Dr. Alain Villeneuve Profile

Dr. Alain Villeneuve

President at Consultants Optav Inc

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Publications (24)

Proceedings Article | 28 March 2017 Paper

External amplification of OCT swept-sources for challenging applications: from 10 mW to more than 120 mW

Maxime Rivard, Alain Villeneuve, Guy Lamouche

Proceedings Volume 10053, 100532I (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2254904

KEYWORDS: Optical coherence tomography, Semiconductor optical amplifiers, Tissues, Natural surfaces, Optical amplifiers, Reflectivity, Signal to noise ratio, Fiber amplifiers, Mining, Absorption

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Proceedings Article | 22 February 2017 Paper

SRS modeling in high power CW fiber lasers for component optimization

G. Brochu, A. Villeneuve, M. Faucher, M. Morin, F. Trépanier, R. Dionne

Proceedings Volume 10085, 100850N (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2248336

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Continuous wave operation, Fiber Bragg gratings, Raman scattering, Output couplers, Optimization (mathematics), High power fiber lasers, Oscillators, Computer simulations, Optical simulations, Reflectivity, Raman spectroscopy, Optical filters, Wave propagation

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Proceedings Article | 22 March 2013 Paper

Synchronized ps fiber lasers with pulse durations (25, 50, 100-2000ps) and repetition rates (100kHz-150Mhz) continuously tunable over three orders of magnitude

Alexandre Dupuis, Bryan Burgoyne, Guido Pena, André Archambault, Dominic Lemieux, Vasile Solomonean, Maxime Duong, Alain Villeneuve

Proceedings Volume 8601, 860137 (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2005275

KEYWORDS: Picosecond phenomena, Pulsed laser operation, Optical amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Laser processing, Fiber amplifiers, Laser systems engineering, Tunable lasers, Ytterbium, Laser stabilization

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Proceedings Article | 7 May 2012 Paper

Tunable mid-infrared generation using synchronized programmable fiber lasers

F. Théberge, J.-F. Daigle, A. Villeneuve, J. Salhany, B. Burgoyne, Y. Soudagar, M. Châteauneuf, J. Dubois

Proceedings Volume 8381, 83810E (2012) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.921500

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Crystals, Laser crystals, Picosecond phenomena, Mid-IR, Laser applications, Laser sources, Laser countermeasures, Tunable lasers, Wavelength division multiplexing

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Proceedings Article | 22 February 2011 Paper

Picosecond programmable laser sweeping over 50 mega-wavelengths per second

Youngjae Kim, Bryan Burgoyne, Nicolas Godbout, Alain Villeneuve, Guy Lamouche, Sébastien Vergnole

Proceedings Volume 7914, 79140Y (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875552

KEYWORDS: Picosecond phenomena, Dispersion, Optical coherence tomography, Pulsed laser operation, Point spread functions, Microscopy, Human-machine interfaces, Spectroscopy, Mode locking, Complex systems

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Proceedings Article | 16 February 2011 Paper

Tailoring wavelength sweep for SS-OCT with a programmable picosecond laser

Guy Lamouche, Sébastien Vergnole, Youngjae Kim, Bryan Burgoyne, Alain Villeneuve

Proceedings Volume 7889, 78891L (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875598

KEYWORDS: Optical coherence tomography, Laser sources, Prototyping, Picosecond phenomena, Mode locking, Dispersion, Point spread functions, Semiconductor optical amplifiers, Fiber lasers, Glasses

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Proceedings Article | 11 February 2011 Paper

Synchronized dual wavelength programmable laser with 75 nm wavelength difference tuning

Bryan Buorgoyne, Youngjae Kim, Alain Villeneuve

Proceedings Volume 7914, 79142Q (2011) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.875514

KEYWORDS: L band, Picosecond phenomena, Dispersion, Fiber lasers, Terahertz radiation, Wavelength division multiplexing, Tunable lasers, Mode locking, Nonlinear crystals, Pulsed laser operation

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Proceedings Article | 23 September 2010 Paper

Tunable mode-locked fiber laser with a highly dispersive cavity

Jean Filion, Michel Olivier, Bryan Burgoyne, Alain Villeneuve, Michel Piché

Proceedings Volume 7750, 775014 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.876753

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Mode locking, Fiber lasers, Diffraction gratings, Pulsed laser operation, Tunable lasers, Picosecond phenomena, Dispersion, Modulators, Laser resonators

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Proceedings Article | 17 February 2010 Paper

Programmable lasers: design and applications

B. Burgoyne, Alain Villeneuve

Proceedings Volume 7580, 758002 (2010) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.841277

KEYWORDS: Pulsed laser operation, Laser applications, Mode locking, Picosecond phenomena, Modulation, Fiber lasers, Tunable lasers, Human-machine interfaces, Nonlinear optics, Optical coherence tomography

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Proceedings Article | 5 August 2009 Paper

Spectral and temporal control of an actively mode-locked fiber laser

Jean Filion, Michel Olivier, Bryan Burgoyne, Alain Villeneuve, Michel Piché

Proceedings Volume 7386, 738636 (2009) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.839797

KEYWORDS: Modulation, Mode locking, Fiber lasers, Modulators, Pulsed laser operation, Fiber Bragg gratings, Picosecond phenomena, Dispersion, Optical simulations, Tunable lasers

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Proceedings Article | 4 October 2005 Paper

Fiber lasers and amplifiers with reduced optical nonlinearities employing large mode area fibers

Matthias Jäger, Stéphane Caplette, Paul Verville, Alain Villeneuve

Proceedings Volume 5971, 59710N (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.631222

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Fiber amplifiers, Single mode fibers, Optical amplifiers, Nonlinear optics, Fiber Bragg gratings, High power fiber amplifiers, Diodes, Absorption, Amplifiers

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Proceedings Article | 7 June 2004 Paper

High-power All-Fiber components: the missing link for high-power fiber lasers

Francois Gonthier, Lilian Martineau, Nawfel Azami, Mathieu Faucher, Francois Seguin, Damien Stryckman, Alain Villeneuve

Proceedings Volume 5335, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.548946

KEYWORDS: Fiber lasers, Multimode fibers, High power fiber lasers, Fiber couplers, High power lasers, Diodes, Fiber Bragg gratings, Cladding, Mirrors, Semiconductor lasers

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Proceedings Article | 17 February 2003 Paper

Refractive index measurements of planar chalcogenide waveguide

Jacques Laniel, Jean-Michel Menard, Alain Villeneuve, Real Vallee, Cedric Lopez, Kathleen Richardson

Proceedings Volume 4833, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.474311

KEYWORDS: Refractive index, Glasses, Selenium, Arsenic, Waveguides, Thin films, Chalcogenides, Annealing, Diffraction gratings, Diffraction

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Proceedings Article | 17 February 2003 Paper

Creation of microchannels in a photosensitive As2S3 slab waveguide

Nicolas Ho, Jacques Laniel, Real Vallee, Alain Villeneuve

Proceedings Volume 4833, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.473814

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Arsenic, Wavefronts, Refraction, Channel waveguides, Refractive index, Photosensitive materials, Wave propagation, Absorption, Picosecond phenomena

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Proceedings Article | 27 December 2001 Paper

Structural analysis of chalcogenide waveguides using Rutherford backscattering spectroscopy (RBS)

Clara Rivero, Patricia Sharek, Gero Nootz, Cedric Lopez, Kathleen Richardson, Alfons Schulte, Richard Irwin, Tigran Galstian, Vincent Hamel, Karine Turcotte, Alain Villeneuve, Real Valee

Proceedings Volume 4468, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.452559

KEYWORDS: Arsenic, Waveguides, Multilayers, Ions, Glasses, Sulfur, Raman spectroscopy, Annealing, Backscatter, Selenium

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Proceedings Article | 15 December 2000 Paper

Polarization-dependent photoinduced surface microgratings in amorphous chalcogenide glasses

Ali Saliminia, Tigran Galstian, Alain Villeneuve, Kathleen Richardson, Amy Graham, Cedric Lopez, Sudipta Seal, D. Verma, Alfons Schulte

Proceedings Volume 4087, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.406299

KEYWORDS: Polarization, Chalcogenide glass, Modulation, Thin films, Glasses, Holography, Integrated optics, Information operations, Microlens, Laser optics

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Proceedings Article | 28 March 2000 Paper

Nonlinear optics of semiconductors near the half band gap

Jin Kang, Alain Villeneuve, J. Stewart Aitchison, George Stegeman

Proceedings Volume 3940, (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.381474

KEYWORDS: Absorption, Waveguides, Refractive index, Switching, Dispersion, Nonlinear optics, Semiconductors, Polarization, Wave plates, Solids

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Proceedings Article | 10 December 1999 Paper

Structural characterization of chalcogenide planar waveguide materials using near-infrared Raman spectroscopy

Kathleen Richardson, Kevin Zollinger, Jennifer Evans, Mathieu Marchivie, Alfons Schulte, Thierry Cardinal, Chiara Meneghini, Karine Le Foulgoc, Ali Saliminia, Tigran Galstian, Alain Villeneuve

Proceedings Volume 3849, (1999) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.372789

KEYWORDS: Glasses, Raman spectroscopy, Near infrared, Selenium, Waveguides, Visible radiation, Spectral resolution, Chalcogenide glass, Planar waveguides, Spatial resolution

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Proceedings Article | 4 December 1998 Paper

Fabrication of chalcogenide glass waveguides and integrated optical devices

Jean-Franco Viens, Alain Villeneuve, Karine Le Foulgoc, Kathleen Richardson, Thierry Cardinal

Proceedings Volume 3491, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.328756

KEYWORDS: Waveguides, Glasses, Integrated optics, Chalcogenide glass, Refractive index, Cladding, Directional couplers, Multilayers, Wave propagation, Channel waveguides

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Proceedings Article | 9 October 1998 Paper

Characterization of the optical nonlinearities of ZnSe using Z-scan techniques

Martin Boulanger, Alain Villeneuve, Michel Piche

Proceedings Volume 3418, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.326646

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Proceedings Article | 24 September 1998 Paper

Research activities in optical communications at Universite Laval

Michel Tetu, Pierre-Andre Belanger, Michel Duguay, Tigran Galstian, Christine Latrasse, Sophie LaRochelle, Nathalie McCarthy, Claude Pare, Michel Piche, Leslie Rusch, Yunlong Sheng, Pierre Tremblay, Alain Villeneuve

Proceedings Volume 3414, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.323517

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Proceedings Article | 17 September 1998 Paper

Ion implantation: an efficient method for doping or fabricating channel chalcogenide glass waveguides

Chiara Meneghini, Karine Le Foulgoc, Emile Knystautas, Alain Villeneuve, Thierry Cardinal, Kathleen Richardson

Proceedings Volume 3413, (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.321943

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Proceedings Article | 30 June 1995 Paper

Photonic applications of spatial soliton switches

George Stegeman, Pavel Mamyshev, William Torruellas, Alain Villeneuve, J. Stewart Aitchison

Proceedings Volume 2481, (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.212720

KEYWORDS: Solitons, Waveguides, Switches, Spatial solitons, Wave propagation, Modulators, Wavefronts, Refractive index, Diffraction, Beam propagation method

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