Research

Design, fabrication and characterization of photonic components; fibre and waveguide lasers; optical fibre sensors; photosensitivity; photonic packaging; state-of-the-art laser irradiation facilities to design, fabricate, and characterize optical components and sub-systems.

Application

Plasmonics; oil and gas exploration and exploitation; structural and environmental sensing; biomedical instrumentation; telecommunications.

Activities

• Program Chair of International Optical Fiber Sensors conference, DFS-21 (2011)
• Associate Editor of Optics Express
• Program committee member of OSA – Conference on Lasers and Electro optics, CLEO (2009-2011)
• Program committee member of IEEE Photonics Society Annual meeting (2009-2011)

Journal Articles

D. Celo, E. Post, M. Summers, T. Smy, M.J. Brett, and J. Albert (2009), “Interferometric sensing platform with dielectric nanostructured thin films,” Optics Express 17: 6655

T. Guo, H. Tam, P. A. Krug, and J. Albert (2009), “Reflective tilted fiber Bragg grating

refractometer based on strong cladding to core recoupling,” Optics Express 17: 5736

T. Guo, C. Chen, and J. Albert (2009), “Non-uniform-tilt-modulated fiber Bragg

grating for temperature-immune micro-displacement measurement,” Measurement Science and Technology 20:  034007

C. Caucheteur, M. Wuilpart, C. Chen, P. Mégret, and J. Albert (2008), “Quasi-distributed refractometer using tilted Bragg gratings and time domain reflectometry,” Optics Express 16: 17882

P. Cheben, E. Post, S. Janz, J. Albert, A. Laronche, J. H. Schmid, D.-X. Xu, B. Lamontagne,  J. Lapointe, A. Delâge, and A.Densmore (2008), “Tilted fiber Bragg grating sensor interrogation system using a high-resolution silicon-on-insulator arrayed waveguide grating,” Optics Letters 33: 2647

C. Caucheteur, S. Bette,  C. Chen, M. Wuilpart, P. Mégret, and J. Albert (2008), “Tilted fiber Bragg grating refractometer using polarization dependent loss measurement,” Photonics Technology Letters 20: 2153

C. Chen, A. Laronche, G. Bouwmans, L. Bigot, Y. Quiquempois, and J. Albert (2008), “Sensitivity of photonic crystal fiber modes to temperature, strain and external refractive index,” Optics  Express 16: 9645

A. Schülzgen, L. Li, D. Nguyen, C. Spiegelberg, R. Matei Rogojan, A. Laronche, J. Albert, and N. Peyghambarian (2008), “Distributed Feedback Fiber Laser Pumped by Multimode Laser Diodes,” Optics Letters 33: 614

D. Celo, R.Vandusen, T. Smy, J. Albert, N.G. Tarr, and P. D. Waldron (2008), “Low temperature plasma etching for Si3N4 waveguide applications,” Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A 26: 253

T. Guo, A. Ivanov, C. Chen, and J. Albert (2008), “Temperature-independent tilted fiber grating vibration sensor based on cladding-core recoupling,” Optics Letters 33: 1004.

A. Schülzgen, L. Li, D. Nguyen, C. Spiegelberg, R. Matei Rogojan, A. Laronche, J. Albert, and N. Peyghambarian (2008), “Distributed Feedback Fiber Laser Pumped by Multimode Laser Diodes,” Optics Letters 33: 614.

T. Guo, C. Chen, A. Laronche, and J. Albert (2008), “Power-referenced and temperature-calibrated optical fiber refractometer,” Photonics Technology Letters 20: 635.

L. Li, A. Schülzgen, X. Zhu, J.V. Moloney, J. Albert, and N. Peyghambarian (2008), “1-W Tunable Dual-Wavelength Emission From Cascaded Distributed Feedback Fiber Lasers,” Applied Physics Letters 92: 051111.

S. Yliniemi, Q. Wang, J. Albert, and S. Honkanen (2008), “Studies on passive and active silver-sodium ion-exchanged glass waveguides and devices,” Materials Science and Engineering B 149: 152.

X. Dai, R.B. Walker, S.J. Mihailov, C. Chen, C. Blanchetière, C.L. Callender, and J. Albert (2008), “Temperature Insensitive Refractometer Using Core and Cladding Modes in Open-Top Ridge Waveguide,” IEEE Sensors Journal 8: 451.

Conference Publications

A. Schulzgen, L. Li, X. Zhu, J. Albert, N. Peyghambarian , “Recent Advances in Phosphate Glass Fiber Lasers,” Invited talk  CThN3, CLEO/QELS 2009 (Baltimore, MD)

T. Guo1, H.-Y. Tam, J. Albert, “Optical Fiber Refractometer with Improved

Sensitivity Based on an Offset Tilted Fiber Bragg Grating,” paper  JWA69 CLEO/QELS 2009 (Baltimore, MD)

Peter A. Krug,Rodica Matei Rogojan, Jacques Albert, “Directly Photoinscribed Thick Bragg Gratings in Ohara WMS-15 Glass-Ceramic,” paper JTuD24, CLEO/QELS 2009 (Baltimore, MD)

Y. Y. Shevchenko, D. A. D. Blair, N. U. Ahamad,  A. Ianoul,  M. C. DeRosa and J. Albert, “Miniature Bio-Chemical Surface Plasmon Resonance  sensor on standard optical fibers,” Oral presentation AA2.3, Materials Research Society Fall Meeting, Boston, December 2008.

C. Caucheteur, S. Bette, C. Chen, M. Wuilpart, P. Mégret, J. Albert, “Refractometer based on polarization dependent loss measurement of weakly tilted fiber Bragg gratings,”  14th Microoptics Conference (MOC08), Brussels, Sept. 2008

A. Andreyuk, R. M. Rogojan,  J. Albert, and  S. Honkanen, “Characterization of the thermal growth of silver nanoclusters in phosphate glass,” SPIE Proceedings, Photonics North 2008, Montreal.

Y. Y. Shevchenko, D. A. D. Blair, M. C. Derosa, and J. Albert, “Optimization of Tilted Fiber Bragg Grating surface plasmon resonance sensor for DNA biosensing in aqueous solutions,” SPIE Proceedings, Photonics North 2008, Montreal.

L. Li, A. Schülzgen, V.  L. Temyanko, Ch. Spiegelberg, D. T. Nguyen, X. Zhu, J. V. Moloney, J. Albert, and N. Peyghambarian, “Cladding-Pumped Distributed Feedback Phosphate Glass Fiber Lasers,” oral presentation CMA1, CLEO/QELS 2008 (San Jose, CA)

Y. Y. Shevchenko, D. A. D. Blair, M. C. Derosa, and J. Albert, “DNA Target Detection Using Gold-coated Tilted Fiber Bragg Gratings in Aqueous Media,” oral presentation CMJ4, CLEO/QELS 2008 (San Jose, CA)

C. Caucheteur, C. Chen, J. Albert, and P. Mégret, “Weakly tilted fiber Bragg gratings for sensing purposes,” Invited talk, Photonics Europe, paper 7003-06, (April 2008, Strasbourg, France)

C. Chen, Y. Y. Shevchenko, and J. Albert, “Novel sensing mechanisms using tilted fiber Bragg gratings,” in Optical Waveguide Sensing and Imaging (Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Optical Waveguide Sensing and Imaging in Medicine, Environment, Security and Defence, Gatineau, Québec, Canada, October 2006), W. J. Bock, I. Gannot, and S. Tanev (Eds.), pp.25-49 (Springer 2008)

C. Chen, T. Guo, A. Laronche and J. Albert, “Radiation mode resonances of tilted fiber Bragg gratings for high index media measurement,” SPIE Proc. vol. 7004 paper no. 53, Optical Fiber Sensors Conference (OFS-19), Perth (Australia), April 2008

C. Chen, A. Laronche, G. Bouwmans, L. Bigot, Y. Quiquempois and J. Albert, “The inner cladding mode in a photonic crystal fiber for temperature- and refractive index-independent strain sensing applications,” SPIE Proc. vol. 7004 paper no. 208, Optical Fiber Sensors Conference (OFS-19), Perth (Australia), April 2008

T. Guo, J. Albert, C. Chen, A. Ivanov, and A. Laronche, “Highly accurate micro-displacement measurement based on Gaussian-chirped tilted fiber Bragg grating,” SPIE Proc. vol. 7004 paper no. 52, Optical Fiber Sensors Conference (OFS-19), Perth (Australia), April 2008

A. Schülzgen, S. Suzuki, L. Li, R. Matei Rogojan, J. Albert, and N. Peyghambarian, “UV-Written Grating Structures and Single-Frequency Lasers in Phosphate Glass Fiber,” Invited Talk,  Glass 2008,  Symposium on Optical Materials, Tucson, May 18-21, 2008

A. Schülzgen, L. Li, X. Zhu, S. Suzuki, V. L. Temyanko, J. Albert, and N. Peyghambarian, “Microstructured Soft Glass Fibers for Advanced Fiber Lasers,” Invited talk, Materials Research Society 2008 Spring Meeting (March 24-28, 2008), San Francisco, CA, USA

A. Schülzgen, L. Li, S. Suzuki, V. L. Temyanko, X. Zhu, S. Jiang, Ch. Spiegelberg, R. Matei Rogojan, J. Albert, and N. Peyghambarian, “Recent Advances in Phosphate Glass Fiber and Its Application to Compact High Power Fiber Lasers, “  Invited talk,  Fiber Lasers V: Technology, Systems, and Applications, Photonics West,  San Jose (19-24 Jan. 2008)

Patents

A. Schulzgen, J. Albert, N. Peyghambarian, S. Honkanen, and L. Li

“Phosphate glass based optical device and method”, US Patent application 11/861,923

Filed: September 26, 2007

J. Albert, C. Chen, Y. Shevchenko and A. Ivanov

“Tilted grating sensor”, PCT (International patent application) WO2008/049187-A1 (publication date May 2, 2008)