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The TeraPACIPODE project, led by IEF, is in the field of terahertz electronics. It address preferentially to high speed telecommunications but also to the new emerging fields in THz electronics. In recent years, numerous studies have concerned active components like often sources, usually detectors,
A novel class of low-profile metasurface lenses, “Holey Metasurfaces,” has been recently proposed in the scientific literature by the principal investigator and a colleague who is a partner of the present ANR. This project is devoted to the investigation of holey metasurfaces by developing a new ana
The integration of reliable quantum sources on a photonic microchip is at heart of intense research in today quantum photonics. The conventional pathways to achieve single photon sources rely on either III-V quantum dot technology or enhanced optical nonlinarities (four wave mixing) in silicon photo
Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) aim at processing and exchanging information by means of electromagnetic waves and electrical currents. For a long time, engineers and researchers have been using materials given by Nature to implement these processes, emit and receive waves and sign
SWANGATE is an ambitious project which aims to develop a new approach for magnonic devices at the nanometer scale. The International Technology Roadmap for Semiconductors has already identified Spin Wave based Devices (SWD) as an alternative to CMOS technology for logic devices. SWD is a type of mag
New-generation communication / security / surveillance / sensing systems for civilian, defense space or airborne applications require real-time ultra-fast self-reconfigurable devices to efficiently optimize their performances (data rate, quality of service, resolution). In this field, the MUFRED pro
While photonics is emerging as an attractive alternative to electronics in high bit rate telecommunication systems, sensors or signal processing devices, there is a need of specific 3D photonic architectures that cannot be easily engineered by clean-room processes. As an example, detection applicati
Although the Mid-Infrared (MIR) and TeraHertz (THz) frequencies (3µm < lambda < 300µm) now benefit from compact and powerful sources of radiation, such as quantum cascade lasers, conversely in the last 20 years the performance of detectors in these spectral ranges has not progressed following the
The main objectives are: Objective 1: to develop a complete hierarchical modeling approach as well as a multi-level design flow allowing reuse, architectural exploration and verification at the system level, and based on an industrially accepted modeling language. Objective 2: to extend a graph-ba
Advances in spintronics will be crucial to sustain progress in computation and data storage in the face of dramatic increases in power consumption in aggressively scaled CMOS devices. Until now, spintronics devices rely on magnetic fields and spin polarized currents, which still generate relatively
Most spintronics devices are today based on the manipulation of spin currents that do not carry electrical charges but can be described as equal flows of electrons with opposite spins in opposite directions. The main operations in spintronics are the creation of spin currents from charge currents (e
We propose a fundamental study, coupled with the exploration of first applications, of the high frequency properties of heavily boron doped superconducting silicon. This non-equilibrium material, synthesized for the first time in our group, is very stable and is obtained by laser doping. We have p
The global objective of the SpecTra project is the in-depth optical investigation at the single particle level of free, only optically trapped nanoparticles. Special considerations will be given to the evolution of the spectroscopic properties as a function of external perturbations. We will focus o
Electromagnetic resonators enhance the light-matter interaction, constituting nowadays an essential building block for scientific and technological developments in optics and optoelectronics. The last fifteen years have seen the emergence of completely novel micro/nano-resonators for operation at op
The main objective of MIMIC-SEL is to create the first-ever electrically-pumped Vertical-Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VCSEL) technology emitting at wavelengths longer than 3µm and operating in CW mode at temperature higher than 300K. The availability of electrically pumped VCSELs at wavelength
Sensors, optical sources and other active or passive optical components need to be pigtailed for an easy integration inside all-fibre architectures. The system design is greatly simplified; it is less sensitive to vibrations and is inherently protected against dust. Using such fibre pigtailed compon
The project aims to investigate new kinds of ultra-broad band and high repetition rate photonic amplifiers with concepts based on nonlinear photonics and ultra-short pulse control. In this JCJC-ANR proposal, we describe several breakthroughs that we will use to create unique photonic sources with th
EdgeFiller proposes an innovative way to create collapsed carbon nanotubes for use as a highly adaptable superior alternative to conventional graphene nanoribbons, currently proposed as a key component for future electronics. These new nanoribbons will be prepared by extracting the outer wall from
The 3D stacking of chips in microelectronics is a solution that allows more compact system integration and higher frequency signals propagation. This project aims at characterizing interconnections buried in the stack of silicon chips by optoelectronic means. Conventional electrical characterization
Physical situations where localized quantum states are strongly coupled to a continuum of electronic excitations are ubiquitous in condensed matter. They all show the same characteristic behavior: a cloud of electronic excitations screens localized degrees of freedom, thus forming a so-called many-b
We live in a digital and connected world that relies on the fast transmission and treatment of numerical data. This is mainly due to the development of the microelectronics industry, which is the basis of most of the modern technological devices. This field currently faces scientific bottlenecks lin
Our project goal is to understand and master the emission of coherent light from organic nanostructures upon excitation with electrical current. Our long-term motivation is the development of active optical components that can be integrated with nanoelectronics on a chip. In particular, we will esta
The goal of the project is to study the potential of optical semiconductor microcavities as THz detectors and emitters. We propose here to explore the possibility of detecting and generating THz radiation in semiconductor microcavities by using THz radiative transitions between polaritonic states. P
In the framework of the LiLit project, a cost- and time-effective technology, with up-scaling possibility and compatibility with standard FBAR processing will be developed, which will be able to offer a wide range of thicknesses, controlled with precision, of highly piezoelectrically coupled LiNbO3
The main goal of “Plug-and-Bose” is to fabricate electrically-injected polariton lasers operating at room-temperature (RT) and to evaluate both theoretically and experimentally their performance as potential low-power-consumption coherent sources. All commercial semiconductor laser diodes today are
Proposal Given recent advances in resonant laser spectroscopy, it becomes evermore tantalizing to envision coherent manipulation of the excited-state populations of single II-VI colloidal quantum dots (CQDs). Such experiments would establish these economical, easy-to-tune, highly fluorescent nano-o
In today’s fast evolution and expansion of wireless communications, the GaN HEMT is a good candidate, taking advantage of its high frequency performance, high breakdown voltage and material robustness. For the next generations of RF power amplifiers, GaN-based technology is the most promising to sat
SPICY is a collaborative project with a duration of 36 months, driven by the laboratory of Physics of Lasers, Atoms and Molecules (PhLAM, UMR CNRS, University of Lille), which consists of a technological research whose main objective will be to develop hybrid optical fibers made of a silica skeleton
The MINOTORES project deals with the fabrication of on chip solid state symetric and hybrid micro-supercapacitors (MSC) on silicon and flexible substrates. These electrochemical energy storage devices should be used to get autonomous smart miniaturized sensors. To reach this goal, 3 complementary la
The project aims at studying electrons confined in quasi two-dimensional (2D) artificial honeycomb lattices specifically designed to generate complex band structures, including Dirac cones and non-trivial flat bands. The superlattices, which can be seen as artificial graphene materials, will be obta
Designing new devices to treat or transmit information ever faster or with a larger flow rate has become an important scientific challenge nowadays. Similarly, controlling light-matter interaction to optimize optical properties of some materials is crucial in the context of energy conversion or imag
