Frédéric Grillot

Frédéric Grillot is a French physicist and professor whose academic work is in the fields of optoelectronics and photonics, with a focus on semiconductor lasers and quantum optical technologies. As of 2025, he holds a professorship at Université Laval in Quebec, Canada and serves as a Research Affiliate at the University of California Santa Barbara. His work includes studies on quantum dot laser, nonlinear optics, photonic chaos encryption, and optical communications including mid-infrared free-space transmission using quantum cascade technology (lasers, modulators, and detectors) near room temperature.