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Peter O’Brien

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Biography

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

Research Interests

Research Grants

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

Research Collaborators

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

Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals

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.
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.
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. : .
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. : .
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. : .
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. : .
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. : .
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. : .
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. : .
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. : .
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. : .

Book Chapters

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 .

Conference Publications

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. : .

Professional Activities

Education

[1990] Trinity College, Dublin – B.A. (Mod.)
[1992] National University Ireland, Cork – MSc
[1999] National University Ireland, Cork – PhD

Committees

[2013] Actphast Project Commitee, Actphast is a major initiative by the EU to provide investment free photonic prototyping services to Europe’s SME sector and involves 23 of Europe’s leading research institutes (eg. IMEC, CEA-LETI, CNRS, Fraunhofer, VTT).