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Optical MEMS, Integrated Photonics, Diamond Photonics, Silicon Photonics, Heterogeneous Integration, Microspectrometers, Tunable Optical Microsystems, Mid-Infrared Photonics, Optomechanical Oscillators, Optical Switches, MicroLIDAR, MOEMS
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Employment (5)

University of Sydney: Sydney, New South Wales, AU

2022-01-01 to present | Associate Professor (School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering)
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Niels Quack

École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne: Lausanne, VD, CH

2015-06-01 to present | Assistant Professor (EPFL STI IMT GR-QUA)
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Niels Quack

EPFL - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne: Lausanne, CH

2019 to 2021 (Research Centers, Center of MicroNanoTechnology, CMI-CD)
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EPFL - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne: Lausanne, CH

2015 to 2021
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EPFL - École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne: Lausanne, CH

2015 to 2021 (School of Engineering, Institute of Microengineering, Quack Group)
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Professional activities (4)

Optica: D.C., D.C., US

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Niels Quack

International Society for Optics and Photonics: Bellingham, Washington, US

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Niels Quack

IEEE Photonics Society: New York, NY, US

Senior Member
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IEEE: New York, NY, US

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Ultraviolet to mid-infrared optical properties of sputtered Al(Sc)N-on-SiO2 thin films and experimental demonstration of AlN integrated photonic devices in the telecom C-band

Optics Express
2024-11-18 | Journal article
Contributors: Jasmin Spettel; Nikolai Andrianov; Florian Dubois; Munir Azeem; Hernán Furci; Tommaso Cassese; Niels Quack; Guillermo Villanueva; Mohssen Moridi; Thang Duy Dao
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Low-loss and high-index contrast ultraviolet-C free-standing waveguides made of thermal silicon oxide

Optics Letters
2024-07-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Chenming Su; Claudio A. Jaramillo Concha; Chupao Lin; Niels Quack; Christophe Galland; Nicolas Le Thomas
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Correction: Integrated silicon photonic MEMS

Microsystems & Nanoengineering
2024-01-24 | Journal article
Contributors: Niels Quack; Alain Yuji Takabayashi; Hamed Sattari; Pierre Edinger; Gaehun Jo; Simon J. Bleiker; Carlos Errando-Herranz; Kristinn B. Gylfason; Frank Niklaus; Umar Khan et al.
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Integrated 4-terminal single-contact nanoelectromechanical relays implemented in a silicon-on-insulator foundry process

Nanoscale
2023 | Journal article
Contributors: Yingying Li; Elliott Worsey; Simon J. Bleiker; Pierre Edinger; Mukesh Kumar Kulsreshath; Qi Tang; Alain Yuji Takabayashi; Niels Quack; Peter Verheyen; Wim Bogaerts et al.
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Broadband Mechanically Tunable Metasurface Reflectivity Modulator in the Visible Spectrum

ACS Photonics
2023-06-21 | Journal article
Contributors: Dorian Herle; Andrei Kiselev; Luis Guillermo Villanueva; Olivier J. F. Martin; Niels Quack
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Integrated silicon photonic MEMS

Microsystems & Nanoengineering
2023-03-20 | Journal article
Contributors: Niels Quack; Alain Yuji Takabayashi; Hamed Sattari; Pierre Edinger; Gaehun Jo; Simon J. Bleiker; Carlos Errando-Herranz; Kristinn B. Gylfason; Frank Niklaus; Umar Khan et al.
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Add-drop silicon ring resonator with low-power MEMS tuning of phase and coupling

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
2022 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Neuronal growth on high-aspect-ratio diamond nanopillar arrays for biosensing applications

2022-07-12 | Preprint
Contributors: Elena Losero; Somanath Jagannath; Maurizio Pezzoli; Hilal A. Lashuel; Christophe Galland; Niels Quack
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Low power optical phase shifter using liquid crystal actuation on a silicon photonics platform

Optical Materials Express
2022-06-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2159-3930
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

MORPHIC: MEMS enhanced silicon photonics for programmable photonics

Integrated Photonics Platforms II
2022-05-26 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Programmable silicon photonic circuits powered by MEMS

Smart Photonic and Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits 2022
2022-03-05 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Biocompatible surface functionalization architecture for a diamond quantum sensor

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
2022-02-22 | Journal article
Contributors: Mouzhe Xie; Xiaofei Yu; Lila V. H. Rodgers; Daohong Xu; Ignacio Chi-Durán; Adrien Toros; Niels Quack; Nathalie P. de Leon; Peter C. Maurer
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Wafer-level hermetically sealed silicon photonic MEMS

Photonics Research
2022-02-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Gaehun Jo; Pierre Edinger; Simon J. Bleiker; Xiaojing Wang; Alain Yuji Takabayashi; Hamed Sattari; Niels Quack; Moises Jezzini; Jun Su Lee; Peter Verheyen et al.
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A Bistable Silicon Photonic Mems Phase Switch For Nonvolatile Photonic Circuits

2022 IEEE 35th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference (MEMS)
2022-01-09 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Compact Integrated Silicon Photonic MEMS Power Coupler For Programmable Photonics

2022 IEEE 35th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference (MEMS)
2022-01-09 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Multichannel Smart Slit Assembly for Spectroscopy Based on Arrays of Variable Optical MEMS Attenuators

2022 IEEE 35th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems Conference (MEMS)
2022-01-09 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

2022 Roadmap on integrated quantum photonics

Journal of Physics: Photonics
2022-01-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2515-7647
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

16-Core Recirculating Programmable Si Photonic MEMS

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
2021 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

8×8 Programmable Multi-Beam Pattern Projection Based on Multicast Silicon Photonic MEMS Switches

Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2021
2021 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Forward Stimulated Brillouin Scattering in Free-Standing Waveguides on a Silicon Photonics Platform

Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science 2021
2021 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Fully Reconfigurable Coupled-Resonator Optical Waveguides (CROWs) with 10 nW Static Power MEMS

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
2021 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Low-Power Electro-Optic Actuators for Large-Scale Programmable Photonic Circuits

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
2021 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Programmable Photonic Circuits using Silicon Photonic MEMS

OSA Advanced Photonics Congress 2021
2021 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Silicon photonic MEMS phase shifter with μs time constant built on a foundry platform

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
2021 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Thermo-mechanical Noise Measurement of Sealed Nanobeams on a Silicon Photonics-MEMS Platform

2021 IEEE 17th International Conference on Group IV Photonics (GFP)
2021-12 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Silicon photonic microelectromechanical phase shifters for scalable programmable photonics

Optics Letters
2021-11-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Pierre Edinger; Alain Yuji Takabayashi; Carlos Errando-Herranz; Umar Khan; Hamed Sattari; Peter Verheyen; Wim Bogaerts; Niels Quack; Kristinn B. Gylfason
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Scalable Nano-Opto-Electromechanical Systems in Silicon Photonics

2021 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC)
2021-10 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Micro-Optics in Single Crystal Diamond

2021 26th Microoptics Conference (MOC)
2021-09-26 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Continuously Tunable Silicon Photonic MEMS $2 \times 2$ Power Coupler

2021 21st International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems (Transducers)
2021-06-20 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Broadband Compact Single-Pole Double-Throw Silicon Photonic MEMS Switch

Journal of Microelectromechanical Systems
2021-04 | Journal article
Contributors: Alain Yuji Takabayashi; Hamed Sattari; Pierre Edinger; Peter Verheyen; Kristinn B. Gylfason; Wim Bogaerts; Niels Quack
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32 × 32 silicon photonic MEMS switch with gap-adjustable directional couplers fabricated in commercial CMOS foundry

Journal of Optical Microsystems
2021-03-24 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2708-5260
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Compact and low power silicon photonic components based on MEMS

MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XX
2021-03-08 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Smart slit assembly employing continuously tunable MEMS shutter

MOEMS and Miniaturized Systems XX
2021-03-05 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Wafer-level vacuum sealing for packaging of silicon photonic MEMS

Silicon Photonics XVI
2021-03-05 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Diamond diffractive optics—recent progress and perspectives

Advanced Optical Technologies
2021-02-23 | Journal article
Contributors: Marcell Kiss; Sichen Mi; Gergely Huszka; Niels Quack
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Low-Voltage Silicon Photonic MEMS Switch with Vertical Actuation

2021 IEEE 34th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
2021-01-25 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

MEMS Shutter Based Variable Optical Attenuator Integrated With Large Core Multimode Rectangular Waveguides

2021 IEEE 34th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS)
2021-01-25 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Compact low loss MEMS phase shifters for scalable field-programmable silicon photonics

Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
2020 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Silicon Photonic MEMS Add-Drop Filter

2020 European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC)
2020-12 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Reactive ion etching of single crystal diamond by inductively coupled plasma: State of the art and catalog of recipes

Diamond and Related Materials
2020-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0925-9635
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Integrated photonic devices in single crystal diamond

Journal of Physics: Photonics
2020-10-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Sichen Mi; Marcell Kiss; Teodoro Graziosi; Niels Quack
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Diffractive optical elements in single crystal diamond

Optics Letters
2020-07-01 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0146-9592
Part of ISSN: 1539-4794
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Compact broadband suspended silicon photonic directional coupler

Optics Letters
2020-06-01 | Journal article
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Single crystal diamond gain mirrors for high performance vertical external cavity surface emitting lasers

Diamond and Related Materials
2020-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0925-9635
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

MEMS for Photonic Integrated Circuits

IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics
2020-03 | Journal article
Contributors: Carlos Errando-Herranz; Alain Yuji Takabayashi; Pierre Edinger; Hamed Sattari; Kristinn B. Gylfason; Niels Quack
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MEMS-Enabled Silicon Photonic Integrated Devices and Circuits

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
2020-02 | Journal article
Contributors: Niels Quack; Hamed Sattari; Alain Yuji Takabayashi; Yu Zhang; Peter Verheyen; Wim Bogaerts; Pierre Edinger; Carlos Errando-Herranz; Kristinn B. Gylfason
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MORPHIC: Programmable photonic circuits enabled by silicon photonic MEMS

Silicon Photonics XV
2020-02-26 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Silicon Photonic MEMS: Exploiting Mechanics at the Nanoscale to Enhance Photonic Integrated Circuits

Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2019
2019 | Conference paper
Contributors: Niels Quack
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Niels Quack

Single crystal diamond blazed diffraction gratings and Fresnel microlens arrays with improved optical performance by high-resolution 3D laser lithography and pattern transfer by dry etching

OSA Continuum
2019-12-15 | Journal article
Contributors: Adrien Toros; Nathanaël Restori; Marcell Kiss; Toralf Scharf; Niels Quack
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High-quality single crystal diamond diffraction gratings fabricated by crystallographic etching

Optics Express
2019-10-14 | Journal article
Contributors: Marcell Kiss; Teodoro Graziosi; Adrien Toros; Toralf Scharf; Christian Santschi; Olivier J. F. Martin; Niels Quack
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Peer review (6 reviews for 5 publications/grants)

Review activity for Advanced photonics research. (1)
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Review activity for Laser & photonics reviews. (1)
Review activity for Nature communications (2)
Review activity for Nature nanotechnology (1)