Télécommunications Optiques (GTO)Optical Telecommunications (GTO)
Laboratoire :Laboratory:
Laboratoire Traitement et Communication de l'Information (LTCI)Information Processing and Communication Laboratory (LTCI)
Département :Department:
Communications et Électronique (Comelec)Communications and Electronics (Comelec)
Moustapha El Kurdi is a Full Professor at Télécom Paris, where he has been leading the GTO (Groupe Télécom Optique) team since September 2025. He received his M.S. degree in physics from the University of Paris-Sud XI (Orsay) in 1999, followed by a Ph.D. in physics from the same institution in 2003. He later obtained his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) in 2017. From 2004 to August 2025, he served as an Associate Professor at the University of Paris-Sud (which later became Université Paris-Saclay). During this period, he conducted the majority of his research at the Center for Nanosciences and Nanotechnologies (C2N).
He is a recognized expert in the electronic band structure engineering of quantum semiconductor heterostructures, as well as in the design and fabrication of on-chip photonic devices operating in the near- and mid-infrared ranges. In particular, he has made major contributions to the development of silicon-compatible group-IV semiconductor laser technologies, leveraging GeSn alloys and strain engineering in optical microcavity-structured materials. An active contributor to the research community, he has participated in and led several national (ANR) and European programs. He has also developed strong collaborations with leading industrial partners and international academic institutions. He is the author of over 140 scientific publications (h-index 38). On the educational front, after teaching electronics and optics at the university level, he now lectures on photonics, laser physics, and semiconductor materials at Télécom Paris.
Research activities
His research interest concerns silicon photonics, and Mid-IR lasers and imagers.
Teaching activities
Laser, Photonics, Material science and engineering