General information
Organisation
The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission (CEA) is a key player in research, development and innovation in four main areas :
• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.
Drawing on its widely acknowledged expertise, and thanks to its 16000 technicians, engineers, researchers and staff, the CEA actively participates in collaborative projects with a large number of academic and industrial partners.
The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
Reference
SL-DRT-25-0537
Direction
DRT
Thesis topic details
Category
Technological challenges
Thesis topics
TeraHertz Landau emission in HgTe/CdTe topological quantum wells
Contract
Thèse
Job description
Quantum well heterostructures of HgTe/CdTe are known as topological insulators. They inherit very peculiar electronic properties. One of them is the ability of producing TeraHertz emission from inter-Landau energy level optical transitions. These transitions can be envisioned to lead to coherent optical sources in spectral range where they are basically absent. The PhD Thesis consists in elaborating and characterizing HgTe/CdTe multiple quantum well structures by epitaxy, process them in order to add functionality through optical cavities metallic report or deposition and electrical gating, and finally carry out full range optical spectroscopy of Landau emission in magnetic fields. The PhD will be carried out in a collaborative environment between CEA-Leti and Institut Néel (CNRS) in Grenoble, France, two leading laboratories in the expertise in material growth and Physics of HgTe/CdTe topological insulator systems. The results will help to understand the potential of application of this peculiar material system in TeraHertz laser sources and hopefully lead to the first demonstration of spontaneous emission in the TeraHerz range.
University / doctoral school
Ecole Doctorale de Physique de Grenoble (EdPHYS)
Université Grenoble Alpes
Thesis topic location
Site
Grenoble
Requester
Position start date
01/10/2025
Person to be contacted by the applicant
BALLET Philippe
philippe.ballet@cea.fr
CEA
DRT/DPFT/SMTP/LMP
CEA/Grenoble
17, rue des Martyrs
38054 Grenoble cedex 9
0438782930
Tutor / Responsible thesis director
ORLITA Milan
milan.orlita@lncmi.cnrs.fr
CNRS - INstitut Néel
LNCMI
LNCMI
Institut Néel - CNRS
Rue des Martyrs
38000 Grenoble, France
(+33)(0)4.76.88.70.14
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