Title: Laser Applications and Technology

Biography: Dr. Guilhem de Valicourt received the BSc degree in applied physics from the National Institute of applied Sciences (INSA), Toulouse, France, in 2008. From 2007 to 2008, he passed the Master of Science in Photonics Devices at Essex University, U.K. In 2008, he joined Alcatel-Thales-CEA III-V lab where he was working on design, fabrication, and characterization of Reflective SOA and directly modulated DFB lasers toward the Ph.D. In 2011 he joined Alcatel-Lucent in France as a research engineer on optical communication systems and in 2014, he joined Bell Labs USA, NJ 07733 Holmdel, USA. Since 2017, he is Principal at IPG photonics, USA, NJ. His main research interests are focused on design, characterization and applications of advanced integrated photonics devices (in InP, silicon and hybrid III-V on silicon platform). He has authored or co-authored more than 120 scientific papers in journals and international conferences, 4 book chapters and holds more than 25 patents. He received the 2011 Best project award from Alcatel-Lucent, the 2012 Marconi Young Scholar award, 2015 Harm Dorren Commemoration Award and was a finalist for the ParisTech Ph.D. prize in 2012.