Dr. Paul C. Montgomery
Senior Research Scientist Emeritus at ICube
SPIE Involvement:
Board of Directors | Nominating and Leadership Development Committee | Conference Program Committee | Symposium Chair | Author
Area of Expertise:
Optical instrumentation , High resolution optical microscopy , Unmarked far field optical nanoscopy , Optical metrology , Materials characterization , Scientific communication and research culture
Profile Summary

Paul Montgomery is an Emeritus Senior Research Scientist with the CNRS, at the Engineering science, computer science and imaging laboratory (ICube) in Strasbourg, France. He retired at the beginning of 2024. After doing a PhD in optical instrumentation and interferometry at Loughborough University (UK) in 1987, he carried out post-doctoral work at the University of Montpellier (France) until 1990 in high resolution near IR nanoscopy to study defects in semi-conductor materials. He joined the CNRS in 1991 and did pioneering work in white light interference microscopy, patenting a system and transferring the technology to Fogal Nanotech (Nîmes, France). He developed new modes of measurements beyond that of surface roughness and static 3D structure such as real time measurement of moving surfaces, tomographic imaging of defects inside transparent layers, and local spectroscopic and colorimetric mapping. In 2017, his group was amongst the first 3 to develop super resolution 3D profiling of nanomaterials using Linnik interferometry assisted by glass microspheres with improved lateral resolution. He has also been interested in developing the use of environmental chambers with interference microscopy for measuring specific parameters of materials such as the viscoelastic properties of ultra-thin polymer films, the evaporation of polymer micro-droplets and colloidal layers under immersion.

He has led the group working in interference microscopy since the year 2000, he led the Photonics Instrumentation and Processes (IPP) team at ICube from 2013-2017 and was head of the D-ESSP (electronics, systems and photonics) department and Deputy Director of ICube from 2018-2022. He has been the local Chair of SPIE Photonics Europe (Strasbourg, France) since 2018 and is presently a Member of the SPIE Board. He received the French National PEDR financial award for scientific excellence in research and education from 2018-2021 and is a Senior Member of SPIE, and a Member of IOP and SFO
Publications (48)

Proceedings Article | 20 June 2024 Presentation
Proceedings Volume PC13006, PC1300617 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3016948
KEYWORDS: Design, Objectives, Microscopes, Biological samples, Water, Silicon, Refractive index, Open source software, Software development, Fluorescence

Proceedings Article | 19 June 2024 Presentation
Nina Dufour, Maud Legrand, Emmanuel Martins Seromenho, Paul Montgomery, Simon Chatelin, Amir Nahas
Proceedings Volume PC13010, PC130100H (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3017552
KEYWORDS: Elastography, Ultrasonography, Magnetic resonance imaging, Tissues, Tissue optics, Simulations, Optical coherence, Finite difference methods, Elasticity, Biomedical applications

Proceedings Article | 13 March 2024 Poster
Nina Dufour, Maud Legrand, Emmanuel Martins Seromenho, Paul Montgomery, Amir Nahas
Proceedings Volume PC12844, PC128440W (2024) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.3002345
KEYWORDS: Elastography, Video, Endoscopes, Endoscopy, Tumors, Colorectal cancer, Ultrasonography, Optical coherence, Magnetic resonance imaging, Light sources and illumination

Proceedings Article | 16 August 2023 Presentation
Proceedings Volume 12618, 126180O (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2673958
KEYWORDS: Laser interferometry, Stainless steel, Physical coherence, Oxides, Surface roughness, Spectroscopy, Spectral response, Reflectance spectroscopy, Nanosecond lasers, Metals

Proceedings Article | 30 May 2022 Presentation
Proceedings Volume PC12152, (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2631094

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Conference Committee Involvement (13)
SPIE Photonics Europe
12 April 2026 | Strasbourg, France
Optics and Photonics for Advanced Dimensional Metrology III
9 April 2024 | Strasbourg, France
SPIE Photonics Europe
7 April 2024 | Strasbourg, France
Optics and Photonics for Advanced Dimensional Metrology II
5 April 2022 | Strasbourg, France
SPIE Photonics Europe
3 April 2022 | Strasbourg, France
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