Boris Lamontagne

Roles and responsibilities

Research Officer

Acting group leader

Acting photonic thrust leader for the HTSN program

 

Education

B.Ing., génie physique, Polytechnique, Montréal 1986

M.Sc.Appl., Gravure par plasma, Poytechnique, Montréal, 1989.

Ph.D., Interface métaux-Si, Polytechnique, Montréal, 1992.

Post-doc, IRSID (surface treatment), Paris, 1993.

NSERC Post-doc , Etudes des surfaces, Laval University with CEA and U. Namur, 1995

Professional activities/interests

Photonic devices

Semiconductor processing

Technology transfer

Smart glass

Affiliations

Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec

Key publications

Lamontagne, B., Fong, N.R., Song, I.-H., Ma, P., Barrios, P., Poitras, D.

Review of microshutters for switchable glass

(2019) Journal of Micro/ Nanolithography, MEMS, and MOEMS, 18 (4), art. no. 040901, .

 

Flueraru, C., Lamontagne, B., Walker, A., Waldron, P., Pitts, O.

Noise testing methodology of the hybrid imaging sensor for short-wavelength infrared domain

(2019) 2019 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics in Defense Conference, RAPID 2019 - Proceedings, art. no. 8864409, .

 

Benedikovic, D., Cheben, P., Schmid, J.H., Xu, D.-X., Lamontagne, B., Wang, S., Lapointe, J., Halir, R., Ortega-Moñux, A., Janz, S., Dado, M.

Subwavelength index engineered surface grating coupler with sub-decibel efficiency for 220-nm silicon-on-insulator waveguides

(2015) Optics Express, 23 (17), pp. 22628-22635.

 

Ibrahim, M., Aleali, A., Schmid, J.H., Cheben, P., Lapointe, J., Janz, S., Bock, P.J., Densmore, A., Lamontagne, B., Ma, R., Xu, D.-X., Ye, W.N.

Temperature-independent silicon waveguides comprising bridged subwavelength gratings

(2012) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 8412, art. no. 84120Z, .

 

Alonso-Ramos, C., Ortega-Moñux, A., Molina-Fernández, I., Cheben, P., Zavargo-Peche, L., Halir, R., Janz, S., Xu, D.-X., Kim, N., Lamontagne, B.

Grating couplers for thick SOI rib waveguides

(2012) Optical and Quantum Electronics, 44 (12-13), pp. 535-540.

 

Florjánczyk, M., Alonso-Ramos, C., Bock, P., Bogdanov, A., Cheben, P., Molina-Ferníndez, I., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Ortega-Moñux, A., Scott, A., Sinclair, K., Solheim, B., Xu, D.-X.

Devlopment of a Fourier-transform waveguide spectrometer for space applications

(2012) Optical and Quantum Electronics, 44 (12-13), pp. 549-556.

 

Ibrahim, M., Schmid, J.H., Aleali, A., Cheben, P., Lapointe, J., Janz, S., Bock, P.J., Densmore, A., Lamontagne, B., Ma, R., Xu, D.-X., Ye, W.N.

Athermal silicon waveguides with bridged subwavelength gratings for TE and TM polarizations

(2012) Optics Express, 20 (16), pp. 18356-18361.

 

Tam, A.W., Ibrahim, M., Lamontagne, B., Tarr, N.G., Ye, W.N., Janz, S., Xu, D.

Deep submicron LOCOS-defined SOI photonic wire waveguides

(2011) IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics GFP, art. no. 6053779, pp. 249-251.

 

Ibrahim, M., Schmid, J.H., Cheben, P., Lapointe, J., Janz, S., Bock, P.J., Densmore, A., Lamontagne, B., Ma, R., Xu, D.-X., Ye, W.N.

Athermal silicon subwavelength grating waveguides

(2011) IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics GFP, art. no. 6053782, pp. 258-260.

 

Densmore, A., Xu, D.-X., Sabourin, N.A., McIntosh, H., Cheben, P., Schmid, J.H., Ma, R., Vachon, M., Delâge, A., Sinclair, W., Lapointe, J., Li, Y., Lopinski, G., Lamontagne, B., Janz, S.

A fully integrated silicon photonic wire sensor array chip and reader instrument

(2011) IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics GFP, art. no. 6053813, pp. 350-352.

 

Cheben, P., Schmid, J.H., Bock, P.J., Lapointe, J., Janz, S., Xu, D.-X., Densmore, A., Delâge, A., Ma, R., Halir, R., Lamontagne, B., Ortega-Monux, A., Molina Fernandez, I., Fedeli, J.-M., Ibrahim, M., Ye, W.N., Hall, T.J.

Subwavelength structures in SOI waveguides

(2011) IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics GFP, art. no. 6053709, pp. 42-44.

 

Cheben, P., Florjanczyk, M., Bock, P., Ramos, C.A., Lamontagne, B., Bogdanov, A., Janz, S., Xu, D.-X., Vachon, M., Scott, A., Ortega-Moñux, A., Molina-Fernandez, I., Solheim, B., Sinclair, K.

Recent advances in fourier-transform waveguide spectrometers

(2011) International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, art. no. 5970884, .

 

Ibrahim, M., Schmid, J.H., Cheben, P., Lapointe, J., Janz, S., Bock, P.J., Densmore, A., Lamontagne, B., Ma, R., Xu, D.-X., Ye, W.N.

Athermal silicon subwavelength grating waveguides

(2011) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 8007, art. no. 80071L, .

 

Janz, S., Densmore, A., Xu, D.-X., Ma, R., Schmid, J.H., Cheben, P., Delâge, A., Vachon, M., Lapointe, J., Sabourin, N., McIntosh, H., Ding, H., Desrosiers, D., Sinclair, W., Li, Y., Mischki, T., Lopinski, G., MacKenzie, R., Liu, Q., Post, E., Lamontagne, B., Halir, R., Molina-Fernandez, I.

Silicon photonic wire biosensors: Sensing, instrumentation, and applications

(2011) 2011 ICO International Conference on Information Photonics, IP 2011, art. no. 5953736, .

 

Alonso-Ramos, C., Ortega-Moñux, A., Zavargo-Peche, L., Halir, R., De Oliva-Rubio, J., Molina-Fernández, I., Cheben, P., Xu, D.-X., Janz, S., Kim, N., Lamontagne, B.

Single-etch grating coupler for micrometric silicon rib waveguides

(2011) Optics Letters, 36 (14), pp. 2647-2649.

 

Schmid, J.H., Ibrahim, M., Cheben, P., Lapointe, J., Janz, S., Bock, P.J., Densmore, A., Lamontagne, B., Ma, R., Ye, W.N., Xu, D.-X.

Temperature-independent silicon subwavelength grating waveguides

(2011) Optics Letters, 36 (11), pp. 2110-2112.

 

Scott, A., Bock, P., Ramos, C.A., Lamontagne, B., Cheben, P., Florjańczyk, M., Fernandez, I.M., Janz, S., Ortega-Monux, A., Solheim, B., Xu, D.-X.

Improved coupling to integrated spatial heterodyne spectrometers with applications to space

(2011) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7928, art. no. 79280K, .

 

Schmid, J.H., Cheben, P., Bock, P.J., Lapointe, J., Janz, S., Delage, A., Densmore, A., Hall, T.J., Lamontagne, B., Ma, R., Xu, D.-X.

Refractive index engineering with subwavelength gratings in silicon microphotonic waveguides

(2011) 2011 IEEE Winter Topicals, WTM 2011, art. no. 5730090, pp. 147-148.

 

Cheben, P., Bock, P.J., Schmid, J.H., Lapointe, J., Janz, S., Xu, D.-X., Ma, R., Densmore, A., Delâge, A., Lamontagne, B., Hall, T.J., Halir, R., Molina-Fernández, I., Fédéli, J.-M.

Subwavelength and diffractive waveguide structures and their applications in nanophotonics and sensing

(2011) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7941, art. no. 794111, .

 

Janz, S., Cheben, P., Schmid, J.H., Bock, P., Halir, R., Xu, D.-X., Densmore, A., Ma, R., Bock, P., Molina-Fernandez, I., Delâge, A., Vachon, M., Lapointe, J., Sinclair, W., Post, E., Lamontagne, B.

Engineering light at the sub-wavelength scale using silicon photonics

(2011) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7943, art. no. 79430G, .

 

Janz, S., Densmore, A., Xu, D.-X., Cheben, P., Ma, R., Schmid, J.H., Delâge, A., Vachon, M., Lapointe, J., Sabourin, N., Sinclair, W., Li, Y., Mischki, T., Lopinski, G., Mackenzie, R., Liu, Q., Post, E., Lamontagne, B., Halir, R., Molina-Fernandez, I.

Silicon photonic wire evanescent field sensors: Sensor arrays and instrumentation

(2011) Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 7888, art. no. 788805, .

 

Cheben, P., Bock, P.J., Schmid, J.H., Lapointe, J., Janz, S., Xu, D.-X., Densmore, A., Delâge, A., Lamontagne, B., Hall, T.J.

Subwavelength silicon nanophotonics

(2010) Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, .

 

Bock, P.J., Cheben, P., Schmid, J.H., Lapointe, J., Janz, S., Xu, D.-X., Densmore, A., Delâge, A., Lamontagne, B., Hall, T.J.

Subwavelength grating: A new type of microphotonic waveguide and implementations to fiber-chip coupling, waveguide crossing and refractive index engineering

(2010) IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics GFP, art. no. 5643436, pp. 31-33.

 

Cheben, P., Bock, P.J., Schmid, J.H., Lapointe, J., Janz, S., Xu, D.-X., Densmore, A., Delâge, A., Lamontagne, B., Hall, T.J.

Refractive index engineering with subwavelength gratings for efficient microphotonic couplers and planar waveguide multiplexers

(2010) Optics Letters, 35 (15), pp. 2526-2528.

 

Schmid, J.H., Bock, P.J., Cheben, P., Sinclair, W., García, J., Janz, S., Lapointe, J., Aers, G.C., Poitras, D., Li, Y., Lopinski, G., Delâge, A., Densmore, A., Lamontagne, B., Ma, R., Xu, D.-X.

Applications of subwavelength grating structures in silicon-on-insulator waveguides

(2010) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7606, art. no. 76060F, .

 

Florjańczyk, M., Cheben, P., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Lapointe, J., Scott, A., Solheim, B., Xu, D.-X.

Development of a slab waveguide spatial heterodyne spectrometer for remote sensing

(2010) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7594, art. no. 75940R, .

 

Cheben, P., Densmore, A., Schmid, J.H., Xu, D.-X., Delâge, A., Florjaňczyk, M., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Lapointe, J., Post, E., Vachon, M., Waldron, P.

Silicon photonic waveguide structures and devices: From fundamentals to implementations in spectroscopy and biological sensing

(2010) NATO Science for Peace and Security Series B: Physics and Biophysics, pp. 225-245.

 

Halir, R., Ortega-Moñux, A., Molina-Fernández, Í., Wangüemert-Pérez, J.G., Cheben, P., Xu, D.-X., Lamontagne, B., Janz, S.

Integrated optical six-port reflectometer in silicon on insulator

(2009) Journal of Lightwave Technology, 27 (23), pp. 5405-5409.

 

Cheben, P., Schmid, J.H., Florjanczyk, M., Bock, P.J., Xu, D.-X., Janz, S., Delâge, A., Lapointe, J., Lamontagne, B., Post, E., Densmore, A., Albert, J., Hall, T.J., Solheim, B., Scott, A.

Recent progress in planar waveguide spectrometers

(2009) Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, .

 

Janz, S., Densmore, A., Xu, D.X., Sinclair, W., Schmid, J.H., Ma, R., Vachon, M., Lapointe, J., Delâge, A., Post, E., Li, Y., Mischki, T., Lopinski, G., Cheben, P., Lamontagne, B.

Silicon photonic wire evanescent field sensors: From sensor to biochip array

(2009) IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics GFP, art. no. 5338350, pp. 89-91.

 

Delâge, A., Cheben, P., Florjańczyk, M., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Lapointe, J., Scott, A., Solheim, B., Xu, D.-X.

Static fourier-transform waveguide spectrometers

(2009) ICTON 2009: 11th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, art. no. 5185257, .

 

Cheben, P., Schmid, J.H., Bock, P., Xu, D.-X., Janz, S., Delâge, A., Lapointe, J., Lamontagne, B., Densmore, A., Hall, T.

Sub-wavelength nanostructures for engineering the effective index of silicon-on-insulator waveguides

(2009) ICTON 2009: 11th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, art. no. 5185333, .

 

Halir, R., Ortega-Moñux, A., Molina-Fernádez, Í., Wangüemert-Pérez, J.G., Cheben, P., Xu, D.-X., Lamontagne, B., Janz, S.

Compact high-performance multimode interference couplers in silicon-on-insulator

(2009) IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 21 (21), pp. 1600-1602.

 

Florjańczyk, M., Cheben, P., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Lapointe, J., Scott, A., Solheim, B., Xu, D.-X.

Slab waveguide spatial heterodyne spectrometers for remote sensing from space

(2009) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7356, art. no. 73560V, .

 

Yap, K.P., Delâge, A., Lapointe, J., Lamontagne, B., Schmid, J.H., Waldron, P., Janz, S., Syrett, B.A.

Correlation of Scattering Loss, Sidewall Roughness and Waveguide Width in Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) Ridge Waveguides

(2009) Journal of Lightwave Technology, 27 (18), pp. 3999-4008.

 

Florjanczyk, M., Cheben, P., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Lapointe, J., Scott, A., Sinclair, K., Solheim, B., Xu, D.-X.

Multiaperture Fourier spectrometers in planar waveguides

(2009) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 7218, art. no. 721816, .

 

Delâge, A., Xu, D.-X., McKinnon, R.W., Post, E., Waldron, P., Lapointe, J., Storey, C., Densmore, A., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Cheben, P., Schmid, J.H.

Wavelength-dependent model of a ring resonator sensor excited by a directional coupler

(2009) Journal of Lightwave Technology, 27 (9), pp. 1172-1180.

 

Xu, D.-X., Ye, W.N., Janz, S., Delâge, A., Cheben, P., Lamontagne, B., Post, E., Waldron, P.

Stress induced effects for advanced polarization control in silicon photonics components

(2008) Advances in Optical Technologies, art. no. 689715, .

 

Schmid, J.H., Delâge, A., Lapointe, J., Lamontagne, B., Janz, S., Cheben, P., Densmore, A., Xu, D.-X., Yap, K.P.

Thin-film interference effect in scattering loss of high-index-contrast planar waveguides

(2008) Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS, art. no. 4688869, pp. 812-813.

 

Schmid, J.H., Cheben, P., Janz, S., Lapointe, J., Post, E., Delâge, A., Densmore, A., Lamontagne, B., Waldron, P., Xu, D.-X.

Subwavelength grating structures in silicon-on-insulatorwaveguides

(2008) Advances in Optical Technologies, art. no. 685489, .

 

Schmid, J.H., Cheben, P., Janz, S., Lapointe, J., Post, E., Delâge, A., Densmore, A., Lamontagne, B., Waldron, P., Xu, D.-X.

Subwavelength structures in silicon-on-insulator waveguides for modification of facet reflectivity and efficient fiber-chip coupling

(2008) ECIO'08 Eindhoven - Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Integrated Optics and Technical Exhibition, Contributed and Invited Papers, pp. 371-374.

 

Xu, D.-X., Post, E., Densmore, A., Waldron, P., Janz, S., Lapointe, J., Delâge, A., Cheben, P., Schmid, J.H., Lamontagne, B.

Cancellation of the temperature dependence in SOI photonic wire ring resonator sensors

(2008) 2008 5th International Conference on Group IV Photonics, GFP, art. no. 4638213, pp. 398-400.

 

Cheben, P., Post, E., Janz, S., Albert, J., Laronche, A., Schmid, J.H., Xu, D.-X., Lamontagne, B., Lapointe, J., Delâge, A., Densmore, A.

Tilted fiber Bragg grating sensor interrogation system using a high-resolution silicon-on-insulator arrayed waveguide grating

(2008) Optics Letters, 33 (22), pp. 2647-2649.

 

Delâge, A., Xu, D.-X., Densmore, A., Janz, S., Waldron, P., Lapointe, J., Lamontagne, B., Mischki, T., Lopinski, G., Sehmid, J., Cheben, P.

Label-free biological sensors based on ring resonators

(2008) Proceedings of 2008 10th Anniversary International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON, 4, art. no. 4598713, pp. 2-5.

 

Densmore, A., Xu, D.X., Waldron, P., Janz, S., Mischki, T., Lopinski, G., Lapointe, J., Delâge, A., Post, E., Storey, C., Cheben, P., Lamontagne, B., Schmid, J.H.

Densely folded silicon photonic wire biosensors in ring resonator and mach-zehnder configurations

(2008) 2008 Conference on Quantum Electronics and Laser Science Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, CLEO/QELS, art. no. 4551911, .

 

Schmid, J.H., Delâge, A., Lamontagne, B., Lapointe, J., Janz, S., Cheben, P., Densmore, A., Waldron, P., Xu, D.-X., Yap, K.P.

Interference effect in scattering loss of high-index-contrast planar waveguides caused by boundary reflections

(2008) Optics Letters, 33 (13), pp. 1479-1481.

 

Schmid, J.H., Cheben, P., Janz, S., Lapointe, J., Post, E., Delâge, A., Densmore, A., Lamontagne, B., Waldron, P., Xu, D.-X.

Subwavelength grating structures in planar waveguide facets for modified reflectivity

(2008) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 6796, art. no. 67963E, .

 

Yap, K.P., Lapointe, J., Lamontagne, B., Delâge, A., Bogdanov, A., Janz, S., Syrett, B.

SOI waveguide fabrication process development using star coupler scattering loss measurements

(2008) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 6800, art. no. 680014, .

 

Densmore, A., Xu, D.-X., Janz, S., Waldron, P., Mischki, T., Lopinski, G., Delâge, A., Lapointe, J., Cheben, P., Lamontagne, B., Schmid, J.H.

Spiral-path high-sensitivity silicon photonic wire molecular sensor with temperature-independent response

(2008) Optics Letters, 33 (6), pp. 596-598.

 

Densmore, A., Xu, D.X., Waldron, P., Janz, S., Mischki, T., Lopinski, G., Lapointe, J., Delâge, A., Post, E., Storey, C., Cheben, P., Lamontagne, B., Schmid, J.H.

Densely folded silicon photonic wire biosensors in ring resonator and mach-zehnder configurations

(2008) Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, .

 

Schmid, J.H., Cheben, P., Janz, S., Lapointe, J., Post, E., Delâge, A., Densmore, A., Lamontagne, B., Waldron, P., Xu, D.-X.

Modification of planar waveguide facet reflectivity with subwavelength gratings

(2007) Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest, art. no. 4386622, .

 

Cheben, P., Delâge, A., Densmore, A., Florjanczyk, M., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Lapointe, J., Post, E., Powell, I., Schmid, J., Waldron, P., Xu, D.-X.

Silicon photonic arrayed waveguide grating devices and sub-wavelength structures

(2007) Proceedings of 2007 9th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON 2007, 2, art. no. 4296151, pp. 92-95.

 

Duchesne, D., Cheben, P., Morandotti, R., Lamontagne, B., Xu, D.-X., Janz, S., Christodoulides, D.

Group-index birefringence and loss measurements in silicon-on-insulator photonic wire waveguides

(2007) Optical Engineering, 46 (10), art. no. 104602, .

 

Schmid, J.H., Lamontagne, B., Cheben, P., Delâge, A., Janz, S., Densmore, A., Lapointe, J., Post, E., Waldron, P., Xu, D.-X.

Mode converters for coupling to high aspect ratio silicon-on-insulator channel waveguides

(2007) IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 19 (11), pp. 855-857.

 

Xu, D.-X., Cheben, P., Delâge, A., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Post, E., Ye, W.N.

Polarization-insensitive MMI-coupled ring resonators in silicon-on-insulator using cladding stress engineering

(2007) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 6477, art. no. 64770D, .

 

Yap, K.P., Delâge, A., Lamontagne, B., Janz, S., Xu, D.-X., Lapointe, J., Waldron, P., Schmid, J., Chow-Chong, P., Post, E., Syrett, B.

Scattering loss measurement of SOI waveguides using 5×17 integrated optical star coupler

(2007) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 6477, art. no. 64770J, .

 

Xu, D.-X., Densmore, A., Waldron, P., Lapointe, J., Post, E., Delâge, A., Janz, S., Cheben, P., Schmid, J.H., Lamontagne, B.

High bandwidth SOI photonic wire ring resonators using MMI couplers

(2007) Optics Express, 15 (6), pp. 3149-3155.

 

Cheben, P., Schmid, J.H., Delâge, A., Densmore, A., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Lapointe, J., Post, E., Waldron, P., Xu, D.-X.

A high-resolution silicon-on-insulator arrayed waveguide grating microspectrometer with sub-micrometer aperture waveguides

(2007) Optics Express, 15 (5), pp. 2299-2306.

 

Schtnid, J.H., Cheben, P., Janz, S., Lapointe, J., Post, E., Delage, A., Densmore, A., Lamontagne, B., Waldron, P., Xu, D.-X.

Modification of planar waveguide facet reflectivity with subwavelength gratings

(2007) Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, .

 

Janz, S., Densmore, A., Xu, D.-X., Waldron, P., Lapointe, J., Lopinski, G., Mischki, T., Cheben, P., Delâge, A., Lamontagne, B., Schmid, J.H.

Silicon waveguide photonics for biosensing applications

(2007) Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, .

 

Cheben, P., Lamontagne, B., Post, E., Janz, S., Xu, D.-X., Delâge, A.

Out-of-plane total internal reflection coupling mirrors in silicon-on-insulator ridge waveguides

(2006) IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics GFP, art. no. 1708194, pp. 146-148.

 

Cheben, P., Janz, S., Xu, D.-X., Lamontagne, B., Delâge, A., Tanev, S.

A broad-band waveguide grating coupler with a subwavelength grating mirror

(2006) IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 18 (1), pp. 13-15.

 

Delâge, A., Cheben, P., Densmore, A., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Lapointe, J., Schmid, J., Waldron, P., Xu, D.-X.

Application of optical telecom planar technology to silicon-based microphotonics and sensors

(2006) 2006 International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, 2, art. no. 4013751, pp. 128-131.

 

Xu, D.X., Densmore, A., Lapointe, J., Waldron, P., Cheben, P., Delâge, A., Lamontagne, B., Janz, S., Schmid, J.H., Post, E.

SOI photonic wire waveguide ring resonators using MMI couplers

(2006) IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics GFP, art. no. 1708154, pp. 28-30.

 

Densmore, A., Xu, D.X., Waldron, P., Janz, S., Lapointe, J., Cheben, P., Delâge, A., Lamontagne, B., Schmid, J.H., Post, E.

Evanescent field sensor using silicon-on-insulator photonic wires

(2006) IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics GFP, art. no. 1708145, pp. 1-3.

 

Densmore, A., Xu, D.-X., Waldron, P., Janz, S., Cheben, P., Lapointe, J., Delâge, A., Lamontagne, B., Schmid, J.H., Post, E.

A silicon-on-insulator photonic wire based evanescent field sensor

(2006) IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 18 (23), pp. 2520-2522.

 

Janz, S., Cheben, P., Delâge, A., Densmore, A., Lamontagne, B., Post, E., Schmid, J., Waldron, P., Xu, D.-X., Yap, K.P., Ye, W.N.

Silicon microphotonic waveguide technology for sensing, spectroscopy, and communications

(2006) ECS Transactions, 3 (11), pp. 61-78.

 

Cheben, P., Schmid, J.H., Bogdanov, A., Calvo, M.L., Delâge, A., Densmore, A., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Lapointe, J., Martínez Matos, O., Post, E., Powell, I., Rodrigo, J.A., Waldron, P., Xu, D.-X.

Advanced concepts in waveguide spectrometers

(2006) IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics GFP, art. no. 1708228, pp. 246-248.

 

Janz, S., Cheben, P., Dalacu, D., Delâge, A., Densmore, A., Lamontagne, B., Picard, M.-J., Post, E., Schmid, J.H., Waldron, P., Xu, D.-X., Yap, K.P., Ye, W.N.

Microphotonic elements for integration on the silicon-on-insulator waveguide platform

(2006) IEEE Journal on Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics, 12 (6), pp. 1402-1414.

 

Janz, S., Delâge, A., Lamontagne, B., Bogdanov, A., Dalacu, D., Xu, D.-X., Yap, K.P.

Monolithically integrated graded-index waveguide input couplers for silicon-photonics

(2006) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 6125, art. no. 61250M, .

 

Lamontagne, B., Cheben, P., Post, E., Janz, S., Xu, D.-X., Delâge, A.

Fabrication of out-of-plane micromirrors in silicon-on-insulator planar waveguides

(2006) Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films, 24 (3), pp. 718-722.

 

Yap, K.P., Lamontagne, B., Delâge, A., Janz, S., Bogdanov, A., Picard, M., Post, E., Chow-Chong, P., Malloy, M., Roth, D., Marshall, P., Liu, K.Y., Syrett, B.

Fabrication of lithographically defined optical coupling facets for silicon-on-insulator waveguides by inductively coupled plasma etching

(2006) Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films, 24 (3), pp. 812-816.

 

Delâge, A., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Bogdanov, A., Dalacu, D., Xu, D.-X., Yap, K.P.

Monolithically integrated asymmetric graded and step-index couplers for microphotonic waveguides

(2006) Optics Express, 14 (1), pp. 148-161.

 

Duchesne, D., Morandotti, R., Cheben, P., Lamontagne, B., Xu, D., Janz, S.

Large group index birefringence in silicon-on-insulator photonic nano-waveguides

(2006) Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, .

 

Duchesne, D., Morandotti, R., Cheben, P., Lamontagne, B., Xu, D., Janz, S.

Waveguide birefringence in asymmetric silicon-on-insulator nanowires

(2006) Conference Proceedings - Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting-LEOS, art. no. 4054183, pp. 314-315.

 

Xu, D.-X., Ye, W.N., Cheben, P., Delâge, A., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Picard, M.-J., Post, E.

FEM simulation assisted stress engineering for polarization control in SOI waveguide components

(2006) Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, .

 

Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Delâge, A., Bogdanov, A., Xu, D.-X., Yap, K.P.

Single layer a-Si GRIN waveguide coupler with lithographically defined facets

(2005) 2005 IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics, 2005, art. no. 1516427, pp. 129-131.

 

Xu, D.-X., Delage, A., Cheben, P., Lamontagne, B., Janz, S., Ye, W.N.

Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) as a photonics platform

(2005) Proceedings - Electrochemical Society, PV 2005-03, pp. 207-218.

 

Janz, S., Bogdanov, A., Cheben, P., Delâge, A., Lamontagne, B., Picard, M.-J., Xu, D.-X., Yap, K.P., Ye, W.N.

Silicon-based integrated optics: Waveguide technology to microphotonics

(2005) Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, 832, art. no. F1.1, pp. 3-14.

 

Xu, D.-X., Ye, W.N., Bogdanov, A., Dalacu, D., Delâge, A., Cheben, P., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Picard, M.-J.

Design of polarization-insensitive components using geometrical and stress-induced birefringence in SOI waveguides

(2005) Progress in Biomedical Optics and Imaging - Proceedings of SPIE, 5730, art. no. 19, pp. 158-172.

 

Cheben, P., Bogdanov, A., Delâge, A., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Picard, M.-J., Post, E., Xu, D.-X.

A 100-channel near-infrared SOI waveguide microspectrometer: Design and fabrication challenges

(2005) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5644 (PART 1), art. no. 17, pp. 103-110.

 

Ye, W.N., Xu, D.-X., Janz, S., Cheben, P., Picard, M.-J., Lamontagne, B., Tarr, N.G.

Birefringence control using stress engineering in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguides

(2005) Journal of Lightwave Technology, 23 (3), pp. 1308-1318.

 

Janz, S., Cheben, P., Delâge, A., Lamontagne, B., Picard, M.-J., Xu, D.-X., Yap, K.P., Ye, W.N.

Enabling technologies for silicon-based microphotonics

(2005) Optics InfoBase Conference Papers, .

 

Delâge, A., Janz, S., Xu, D.X., Dalacu, D., Lamontagne, B., Bogdanov, A.

Graded-index coupler for microphotonic SOI waveguides

(2004) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5577 (PART 1), art. no. 25, pp. 204-212.

 

Janz, S., Delâge, A., Bogdanov, A., Dalacu, D., Lamontagne, B., Xu, D.-X.

Graded index waveguide couplers for silicon-based microphotonics

(2004) 2004 1st IEEE International Conference on Group IV Photonics, pp. 148-150.

 

Delâge, A., Bidnyk, S., Cheben, P., Dossou, K., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Packirisamy, M., Xu, D.-X.

Recent developments in integrated spectrometers

(2004) Proceedings of 2004 6th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, 2, pp. 78-83.

 

Xu, D.-X., Baribeau, J.-M., Cheben, P., Dalacu, D., Delâge, A., Lamontagne, B., Janz, S., Picard, M.-J., Ye, W.N.

Prospects and challenges for microphotonic waveguide components based on Si and SiGe

(2004) Proceedings - Electrochemical Society, 7, art. no. 9.1, pp. 619-633.

 

Xu, D.-X., Cheben, P., Dalacu, D., Delâge, A., Janz, S., Lamontagne, B., Picard, M.-J., Ye, W.N.

Eliminating the birefringence in silicon-on-insulator ridge waveguides by use of cladding stress

(2004) Optics Letters, 29 (20), pp. 2384-2386.

 

Ye, W.N., Xu, D.-X., Janz, S., Cheben, P., Delâge, A., Picard, M.-J., Lamontagne, B., Tarr, N.G.

Stress-induced birefringence in silicon-on-insulator (SOI) waveguides

(2004) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 5357, pp. 57-66.

 

Janz, S., Balakrishnan, A., Charbonneau, S., Cheben, P., Cloutier, M., Delâge, A., Dossou, K., Erickson, L., Gao, M., Krug, P.A., Lamontagne, B., Packirisamy, M., Pearson, M., Xu, D.-X.

Planar Waveguide Echelle Gratings in Silica-On-Silicon

(2004) IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 16 (2), pp. 503-505.

 

Janz, S., Pearson, M., Lamontagne, B., Erickson, L., Delǎge, A., Cheben, P., Xu, D.-X., Gao, M., Balakrishnan, A., Miller, J., Charbonneau, S.

Planar waveguide echelle gratings: An embeddable diffractive element for photonic integrated circuits

(2002) Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series, 70, pp. 69-70.

 

Williams, R.L., Aers, G.C., Poole, P.J., Lefebvre, J., Chithrani, D., Lamontagne, B.

Controlling the self-assembly of InAs/InP quantum dots

(2001) Journal of Crystal Growth, 223 (3), pp. 321-331.

 

Bardwell, J.A., Foulds, I., Lamontagne, B., Tang, H., Webb, J.B., Marshall, P., Rolfe, S.J., Stapledon, J., MacElwee, T.W.

Fabrication of high performance GaN modulation doped field effect transistors

(2000) Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films, 18 (2), pp. 750-753.

 

Lefebvre, Jacques, Poole, Philip J., McCaffrey, John P., Lamontagne, Boris, Aers, Geof C., Lee, Chien-Ping, Hu, Shu-Fen, Williams, Robin L.

One-dimensional arrays of self-assembled InAs/InP quantum dots

(2000) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 4078, pp. 124-128.

 

Lisicka, E., Hua, H., James, R., Berolo, E., Wang, W.-J., He, J.J., Lamontagne, B., Erickson, L., Delage, A., Davies, M., Koteles, E.S.

Integration of arrayed wavelength division multiplex components into an optical add drop module transmitter and receiver

(1999) Proceedings of the IEEE/CPMT International Electronics Manufacturing Technology (IEMT) Symposium, pp. 410-420.

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Lamontagne, B., Stapledon, J., Chow-Chong, P., Buchanan, M., Fraser, J., Phillips, J., Davies, M.

InP etching using chemically assisted ion beam etching (Cl2/Ar). Formation of InClx clusters under high concentration of chlorine

(1999) Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 146 (5), pp. 1918-1920.

 

He, J.-J., Lamontagne, B., Koteles, E.S.

Polarization dispersion compensated AWG demultiplexer fabricated in single shallow etching step

(1999) Electronics Letters, 35 (9), pp. 737-738.

 

He, J.-J., Koteles, E.S., Lamontagne, B., Erickson, L., Delâge, A., Davies, M.

Integrated Polarization Compensator for WDM Waveguide Demultiplexers

(1999) IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 11 (2), pp. 224-226.

 

Koteles, E.S., He, J.J., Lamontagne, B., Ickson, I.Er., Delilge, A.

An integrated wavelength locker for waveguide DEMUXes

(1999) OFC/IOOC 1999 - Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication, 2, art. no. 766403, pp. 262-264.

 

Koteles, Emil S., He, J.J., Lamontagne, B., Erickson, L., Delage, A.

Integrated wavelength locker for waveguide DEMUXes

(1999) Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series, pp. p 3.

 

He, J.J., Koteles, E.S., Lamontagne, B., Erickson, L., Delâge, A., Davies, M.

Polarization insensitive waveguide DEMUXes with integrated slab polarization compensator

(1999) OFC/IOOC 1999 - Optical Fiber Communication Conference and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication, 1, art. no. 767841, pp. 210-212.

 

He, J.-J., Lamontagne, B., Erickson, L., Delige, A., Davies, M., Koteles, E.S.

Integrated waveguide WDM demultiplexers

(1999) CLEO/Pacific Rim 1999 - Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 4, art. no. 814734, pp. 1200-1201.

 

He, J.J., Koteles, Emil S., Lamontagne, B., Erickson, L., Delage, A., Davies, M.

Polarization insensitive waveguide DEMUXes with integrated slab polarization compensator

(1999) Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series, pp. p 3.

 

Poole, P.J., Williams, R.L., Lacelle, C., Gupta, V., Fraser, J.W., Lamontagne, B., Buchanan, M.

Patterned substrate overgrowth for optoelectronic device integration using chemical beam epitaxy (CBE)

(1999) Journal of Crystal Growth, 201, pp. 578-581.

 

Roy, D., Lamontagne, B.

Oxydation catalytique du silicium: L'obtention de couches d'oxydes uniformes

(1998) Journal De Physique. IV : JP, 7 (6), pp. C6-127-C6-135.

 

He, J.-J., Delage, A., Lamontagne, B., Erickson, L., Davies, M., Koteles, Emil S.

Sources of crosstalk in grating based monolithically integrated waveguide demultiplexers

(1998) Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 3491, pp. 593-598.

 

He, J.-J., Lamontagne, B., Delâge, A., Erickson, L., Davies, M., Koteles, E.S.

Monolithic integrated wavelength demultiplexer based on a waveguide rowland circle grating in InGaAsP/InP

(1998) Journal of Lightwave Technology, 16 (4), pp. 631-637.

 

Koteles, Emil S., He, J.J., Lamontagne, B., Delage, A., Erickson, L., Champion, G., Davies, M.

Recent advances in InP-based waveguide grating demultiplexers

(1998) Conference on Optical Fiber Communication, Technical Digest Series, pp. 82-83.

 

He, J.-J., Lamontagne, B., Delage, A., Erickson, L., Champion, G., van der Meer, P., Davies, M., Koteles, Emil S.

Experimental and theoretical investigations on cross talk performance of grating-based monolithic integrated wavelength demultiplexers

(1998) Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe - Technical Digest, pp. 317-318.

 

Erickson, Lynden, Lamontagne, Boris, He, J.J., Delage, Andre, Davies, Mike, Koteles, Emil

Using a retro-reflecting echelle grating to improve WDM demux efficiency

(1997) LEOS Summer Topical Meeting, pp. 82-83.

 

Lamontagne, B., Semond, F., Adnot, A., Guay, D., Roy, D.

Oxidation of Si(111) promoted by K multilayers: K and SiO2 islands

(1995) Applied Physics A Materials Science and Processing, 61 (2), pp. 187-191.

 

Lamontagne, B., Semond, F., Roy, D.

X-ray photoelectron spectroscopic study of Si(111) oxidation promoted by potassium multilayers under low O2 pressures

(1995) Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 73 (1), pp. 81-88.

 

Lamontagne, B., Semond, F., Roy, D.

K overlayer oxidation studied by XPS: the effects of the adsorption and oxidation conditions

(1995) Surface Science, 327 (3), pp. 371-378.

 

Lamontagne, B., Semond, F., Adnot, A., Roy, D.

SIMS investigation of the Si(111) oxidation promoted by potassium overlayers

(1995) Applied Surface Science, 90 (4), pp. 447-454.

 

Lamontagne, B., Roy, D., Sporken, R., Caudano, R.

Identification of the adsorption sites of molecular oxygen on Si(111) using XPS

(1995) Progress in Surface Science, 50 (1-4), pp. 315-324.

 

Lamontagne, B., Guay, D., Roy, D., Sporken, R., Caudano, R.

AFM and XPS characterization of the Si(111) surface after thermal treatment

(1995) Applied Surface Science, 90 (4), pp. 481-487.

 

Lamontagne, B., Sacher, E., Wertheimer, M.R.

The Au/Si(100) (1 × 1)-H interface, as studied by XPS and AFM: a model of the interfacial reaction

(1994) Applied Surface Science, 78 (4), pp. 399-411.

 

Shi, M.K., Lamontagne, B., Selmani, A., Martinu, L., Sacher, E., Wertheimer, M.R., Yelon, A.

Metallization of Teflon PFA. II. Interactions of Ti, Ag, and Au measured by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

(1994) Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films, 12 (3), pp. 807-812.

 

Shi, M.K., Lamontagne, B., Selmani, A.S., Martinu, L., Sacher, E., Wertheimer, M.R., Yelon, A.

Metallization of Teflon PFA. I. Interactions of evaporated Cr and Al measured by x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy

(1994) Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films, 12 (1), pp. 29-34.

 

Shi, M.-K., Lamontagne, B., Martinu, L., Selmani, A.

X-ray induced modification of metal/fluoropolymer interfaces

(1993) Journal of Applied Physics, 74 (3), pp. 1744-1746.

 

Lamontagne, B., Sacher, E., Wertheimer, M.R.

X-ray photoelectron diffraction and spectroscopy of sputter-deposited or evaporated coinage metals on Si(100)

(1993) Applied Surface Science, 64 (3), pp. 205-213.

 

Lamontagne, B., Sacher, E., Wertheimer, M.R.

Arnorphization of c-Si by the sputter deposition of Au studied by x-ray photoelectron diffraction

(1992) Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces and Films, 10 (4), pp. 1002-1005.

 

Lamontagne, B., Sacher, E., Wertheimer, M.R.

Silicon-carbon reaction provoked by the sputter cleaning of lightly contaminated crystalline silicon

(1991) Applied Surface Science, 52 (1-2), pp. 71-76.

 

Wrobel, A.M., Lamontagne, B., Wertheimer, M.R.

Large-area microwave and radiofrequency plasma etching of polymers

(1988) Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing, 8 (3), pp. 315-329.

 

Lamontagne, B., Wrobel, A.M., Jalbert, G., Wertheimer, M.R.

Large-area microwave plasma etching of polyimide

(1987) Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, 20 (7), art. no. 005, pp. 844-850.

 

Previous work experience

Manager of microfabrication, Optenia (spin-off of NRC-Mitel), 2001-2002

International experience and/or work

Work at the LAAS, Toulouse, France (summer 2009)

Boris Lamontagne

Boris Lamontagne

Senior Research Officer
Quantum and Nanotechnologies
1200 Montreal Road
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0R6
Preferred language: French
Other(s): French
Telephone: 343-990-8361

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Information Technology, Photonic Devices, Semiconductors, Materials, Smart Materials, Surface analysis, Technology, Microelectronics, Solar heating