Isabelle Ledoux-Rak (born 1957) is a French physicist and Professor at the École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay, where she is director of the Quantum and Molecular Photonics Laboratory (LPQM - UMR CNRS 8537) and coordinator of the Erasmus Mundus Master's degree.[1][2] Her research interests focus on the study of the non-linear optical properties of molecules and nanomaterials.
Isabelle Ledoux-Rak | |
|---|---|
| Born | 12 June 1957 |
| Nationality | French |
| Awards | Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize, Yves Rocard Prize of the French Physical Society, Prize of the Physical Chemistry Division of the French Chemical Society |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Non-linear optics, optoelectronics, photonics |
| Institutions | École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay |
| Thesis | Effets paramétriques du second ordre dans des composés organiques à forte non linéarité optique : solutions, cristaux massifs, couches minces (Second order parametric effects in organic compounds with a high optical non-linearity : solutions, bulk crystal, thin films) |
| Doctoral advisor | Joseph Zyss |
Education
editLedoux-Rak studied chemistry and physical sciences at the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles, and joined the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications to study engineering in 1981.[3] She obtained a Ph.D. in physics from the Centre National d'Études des Télécommunications (CNET) at Bagneux in 1988, under the supervision of Joseph Zyss.[4] Her thesis studied the non-linear optical properties of organic molecules and was distinguished with the Prize of the Physical Chemistry Division of the French Society of Chemistry.[5]
Research and career
editLedoux-Rak continued her postdoctoral research in non-linear optics at CNET until joining the École Normale Supérieure (ENS) Paris-Saclay (formerly Cachan) in 1998, where she was involved with founding the Quantum and Molecular Photonics Laboratory (LPQM) with her former supervisor, Joseph Zyss.[6]
She has been a Professor of physics at ENS Paris-Saclay since 2002, and director of the LPQM since 2006.
Awards and honours
editIn 2015, Ledoux-Rak was awarded the Fernand Holweck Medal and Prize for her research on the non-linear optical properties of metal complexes and the detection of optical amplification phenomena at telecom wavelengths in polymer-based waveguides.[7] She and Zyss also jointly received the Yves Rocard Prize of the French Physical Society for instrumentation in 1996.[8]
References
edit- ^ "ENS Cachan - Laboratoire de photonique quantique et moléculaire - Home". lpqm.ens-paris-saclay.fr. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
- ^ RAK, Isabelle LEDOUX. "Monabiphot". monabiphot.ens-paris-saclay.fr. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
- ^ RAK, Isabelle LEDOUX. "DGM - LEDOUX RAK Isabelle". dgm.ens-paris-saclay.fr. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
- ^ Ledoux-Rak, Isabelle (1988-01-01). Effets paramétriques du second ordre dans des composés organiques à forte non linéarité optique : solutions, cristaux massifs, couches minces (thesis thesis). Paris 11.
- ^ "Ledoux-Rak Isabelle" (PDF). Femmes et Sciences (in French). December 2014.
- ^ "Holweck 2015 Prize Giving - Société Française de Physique". www.sfpnet.fr. Retrieved 2019-08-18.
- ^ Isabelle Ledoux-Rak, médaillée Holweck 2015
- ^ "Prof. Isabelle Ledoux-Rak". esperia.iesl.forth.gr. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
External links
edit- "M2 Molecular Nano- and Biophotonics for Telecommunications and Biotechnologies - Université Paris Saclay". www.universite-paris-saclay.fr. Retrieved 2019-08-18.