Leader in Integrated ICT Hardware & Systems
Dr. Peter O’Brien obtained his PhD in Physics from University College Cork in 1999. He has a Masters in Electronic Engineering and Degree in Physics from Trinity College Dublin. He was a postdoctoral scholar at the California Institute of Technology and research scientist at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena (Micro Devices Laboratory) where he worked on the development of millimetre wave devices for remote sensing applications. Dr O’Brien co-founded one (Biosensia) and founded a second company (Epi-Light). His second company, Epi-Light limited, developed speciality photonic systems for medical device and pharmaceutical applications. He successfully sold the company in 2009 and returned to the Tyndall National Institute to establish a research activity in advanced photonic packaging. Dr O’Brien is now head of the Photonics Packaging Group and is involved in a wide range of both academic and industry research projects, across the telecoms and medical device sectors. Dr. O’Brien is also deputy director of the Science Foundation Ireland, Irish Photonic Integration Centre (www.ipic.ie). Dr O'Brien is an Adjunct Professor at the College of Optical Science, University of Arizona, Tucson.
Photonic device integration and packaging research for telecom, medical device and sensing applications
Strong focus on InP and Silicon photonic technologies
Leads large and highly experienced research team (research staff and PhD Students)
Design capabilities in optical, thermal, mechanical and electrical for photonic integration and packaging
State-of-the-art photonics integration and packaging laboratories
Development of fibre coupling, micro optical systems and flipchip integration processes
International research collaboration in Europe, US and Asia with academic and industrial partners
Research collaborations with leading institutes (eg. UC Berkeley, Caltech, University of Arizona, University of Columbia, IMEC, Fraunhofer Institute, VTT, CNRS-LETI)
Research collaborations with leading telecoms and medical device companies (eg. Stryker, Medtronic, Lake Region, ST Microelectronics)
Advanced photonic packaging and integration capabilities are now made available through Europractice (Europe) and MOSIS (US)
Regular invited speaker at international conferences and involved in conference organising committees
| Funder | Start Date | End Date | Title | Role |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYNDALL | 01-APR-11 | 31-DEC-24 | Tyndall Block C Optical Interconnect Lab | Principal Investigator |
| Enterprise Irl | 01-JUL-09 | 30-JUN-12 | Feasibility Study Grants within Innovation Partnerships | Principal Investigator |
| Enterprise Irl | 01-APR-12 | 01-JUL-13 | Advanced Multicolour Fluorescence Detection Package. | Principal Investigator |
| Enterprise Irl | 01-OCT-09 | 01-APR-10 | Travel Support | Principal Investigator |
| European Union | 01-OCT-11 | 31-DEC-14 | Epixfab services specifically targeting (SME) industrial take-up of advanced silicon photonics. | Principal Investigator |
| Enterprise Irl | 01-OCT-09 | 30-OCT-11 | Wide Spectrum LED (WiSeLED) | Principal Investigator |
| Industry/EI Projects | 01-APR-12 | 01-JUL-13 | Advanced Multicolour Fluorescence Detection Package. | Principal Investigator |
| European Union | 01-OCT-12 | 30-DEC-18 | Photonaic Libraries and Technology for Manufacturing. | Principal Investigator |
| European Union | 01-OCT-12 | 30-JUN-16 | FDMA Access By Using Low-cost Optical Network Units in Sillicon Photonics. | Principal Investigator |
| Enterprise Irl | 01-NOV-12 | 30-MAY-14 | Technology Centre Collaborative Project. | Principal Investigator |
| Science Foundation of Ireland | 01-JAN-13 | 31-DEC-15 | Advanced Fibre-Waveguide Packaging. | Principal Investigator |
| Science Foundation of Ireland | 01-JAN-13 | 31-DEC-13 | Laser Welding System. | Principal Investigator |
| Science Foundation of Ireland | 01-JAN-13 | 31-DEC-14 | Solder Ink-Jet Dispenser. | Principal Investigator |
| Miscellaneous Non Exchequer | 01-JAN-13 | 31-DEC-24 | Tyndall Photonics Packaging Commercial Entity. | Principal Investigator |
| Science Foundation of Ireland | 20-MAY-13 | 31-MAY-19 | I-PIC Irish Photonic Integration Research Centre. | Principal Investigator |
| Science Foundation of Ireland | 01-OCT-13 | 31-OCT-15 | I-PIC Irish Photonics Integration Research Centre. | Principal Investigator |
| Science Foundation of Ireland | 01-JUL-13 | 31-DEC-23 | I-PIC Irish Photonics Integrated Research Centre. | Principal Investigator |
| Enterprise Irl | 01-JUN-13 | 01-JUN-14 | Compact Fibre Coupled High Power UV Light Source. | Principal Investigator |
| Industry/EI Projects | 01-JUN-13 | 31-OCT-14 | Compact Fibre Coupled High Power UV Light Source. | Principal Investigator |
| European Union | 01-NOV-13 | 30-APR-20 | Access CenTer for PHotonics innovAtion Solutions and Technology support. | Principal Investigator |
| Industry | 01-OCT-13 | 31-MAR-17 | I-PIC Irish Photonics Integration Research Centre. | Principal Investigator |
| Industry | 01-SEP-13 | 31-AUG-17 | Eblana 12/RC/2276 IPIC POB TP4 | Principal Investigator |
| Science Foundation of Ireland | 01-SEP-13 | 31-DEC-17 | SFI 12/RC/2276 IPIC POB TP4 SFI | Principal Investigator |
| Industry | 01-JUL-13 | 31-DEC-20 | I-PIC Irish Photonics Integration Research Centre. | Principal Investigator |
| Science Foundation of Ireland | 01-SEP-14 | 31-AUG-16 | Integrated silicon photonic biosensor systems. | Principal Investigator |
| Company | Country | Name |
|---|---|---|
| California Institute of Technology | U.S.A. | Prof. Axel Shearer |
| University of California Davis | U.S.A. | Prof. Laura Marcu |
| University of Gent | BELGIUM | Prof. Roel Baets |
| IMEC | BELGIUM | Dr. Philip Absil |
| Europractice | BELGIUM | Dr. Amit Khanna |
| CEA-LETI | FRANCE | Dr. Jean-Marc Fedeli |
| ST Microelectronics | ITALY | Dr. Antonello Fincato |
| European Photonic Industry Consortium | BELGIUM | Carlos Lee |
| Fiber Technobis | HOLLAND | Pim Kat |
| Stryker Medical | IRELAND | David Tallon |
| Stryker Medical | U.S.A. | Dr. Erik Chmelar |
| Lake Regional Medical | IRELAND | Dr John Hayes |
| Compact Imaging | U.S.A. | Don Bogue |
| Radissens Diagnostics | IRELAND | Jerry O'Brien |
| Eblana Photonics | IRELAND | Jim Somers |
| Kaiam Coporation | IRELAND | Dr. Gideon Yosef |
| Year | Publication |
|---|---|
| 2016 | Packaging of Silicon Photonic Devices Peter O’Brien , Lee Carrol, Cormac Eason, Jun Su Lee (2016) Packaging of Silicon Photonic Devices. : Springer-Verlag . |
| Year | Journal | Publication |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters | Silicon Photonic IC Transmitter and Flip-Chipped CMOS IC Driver targeting implementation in FDMA-PON Sylvie Menezo, Enrico Temporiti ; Junsu Lee ; Olivier Dubray ; Maryse Fournier ; Stéphane Bernabé ; Daniele Baldi ; Benjamin Blampey ; Gabriele Minoia ; Matteo Repossi ; André Myko ; Sonia Messaoudène ; Lee Carroll ; Silvio Abrate ; Roberto Gaudino ; Peter O'Brien ; Benoit Charbonnier (2016) Silicon Photonic IC Transmitter and Flip-Chipped CMOS IC Driver targeting implementation in FDMA-PON. : . |
| 2016 | Journal of Optics | Roadmap of Silicon Photonics David Thomson, Aaron Zilkie, John E Bowers, Tin Komljenovic, Graham T Reed, Laurent Vivien, Delphine Marris-Morini, Eric Cassan, Léopold Virot, Jean-Marc Fédéli, Jean-Michel Hartmann, Jens H Schmid, Dan-Xia Xu, Frédéric Boeuf, Peter O'Brien, Goran Z Mashanovich and M Nedeljkovic (2016) Roadmap of Silicon Photonics. : . |
| 2016 | IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics | Meeting the Electrical, Optical, and Thermal Design Challenges of Photonic-Packaging Jun Su Lee, Lee Carroll ; Carmelo Scarcella ; Nicola Pavarelli ; Sylvie Menezo ; Stéphane Bernabé ; Enrico Temporiti ; Peter O'Brien (2016) Meeting the Electrical, Optical, and Thermal Design Challenges of Photonic-Packaging. : . |
| 2015 | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters | Hybrid III–V/Silicon SOA in Optical Network Based on Advanced Modulation Formats Peter Kaspar, Guilhem de Valicourt, Romain Brenot, Miquel A. Mestre, Philippe Jennevé, Alain Accard, Dalila Make, François Lelarge, Guang-Hua Duan, Nicola Pavarelli, Marc Rensing, Cormac Eason, Peter O’Brien, Ségolène Olivier, Stéphane Malhouitre, Christophe Kopp, Chirstophe Jany, and Sylvie Menezo (2015) Hybrid III–V/Silicon SOA in Optical Network Based on Advanced Modulation Formats. : . |
| 2015 | Acs Photonics | Thermally Controllable Silicon Photonic Crystal Nanobeam Cavity without Surface Cladding for Sensing Applications Fegadolli, WS;Pavarelli, N;O'Brien, P;Njoroge, S;Almeida, VR;Scherer, A (2015) Thermally Controllable Silicon Photonic Crystal Nanobeam Cavity without Surface Cladding for Sensing Applications. : AMER CHEMICAL SOC. [Details] |
| 2015 | Scientific Reports | A sensitive optical micro-machined ultrasound sensor (OMUS) based on a silicon photonic ring resonator on an acoustical membrane Leinders, SM;Westerveld, WJ;Pozo, J;van Neer, PLMJ;Snyder, B;O'Brien, P;Urbach, HP;de Jong, N;Verweij, MD (2015) A sensitive optical micro-machined ultrasound sensor (OMUS) based on a silicon photonic ring resonator on an acoustical membrane. : NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP. [Details] |
| 2013 | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters | Demonstration of a Photonic Integrated Mode Coupler With MDM and WDM Transmission Chen, HS,Sleiffer, V,Snyder, B,Kuschnerov, M,van Uden, R,Jung, YM,Okonkwo, CM,Raz, O,O'Brien, P,de Waardt, H,Koonen, T (2013) Demonstration of a Photonic Integrated Mode Coupler With MDM and WDM Transmission. : . [Details] |
| 2013 | Electronics Letters | Butterfly packaged high-speed and low leakage InGaAs quantum well photodiode for 2000nm wavelength systems Yang, H,Ye, N,Phelan, R,O'Carroll, J,Kelly, B,Han, W,Wang, X,Nudds, N,MacSuibhne, N,Gunning, F,O'Brien, P,Peters, FH,Corbett, B (2013) Butterfly packaged high-speed and low leakage InGaAs quantum well photodiode for 2000nm wavelength systems. : . [Details] |
| 2013 | IEEE Photon. Tech. Letters | Analysis and Demonstration of a Photonic Integrated Mode Coupler with MDM and WDM Transmission over Few-Mode Fiber Chen, H and Sleiffer, V and Snyder, B and Kuschnerov, M and van Uden, R and Jung, Y and Okonkwo, C and Raz, O and O’Brien, P and de Waardt, H and others (2013) Analysis and Demonstration of a Photonic Integrated Mode Coupler with MDM and WDM Transmission over Few-Mode Fiber. : . |
| 2012 | Journal of Lightwave Technology | Investigation of the Packaging-Induced RF Attenuations and Resonances in a Broadband Optoelectronic Modulator Module Han, W,Rensing, M,Wang, X,Yang, H,Peters, FH,O'Brien, P (2012) Investigation of the Packaging-Induced RF Attenuations and Resonances in a Broadband Optoelectronic Modulator Module. : . [Details] |
| 2012 | Journal Of Optical Communications And Networking | Silicon Photonics for Next Generation FDM/FDMA PON Charbonnier, B,Menezo, S,O'Brien, P,Lebreton, A,Fedeli, JM,Ben Bakir, B (2012) Silicon Photonics for Next Generation FDM/FDMA PON. : . [Details] |
| 2011 | Journal Of Electronic Packaging | Optimization of Microwave Packaging Structure for Directly Modulated Laser Modules Using Three-Dimensional Electromagnetic Model Han, W,Rensing, M,O'Brien, P,Peters, FH (2011) Optimization of Microwave Packaging Structure for Directly Modulated Laser Modules Using Three-Dimensional Electromagnetic Model. : . [Details] |
| 2011 | IEEE Trans on Comps, Packaging and Manufacturing Tech | Directly Modulated Laser Diode Module Exceeding 10 Gb/s Transmission Song, J and Rensing, M and Daunt, C and O'Brien, P.A and Peters, F (2011) Directly Modulated Laser Diode Module Exceeding 10 Gb/s Transmission. : . |
| 2009 | Optics Express | Optimal Laser Welding Assembly Sequences For Butterfly Laser Module Packages Song, JH, O'Brien, P, Peters, FH; (2009) Optimal Laser Welding Assembly Sequences For Butterfly Laser Module Packages. : . |
| 2004 | Sensors and Actuators B-Chemical | Development and test of an integrated microsystem for HPLC separation and detection using refractive index measurements Brennan, D,O'Brien, P,O'Brien, J,Freeman, N,Swann, M (2004) Development and test of an integrated microsystem for HPLC separation and detection using refractive index measurements. : . [Details] |
| 2004 | Analyst | Sub-picomole colorimetric single nucleotide polymorphism discrimination using oligonucleotide-nanoparticle conjugates Murphy, D,O'Brien, P,Redmond, G (2004) Sub-picomole colorimetric single nucleotide polymorphism discrimination using oligonucleotide-nanoparticle conjugates. : . [Details] |
| 2002 | Journal of chromatography. A | Ion chromatography on-chip (vol 924, pg 233, 2001) Murrihy, JP,Breadmore, MC,Tan, AM,McEnery, M,Alderman, J,O'Mathuna, C,O'Neill, AP,O'Brien, P,Avdalovic, N,Haddad, PR,Glennon, JD (2002) Ion chromatography on-chip (vol 924, pg 233, 2001). : . |
| 2002 | IEEE Photonics Technology Letters | Focusing Properties of High Brightness Gain Tailored Broad-Area Semiconductor Lasers O’Callaghan, J.R and Houlihan, J and Voignier, V and Huyet, G and McInerney, J.G and Corbett and B and O’Brien, P.A (2002) Focusing Properties of High Brightness Gain Tailored Broad-Area Semiconductor Lasers. : . |
| 2002 | Journal of Micromechanics and Microengineering | Development of a microfluidic device for fluorescence activated cell sorting Kruger, J,Singh, K,O'Neill, A,Jackson, C,Morrison, A,O'Brien, P (2002) Development of a microfluidic device for fluorescence activated cell sorting. : . [Details] |
| 2001 | Journal of chromatography. A | On-chip definition of picolitre sample injection plugs for miniaturised liquid chromatography O'Neill, AP,O'Brien, P,Alderman, J,Hoffman, D,McEnery, M,Murrihy, J,Glennon, JD (2001) On-chip definition of picolitre sample injection plugs for miniaturised liquid chromatography. : . |
| 2000 | Proceedings of Optoelectronics | Modification of internal temperature distribution in broad area semiconductor lasers and the effect on near- and far-field distributions O'Neill, E and O'Brien, P.A and Houlihan, J:McInerney, J (2000) Modification of internal temperature distribution in broad area semiconductor lasers and the effect on near- and far-field distributions. : . |
| 1999 | Materials Science In Semiconductor Processing | The control of growth dynamics by the use of designed precursors for the MOCVD of electronic ceramics Part II Jones, A. C.,Leedham, T. J.,Wright, P. J.,Crosbie, M. J.,Williams, D. J.,Davies, H. O.,Fleeting, K. A.,O'Brien, P.,Pemble, M. E. (1999) The control of growth dynamics by the use of designed precursors for the MOCVD of electronic ceramics Part II. : . |
| 1998 | Electronic Letters | Imaging of curved facet unstable resonator semiconductor lasers operating at 980 nm O'Brien, P,Moorhouse, C,Braddell, J,McInerney, J; (1998) Imaging of curved facet unstable resonator semiconductor lasers operating at 980 nm. : . |
| 1998 | Electronic Letters | Internal temperature distribution measurements in high power semiconductor lasers O'Brien, P,O'Callaghan, J,McInerney, J; (1998) Internal temperature distribution measurements in high power semiconductor lasers. : . |
| 1998 | Electronic Letters | Inhomogeneous pumping and increased filamentation threshold of semiconductor lasers by contact profiling Skovgaard, PMW,O'Brien, P,McInerney, JG; (1998) Inhomogeneous pumping and increased filamentation threshold of semiconductor lasers by contact profiling. : . |
| 1998 | Proceedings of Laser and Electro-Optics Society (IEEE-LEOS), Florida, USA | Improved near- and far-field distributions in broad area semiconductor lasers with enhanced current spreading O’Brien, P.A and Skovgaard, P and McInerney, J.G (1998) Improved near- and far-field distributions in broad area semiconductor lasers with enhanced current spreading. : . |
| 1998 | Elec. Lett | Broad area semiconductor lasers with improved near and far fields using enhanced current spreading O’Brien, P.A and Skovgaard, P.M.W and McInerney, J.G (1998) Broad area semiconductor lasers with improved near and far fields using enhanced current spreading. : . |
| Year | Publication |
|---|---|
| 2016 | SPIE Photonics West Proceedings M. J. Leahy ; C. Wilson ; J. Hogan ; Peter O’Brien ; R. Dsouza ; K. Neuhaus ; D. Bogue ; H. Subhash ; Colm O’Riordan ; Paul M. McNamara (2016) SPIE Photonics West Proceedings. : . |
| 2015 | 2015 OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION (OFC) Brunina, D;Porto, S;Jain, A;Lai, CP;Antony, C;Pavarelli, N;Rensing, M;Talli, G;Ossieur, P;O'Brien, P;Townsend, PD (2015) 2015 OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATIONS CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION (OFC). : IEEE. |
| 2015 | 2015 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS CONFERENCE DIGEST OF TECHNICAL PAPERS (ISSCC) Rakowski, M;Pantouvaki, M;De Heyn, P;Verheyen, P;Ingels, M;Chen, HT;De Coster, J;Lepage, G;Snyder, B;De Meyer, K;Steyaert, M;Pavarelli, N;Lee, JS;O'Brien, P;Absil, P;Van Campenhout, J (2015) 2015 IEEE INTERNATIONAL SOLID-STATE CIRCUITS CONFERENCE DIGEST OF TECHNICAL PAPERS (ISSCC). : IEEE. |
| 2015 | 2015 PHOTONICS CONFERENCE (IPC) Ye, N;Yang, H;Gleeson, M;Pavarelli, N;Zhang, HY;O'Callaghan, J;Han, W;Nudds, N;Collins, S;Gocalinska, A;Pelucchi, E;O'Brien, P;Gunning, FCG;Peters, FH;Corbett, B (2015) 2015 PHOTONICS CONFERENCE (IPC). : IEEE. |
| 2014 | Photonics Europe, Brussels O'Brien, P.A (2014) Photonics Europe, Brussels. : . |
| 2013 | ECOC Chen, H and van Uden, R and Okonkwo, C and Snyder, B and Raz, O and O’Brien, P.A and van den Boom, H and de Waardt, H and . Koonen, T (2013) ECOC. : . |
| 2013 | OECC Chen, H and Sleiffer, V and Snyder, B and Kuschnerov, M and van Uden, R and Jung, Y and Okonkwo, C and Raz, O and O’Brien, P.A and de Waardt H and others (2013) OECC. : . |
| 2010 | OWU3, OFC2010, San Diego, Shi, K and Smyth, F and Reid, D and Roycroft, B and Corbett, B and Song, J.H and O’Brien, P.A. and Peters, F and Barry, L.P (2010) OWU3, OFC2010, San Diego,. : . |
| 2001 | NanoTech2001, Montreux, Switzerland Kr"uger, J and Porta, P and Singh, K and Brennan, D and O’Neill, A and O’Brien, P.A (2001) NanoTech2001, Montreux, Switzerland. : . |