Matthieu Bellec

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Education

• Accreditation to Supervise Research (HDR) – 2023, Université Côte d’Azur, France

  Photonics in laser-structured complex media

• PhD in Physics – 2006-2009, Université de Bordeaux, France

  Femtosecond laser nanostructuring of photosensitive glasses

• MSc in Physics – 2004-2006, Université de Bordeaux, France

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Research Experience

CNRS Research Scientist (CRCN) – 2013-..

Institut de Physique de Nice, France

• Head of the Photonics in Complex Media and Laser Structuring thematic team
• Member of the Waves in Complex Media group
• Coordinator of the Waves and Quantum Physics axis

Visiting Researcher – 2019-2021

Centre d’Optique Photonique et Lasers, Université Laval, Québec, Canada

Centre Lasers Intenses et Applications, Université de Bordeaux, France

Postdoctoral Researcher – 2011-2013

Institut de Physique de Nice, France

• Research topic: Topological photonic crystals in the microwave regime

Postdoctoral Researcher – 2010-2011

Institute of Electronic Structures and Lasers – FORTH, Greece

• Research topic: Nonlinear optics in laser-written photonic crystals

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Key Contributions and Distinctions

• 35+ articles, 2 book chapters, 1 patent, 35+ oral presentations (15+ invited)
• PI, WP leader or Partner in 10+ regional, national, international research projects
• CNRS Bronze Medal (2021)

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Selected publications

A full list of my publications is available on ORCID.

1. Femtosecond laser writing of robust waveguides in optical fibers with enhanced photosensitivity
   L. Colliard, J. Lapointe, N. Grégoire, S. Morency, R. Vallée, M. Bellec, M. Bernier, Opt. Exp. 32, 19735 (2024)

2. Ultrafast laser writing of arbitrary long low loss waveguides in optical fibers L. Colliard, G. Bilodeau, T. Boilard, J. Lapointe, R. Vallée, M. Bernier, M. Bellec Opt. Lett. 47, 6253 (2022)

3. Superfluid motion and drag-force cancellation in a fluid of light C. Michel, O. Boughdad, M. Albert, P.-É. Larré, M. Bellec Nature Commun. 9, 2108 (2018), arXiv:1710.03081

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