALENCE. ALPHA-RLH THE PHOTONICS AND MICROWAVE FREQUENCIES COMPETITIVENESS CLUSTER IN NOUVELLE-AQUITAINE

4 THE ALPHA-RLH CLUSTER A STRUCTURED ECOSYSTEM 1 pilot infrastructure LASER MEGAJOULE / PETAL Research of excellence 5 universities LAPHIA / SIGMALIM 2 technology transfer centres ALPhANOV / CISTEME 1 vocational training centre PYLA BORDEAUX _Lim LIMOGES 3 industrial parks LASERIS / Cité de la Photonique / ESTER Photonics / Microwave frequencies

5 ALPHA-RLH CLUSTER A UNIQUE POSITION IN EUROPE AND AN EXTENDED RANGE OF APPLICATIONS/MARKETS 237,99

6 THE ALPHA-RLH CLUSTER A STRONG ECONOMIC IMPACT ON ITS TERRITORY 89 startups created 45 companies moving to the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region 2,400 direct jobs and 10,000 indirect jobs created 6

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8 ALPHANOV AT A GLANCE 2007 : Non-profit association In the Route des Lasers cluster 3,8 M turnover with 144 customers in employees 16 start-ups in 10 years

9 Technical offer Business Units Laser sources and components Systems Laser Process an micro-machining

10 FROM TECHNOLOGY TO APPLICATIONS Dermatology fibres System integration Tissues engineering Lasers processing Surfaces structuration

11 From ideas to products IR diode laser Enabling key competencies PDM module Fiber laser technologies Own offer of products Fiber combiner Integration in our partners products Technology transfer Patents Spin-offs Fiber laser in blue range Medical laser

12 2002 Start-Up push-up Technical support and incubation

13 OUTLOOK The photonic sector rationale in Nouvelle Aquitaine &AlphaNOV A brief presentation of the LP2N mquans : quantum sensor and precision laser systems Starlight+ : a shared lab for high power low noise lasers Irisiome ÆSTHETIC LASER DEVICE Conclusions

14 A joined research laboratory between Institut d Optique Graduate School, Université de Bordeaux and CNRS, created in 2011 as a component of the Aquitaine branch of IOGS. One of the 3 pillars of IOGS at the Institut d Optique d Aquitaine with education and transfer and business development. Education Research Innovation

15 RESEARCH TOPICS 5 themes from fundamental concepts at nanoscopic scale to complex systems and applications Photons and Nanosystems Matter waves atom interferometry Artificial materials quantum materials Optics and biology Virtual reality computer science Instrumentation photonics& metrology Nano scale Mesoscopic scale Macroscopic scale

16 NANOPHOTONICS GROUP Understand, use and master light-matter interaction at the nanometer scale Collab: P. Mulvaney Univ. Melbourne Excited State Saturation Microscopy Far-Field imaging with resolution <10nm Probe charge distributions of Abrikosov Vortices in superconductors 300nm

17 NEW TECHNIQUES AND NOVEL PROBES FOR NANO BIO-PHOTONICS Near infrared probes for photothermal microscopy Gold Nanorods, Short Nanotubes Massive parallelization of STED nanoscopy using Optical Lattices single molecule based super-resolution microscopy (UPAINT)

18 BIO-IMAGING AND OPTOFLUIDICS GROUP High throughput production of micro-tissues grown in permeable capsules Inspiration from a culinary creation Replace food with cells In vitro tumor model Capsule size : 200 µm Ø Phase contrast microscopy 2-photon microscopy Liver pearl showing bright bile canliculi Neuronal capsule

19 LIGHT IN COMPLEX NANOSTRUCTURES Slow hollow core waveguides -Atom-light interaction in slow waveguides l atoms -gaz sensing Ultra-slow light in short-length waveguides v g =c/25 E x field, S. Zhang et al. Photon localization and strong coupling Hot electrons & plasmons Complex disordered media 5 µm (coll. Frédérique de Fornel, Dijon, Thomas Krauss, St Andrews) l=1.5 µm fast slow

20 COLD ATOM GROUP QUANTUM SIMULATOR AND HYBRID SYSTEMS AIRBORNE AND 0-G INTERFEROMETRY B. Battelier, B. Barrett, L. Chichet S. Bernon, A. Bertoldi, J. Zhang, C. Busquet MIGA AND LARGE INTERFEROMETERS QND WITH COLD ATOMS A. Bertoldi D. Pandey, G. Kuyumjyan INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT AND VALORIZATION B. Battelier B. Canuel, A. Bertoldi

21 MIGA : long baseline atom interferometry UNDERGROUND INFRASTRUCTURE FOR GEOPHYSICS AND GRAVITATIONAL WAVE DETECTION 15 institutes - 3 compagnies Geophysics resolutions better than g, drifts below g/yr. Fundamental physics strain measurements with sensitivity of at low frequency.

22 ICE : navigation and EP tests with atom interferometry Application of atom accelerometers to navigation A precise and accurate instrument (sensitivity and no uncertainty). Today, current technology is not accurate (uncertainty in position of a few 100 meters in a few hours). First airborne tests (NOVESPACE O-g airbus) of an atom interferometer allowed to monitor the acceleration of the aircraft with an improvement of over a factor of 100 on accuracy. ICE project (

23 OUTLOOK The photonic sector rationale in Nouvelle Aquitaine (AlphaNOV) A brief presentation of the LP2N mquans : quantum sensor and precision laser systems Starlight+ : a shared lab for high power low noise lasers Irisiome ÆSTHETIC LASER DEVICE Conclusions

24 Image source: NASA

25 OBJECTIVES: OFFER THE BEST OF QUANTUM TECHNOLOGIES AND LASER OPTICS FOR SENSING AND METROLOGY Muquans is the world s first company to design, manufacture, and commercialize scientific instruments based on high-precision measurement using laser-cooled atoms. Team of 20 engineers and scientists and state-of-the-art laboratories & production lines

26 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: THE AQG OPERATIONAL & TRANSPORTABLE ABSOLUTE GRAVIMETER Muquans delivers at an industrial level its absolute quantum gravimeter based on laser-cooled atoms. Click for product data sheet Gravity measurement at the 10-8 m/s 2 (μgal) level Continuous absolute measurements over months (no drift) Excellent station-to-station repeatability Easy and quick to transport and operate, low maintenance Reservoir surveillance, quantification of subsidence Cavity & void detection Geodesy, vertical displacement monitoring Hydrology & underground fluid displacement monitoring Gravity network & survey, metrology & calibrations World s first industrial quantum gravimeter based on atom interferometry with cold Rubidium atoms

27 PRODUCT PORTFOLIO: SCIENTIFIC LASER SYSTEMS MUQUANS SOLUTIONS OFFER PERFORMANCE, RELIABILITY, AND FLEXIBILITY High-power frequency stabilized laser system Frequency-controlled laser systems High-efficiency frequencydoubling module Ultra-stable fibered splitters Quantum physics and cold-atom experiments High-resolution spectroscopy and sensing Frequency standard, frequency transfer, synchronization

28 OUTLOOK The photonic sector rationale in Nouvelle Aquitaine (AlphaNOV) A brief presentation of the LP2N mquans : quantum sensor and precision laser systems Starlight+ : a shared lab for high power low noise lasers Irisiome ÆSTHETIC LASER DEVICE Conclusions

29 AZUR LIGHT SYSTEMS Azur Light Systems is based in Pessac, France. ALS is a 6 years old SME (15 staff) ALS develops, manufactures and commercialises fiber laser technology at new wavelengths for scientific, industrial and bio-medical applications.

30 STARLIGHT + : A SHARED LAB ON.. Partnership research LP2N metrology, optoelectronics,.. ALS top notch fiber lasers, technical skill, industrial reliability Forefront research program on laser metrology and stabilization. A new generation of agile and stable lasers with very low noise, Novel wavelengths (IR/Vis/UV) and new applications Atomic physics (optical lattices, Grav. Wave Det, optical clocks&interferometers..) Medical imaging (magneto cardiography.) Spectroscopy. High resolution holography, lithography, semiconductors inspection

31 RESEARCH FRAMEWORK Started in November 2014 (selected by ANR) Realization of narrow linewidth infrared laser sources (<50kHz) with low residual amplitude noise (RIN). Today 8 people working on laser development Study of the fundamental metrological properties of Ytterbium fiber laser and amplifiers in the high power regime and narrow linewidth (>100 W, <50kHz) Development of novel wavelengths laser based on doped fiber architectures Funded by ANR, FUI, EC, Région Nouvelle Aquitaine

32 SPECIALIZED LASER SYSTEMS Ultra-low noise laser seeder for optically pumped He magnetometer array Specs: frequency tunable, RIN<155dBc 5-50kHz, up to 32 (5mW) channels 32

33 CESIUM COOLING LASER SYSTEM Quasi all-fiber reliable high power (1W) low noise (lw <1MHz)

34 NEW FIBER LASERS FOR SR LASER COOLING Novel approach to the generation of low noise deep blue 461nm radiation for Strontium laser cooling Application to optical clocks and atom interferometers

35 1064 LOW NOISE LASER Narrow linewidth laser >500mW, linewidth<30khz, 1064nm Robust, cost effective 35

36 HIGH POWER MOPA FIBER LASER Collaborative effort of high power very low noise fiber laser

37 HIGH POWER MOPA FIBER LASER Several systems realized and with similar performances State-of-the art noise level

38 OUTLOOK The photonic sector rationale in Nouvelle Aquitaine (AlphaNOV) A brief presentation of the LP2N mquans : quantum sensor and precision laser systems Starlight+ : a shared lab for high power low noise lasers Irisiome ÆSTHETIC LASER DEVICE Conclusions

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40 IRISIOME Spin-off of the University of Bordeaux Created in 2015 Industrial & scientific systems Collaborations with the CELIA laboratory & the LP2N 7 people : 4 PhD s, 2 engineers, 1 technician Main application : dermato-aesthetic

41 Tunable lasers IRISIOME TECHNOLOGY Systems continuously tunable Wide spectral range Fiber technology All-fibered systems Reliable New wavelengths available Picosecond regime Electrically generated Pulses from 30 ps to 1 ns 1 MHz to 2 GHz We developed this technology in order to be the nearest possible to the needs of our clients and to get an evolutive system to adapt the performances to the different markets and applications.

42 CONCLUSIONS Nouvelle Aquitaine: a rich and stimulating environment for photonics R&D Strong partnership research@lp2n Shared labs : a tool for merging industrial&academic skills for innovative research Results on high power (>100W) low noise MOPA laser Strong applied research lead to favorable spin-off creation environment