Thibault Leportier

Senior R&D Engineer @ Synopsys Inc

About

I have a general background in Optical science including geometrical and Fourier optic, laser, and metrology. My Phd was focused on digital holography, CGH, and gave me the opportunity to study various kind of 3D display technologies. After my thesis, I have been working on the design of innovative solution for smartglasses applications. It covered calibration of optical devices with metrological measurement as well as simulation, acquisition, and characterization of diffractive elements. I am now mainly focusing on the development of new solutions for the integration of nanoscale simulations into macroscale optical system, such as metalens or grating models.

Country

Canada

City

Montreal

Industry

Information Technology & Services

Skill

RCWA, Metalens, Lumerical, Zemax, Optics, Holography, 3D display, Image Processing, Matlab, Signal Processing, Compressive Sensing, Optical Engineering, Physics, Photonics, Semiconductors, Laser Physics, Laser, R&D, Traitement de l'image, Optique

Experience

Senior R&D Engineer

Synopsys Inc

2025-7 - Present · 1 yr 3 mos

Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Development of cross-product solutions between wave optics and ray tracing, with a focus on metalens simulation workflows and AR-VR applications

Senior R&D Engineer

Ansys

2023-5 - 2025-7 · 2 yrs 3 mos

Canada

Optical Designer, Research and Development

Google

2022-3 - 2023-4 · 1 yr 2 mos

Kitchener, Ontario, Canada

Design, simulation, and characterization of innovative optical solution for Near-Eye Display

Electro-Optical Designer

L3Harris Technologies

2019-7 - 2022-3 · 2 yrs 9 mos

Burlington

Design of Electro-Optical imaging primarily for surveillance, reconnaissance and search and rescue missions from manned and unmanned airborne platforms.

Research Scientist

North

2018-3 - 2019-3 · 1 yr 1 mo

Ontario, Canada

Advanced Research for the design and characterization of display systems for smart-glasses. North, formerly Thalmic Labs, builds smart-glasses focusing strongly on the cosmetic and fashion. An important part of my work is therefore to not only find innovative way to send light to the eye, but also to do it in a way that ensures the display can be seen clearly and comfortably for the wearer while making it as discreet as possible from an exterior point of view.

Postdoctorant

KIST(Korea Institute of Science and Technology)

2017-9 - 2018-2 · 6 mos

Seoul

PhD candidate

KIST(Korea Institute of Science and Technology)

2014-8 - 2017-8 · 3 yrs 1 mo

My Phd is focused on complex digital holography. It includes several parts from the recording to the display of 3D images. The main focuses were the study of Optical Scanning Holography for the capture of complex hologram, and the conversion of complex information into binary format with the Direct Binary Search algorithm.

Research Trainee

KIST(Korea Institute of Science and Technology)

2013-9 - 2014-8 · 1 yr

Corée du Sud

Research on 3D display and digital holography. - capture of complex information : single pixel, optical scanning holography, phase shifting, CGH. - image processing : phase retrieval, conversion into binary format - display : holographic reconstruction, complex modulation - interaction : study the effect of 3D images on human visual system, development of a brain computer interface

Apprenti

Saint-Gobain

2010-11 - 2013-8 · 2 yrs 10 mos

Aubervilliers

R&D in the fields of Metrology and Optical measurements. 3 years of apprenticeship in parallel of the formation followed at the "Institut d'Optique Graduate School" Description of the main topics of research : - Tomography imaging for sample characterization - Development of a set-up for hyperspectral imaging in order to characterize glass samples - Development of an on-line optical measurement procedure to quantify the planarity of the glass