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Grégory Moille

Associate Research Scientist

Research Scientist
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Contact Information

UMD

Email:
gmoille@umd.edu
Office:

2249 Atlantic Building
College Park, MD 20742

Lab:
PSC B0150

Additional Info

CV:
cv.pdf

About

Grégory Moille is a Associate Research Scientist working at both the NIST and UMD campuses. He received his M.S. in Physics and Photonics from Grenoble Institut National Polytechnique, France. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Paris Saclay University, France. His doctoral research focused on the non-linear dynamics of photonic crystal cavities made of III-V materials, as well the fabrication and improvement of these devices. His research currently focuses on chip-scale silicon nitride micro-resonators for nonlinear optics, specifically dissipative Kerr solitons/frequency combs and their nonlinear dynamics for metrology applications.

Research Groups

Recent News

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    JQI Researcher Awarded Distinguished Research Scientist Prize

    April 4, 2025

    JQI Research Scientist Grégory Moille has received the Distinguished Research Scientist Prize from the College of Computer, Mathematical and Natural Sciences at the University of Maryland. The award comes with a $5,000 prize and celebrates his research excellence .

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    Researchers develop a new type of frequency comb that promises to further boost the accuracy of time keeping

    April 2, 2024

    Chip-based devices known as frequency combs, which measure the frequency of light waves with unparalleled precision, have revolutionized time keeping, the detection of planets outside of our solar system and high-speed optical communication. Now, scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their collaborators have developed a new way of creating the combs that promises to boost their already exquisite accuracy and allow them to measure light over a range of frequencies that was previously inaccessible. The extended range will enable frequency combs to probe cells and other biological material. The new devices, which are fabricated on a small glass chip, operate in a fundamentally different way from previous chip-based frequency combs, also known as microcombs.

  • A glowing red ring with a pulse bulging from one side surrounds 4 colorful, interlocked gears.

    Light Synchronization Technique Heralds a Bright New Chapter for Small Atomic Clocks

    December 13, 2023

    Humanity’s desire to measure time more and more accurately has been a driving force in technological development, and improved clocks and the innovations behind them have repeatedly delivered unexpected applications and scientific discoveries. For instance, when sailors needed high precision timekeeping to better navigate the open seas, it motivated the development of mechanical clocks. And in turn, more accurate clocks allowed better measurements in astronomy and physics. Now, clocks are inescapable parts of daily life, but the demands of GPS, space navigation and other applications are still motivating scientists to push timekeeping to new extremes.