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  • 2006 - SPIE Fellow

Overview

Hugo Thienpont is affiliated with Vrije Universiteit Brussel in Belgium and conducts research primarily in the field of Engineering, with notable emphasis on Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Biomedical Engineering. Their work also extends into Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Biophysics, as well as Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials.

The scientist's research focuses on several topics, including:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Spectroscopy Techniques in Biomedical and Chemical Research
  • Advanced Fiber Optic Sensors
  • Advanced optical system design
  • Advanced Fiber Laser Technologies
  • Gold and Silver Nanoparticles Synthesis and Applications
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices

Thienpont has contributed to a number of recent papers, among which are:

  • High-Resolution 3D Bioprinting of Photo-Cross-linkable Recombinant Collagen to Serve Tissue Engineering Applications (2020), Biomacromolecules
  • Freeform imaging systems: Fermat's principle unlocks "first time right" design (2021), Light Science & Applications
  • Thiol-norbornene gelatin hydrogels: influence of thiolated crosslinker on network properties and high definition 3D printing (2020), Biofabrication
  • Evaluation of 3D Printed Gelatin-Based Scaffolds with Varying Pore Size for MSC-Based Adipose Tissue Engineering (2020), Macromolecular Bioscience
  • Combining optical spectroscopy and machine learning to improve food classification (2021), Food Control

The scientist has collaborated frequently with coauthors such as Heidi Ottevaere, Jürgen Van Erps, Francis Berghmans, Michael Vervaeke, and Koen Vanmol.

Several publication venues have featured Thienpont's research repeatedly, including:

  • OSA Optical Design and Fabrication 2021 (Flat Optics, Freeform, IODC, OFT)
  • Optics Express
  • Journal of Physics Photonics
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Sensors

Among professional distinctions, Thienpont was named SPIE Fellow in 2006.

Best Publications

  • Deterministic polarization chaos from a laser diode

    Martin Virte;Martin Virte;Krassimir Panajotov;Krassimir Panajotov;Hugo Thienpont;Marc Sciamanna

  • Comparing glass and plastic refractive microlenses fabricated with different technologies

    Heidi Ottevaere;R. Cox;H.p. Herzig;T. Miyashita

  • Polarization switching in VCSEL's due to thermal lensing

    K. Panajotov;B. Ryvkin;J. Danckaert;M. Peeters

  • Effect of photon-energy-dependent loss and gain mechanisms on polarization switching in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

    B. Ryvkin;K. Panajotov;A. Georgievski;J. Danckaert

  • Optical feedback induces polarization mode hopping in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers.

    M. Sciamanna;K. Panajotov;H. Thienpont;I. Veretennicoff

  • (Photo-)crosslinkable gelatin derivatives for biofabrication applications

    Jasper Van Hoorick;Jasper Van Hoorick;Liesbeth Tytgat;Liesbeth Tytgat;Agnes Dobos;Heidi Ottevaere

  • Impact of in-plane anisotropic strain on the polarization behavior of vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

    K. Panajotov;B. Nagler;G. Verschaffelt;A. Georgievski

  • Highly birefringent microstructured fibers with enhanced sensitivity to hydrostatic pressure.

    Tadeusz Martynkien;Gabriela Statkiewicz-Barabach;Jacek Olszewski;Jan Wojcik

  • Fabrication of spherical microlenses by a combination of isotropic wet etching of silicon and molding techniques.

    Jorge Albero;Lukasz Nieradko;Christophe Gorecki;Heidi Ottevaere

  • MT-compatible laser-ablated interconnections for optical printed circuit boards

    G. Van Steenberge;P. Geerinck;S. Van Put;J. Van Koetsem

  • Additive manufacturing of photo-crosslinked gelatin scaffolds for adipose tissue engineering

    Liesbeth Tytgat;Liesbeth Tytgat;Lana Van Damme;Lana Van Damme;Jasper Van Hoorick;Jasper Van Hoorick;Heidi Declercq

  • Cross-Linkable Gelatins with Superior Mechanical Properties Through Carboxylic Acid Modification: Increasing the Two-Photon Polymerization Potential

    Jasper Van Hoorick;Jasper Van Hoorick;Peter Gruber;Marica Markovic;Maximilian Tromayer

  • Graphene’s nonlinear-optical physics revealed through exponentially growing self-phase modulation

    Nathalie Vermeulen;David Castelló-Lurbe;David Castelló-Lurbe;Mulham Khoder;Iwona Pasternak

  • Negative Kerr Nonlinearity of Graphene as seen via Chirped-Pulse-Pumped Self-Phase Modulation

    Nathalie Vermeulen;David Castello-Lurbe;JinLuo Cheng;JinLuo Cheng;Iwona Pasternak

  • Mapping of the dynamics induced by orthogonal optical injection in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers

    J.B. Altes;I. Gatare;K. Panajotov;H. Thienpont

  • Extrusion-based 3D printing of photo-crosslinkable gelatin and κ-carrageenan hydrogel blends for adipose tissue regeneration.

    Liesbeth Tytgat;Lana Van Damme;Maria del Pilar Ortega Arevalo;Heidi Declercq

  • Proton- and Gamma-Induced Effects on Erbium-Doped Optical Fibers

    S. Girard;B. Tortech;E. Regnier;M. Van Uffelen

  • Physical random bit generation from chaotic solitary laser diode

    Martin Virte;Emeric Mercier;Hugo Thienpont;Krassimir Panajotov

  • Transversal Load Sensing With Fiber Bragg Gratings in Microstructured Optical Fibers

    T. Geernaert;G. Luyckx;E. Voet;T. Nasilowski

  • Experimental and theoretical investigations of birefringent holey fibers with a triple defect

    Marcin Szpulak;Gabriela Statkiewicz;Jacek Olszewski;Tadeusz Martynkien

  • Receiver-less optical clock injection for clock distribution networks

    C. Debaes;A. Bhatnagar;D. Agarwal;R. Chen

  • Highly Reactive Thiol-Norbornene Photo-Click Hydrogels: Toward Improved Processability.

    Jasper Van Hoorick;Jasper Van Hoorick;Peter Gruber;Marica Markovic;Mélanie Rollot

  • Temperature and pressure sensitivities of the highly birefringent photonic crystal fiber with core asymmetry

    Tomasz Nasilowski;T. Martynkien;G. Statkiewicz;M. Szpulak

  • Photonic crystal fibers for sensing applications

    W. Urbanczyk;T. Martynkien;G. Statkiewicz;A. Anuszkiewicz

Frequent Co-Authors

Francis Berghmans
Francis Berghmans Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Ryszard Buczynski
Ryszard Buczynski University of Warsaw
Sandra Van Vlierberghe
Sandra Van Vlierberghe Ghent University
Peter Dubruel
Peter Dubruel Ghent University
Roel Baets
Roel Baets Ghent University
Patrice Mégret
Patrice Mégret University of Mons
Herman Terryn
Herman Terryn Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Joni Dambre
Joni Dambre Ghent University
Joris Degrieck
Joris Degrieck Ghent University

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