My research background:
Adèle Hilico obtained her PhD in 2014 from the SYRTE laboratory at Paris Observatory, for her work on an atomic physics experiment to measure the short-range forces between an atom and a surface using atom interferometry methods. She then completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the Vienna University of Technology (Austria) working on an experiment studying light-matter interaction at the scale of the atom and the single photon, where she helped demonstrate the first quantum optical circulator. In 2018, she was recruited as an associate professor at the University of Bordeaux to work on the development of laser systems for quantum technologies, and in particular the realization of low-noise power laser amplifiers in the infrared and high-power generation in the visible. She recently joined the Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers at Sorbonne Paris Nord University to work within the Metrology and Fundamental Tests team on the realization of low-noise frequency lasers and the distribution of frequency and time references via fiber links, and possible applications to quantum key distribution infrastructures.
Courses taught:
- Physique pour les Technologies Quantiques 1 : Harmonisation microcontrôleurs
- Physique de la Chaîne de Mesure 2 : Microcontrôleurs
Research themes:
- Metrology
- Cold atoms
- Lasers for quantum technologies

A few selected articles
- Dia Darwich, Yves-Vincent Bardin, Mathieu Goeppner, Clément Dixneuf, Germain Guiraud, Nicholas Traynor, Giorgio Santarelli, and Adèle Hilico, «Ultralow-intensity noise, 10 W all-fiber single-frequency tunable laser system around 1550 nm», Appl. Opt. 60, 8550 (2021).
DOI: 10.1364/AO.435274- Michael Scheucher, Adèle Hilico, Elisa Will, Jürgen Volz , and Arno Rauschenbeutel, «Quantum optical circulator controlled by a single chirally coupled atom», Science 354, 1577 (2016).
DOI: 10.1126/science.aaj2118
- Coline Mahob, Gérard Ancellet, Ariane Bazureau, Marie-Renée de Backer, Hadj Elandaloussi, et al.. TOWARDS HIGHLY ACCURATE ABSORPTION CROSS SECTIONS AROUND 308 NM FOR REMOTE SENSING OF ATMOSPHERIC OZONE. QOS 2024 (Quadrennial Ozone Symposium), Jul 2024, Boulder (CO), United States. . ⟨hal-04673028⟩
- Coline Mahob, Hadj Elandaloussi, Kentin Poncelet, Ruizhe Gu, Adèle Hilico, et al.. CHARACTERIZATION OF A TUNABLE UV LASER SOURCE AT 308 NM FOR OZONE SPECTROSCOPY. GDR EMIE - réunion plénière 2024, Jun 2024, Biarritz, France. . ⟨hal-04672971⟩
- Roopa Prakash, Dia Darwich, Clément Dixneuf, Germain Guiraud, Nicholas Traynor, et al.. Neodymium laser-pumped ultra-low noise tunable Brillouin fiber laser around 920 nm. Optics Express, 2023, 31 (25), pp.42495. ⟨10.1364/OE.506410⟩. ⟨hal-04321693⟩
- Dia Darwich, Yves-Vincent Bardin, Mathieu Goeppner, Clement Dixneuf, Germain Guiraud, et al.. Influence of Pump Properties on the Tunability of 1.5 μm Low-Noise Single Frequency Fiber Amplifier. IEEE Photonics Technology Letters, 2022, 34 (1), pp.27-30. ⟨10.1109/LPT.2021.3132689⟩. ⟨hal-03589486⟩
- Dia Darwich, Roopa Prakash, Clément Dixneuf, Yves-Vincent Bardin, Mathieu Goeppner, et al.. High power ultralow-intensity noise continuous wave laser tunable from orange to red. Optics Express, 2022, 30 (8), pp.12867. ⟨10.1364/OE.455218⟩. ⟨hal-04690846⟩
- T Billotte, G Baclet, J H Osório, F Delahaye, V Mançois, et al.. Single-mode inhibited-coupling fiber for sub-Doppler spectroscopy. CLEO: Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics 2021 US, May 2021, San José (virtual), United States. pp.STh1A.6. ⟨hal-03285548⟩
- Dia Darwich, Yves-Vincent Bardin, Mathieu Goeppner, Clément Dixneuf, Germain Guiraud, et al.. Ultralow-intensity noise, 10 W all-fiber single-frequency tunable laser system around 1550 nm. Applied optics, 2021, 60 (27), pp.8550-8555. ⟨10.1364/AO.435274⟩. ⟨hal-04690841⟩
- Guillaume Baclet, Adèle Hilico, Vincent Mançois, Romain Veyron, Philippe Bouyer, et al.. Molecular gas spectroscopy in hollow core fibers for atomic cooling using Telecom laser systems. Cold-atom On-Line Meeting, Nov 2020, Paris, France. ⟨hal-03005651⟩
- Romain Veyron, Vincent Mancois, Jean-Baptiste Gerent, Guillaume Baclet, Maxime Bellouvet, et al.. Imaging ultra-cold atoms in sub-wavelength optical potentials.. Journée de l'EDSPI-Université de Bordeaux, Mar 2020, Talence, France. ⟨hal-03005120⟩
- Clément Dixneuf, Germain Guiraud, Yves-Vincent Bardin, Quentin Rosa, Mathieu Goeppner, et al.. Ultra-low intensity noise, all fiber 365 W linearly polarized single frequency laser at 1064 nm. Optics Express, 2020, 28, ⟨10.1364/OE.385095⟩. ⟨hal-02536817⟩