Conference in French: Electron optics in nanoconductors
by Gwendal Fève
10 September 2018 - 10 September 2018
France
Summary:
"Electron optics in nanoconductors"
The progresses in nanofabrication techniques of the semi-conductor industry now make it possible to shape electrical conductors on a few nanometres' scale. In these nano-circuits, matter properties are governed by quantum mechanics, and the propagation of electrons (in particular at low temperature) is no longer described by the motion of classical corpuscules but rather by the propagation of matter waves with strong analogies with the propagation of light in optics. I will present in this seminar experiments illustrating these electron optics in quantum conductors.
References:
Electron quantum optics in ballistic chiral conductors
Erwann Bocquillon, Vincent Freulon, François D Parmentier, Jean‐Marc Berroir, Bernard Plaçais, Claire Wahl, Jérome Rech, Thibaut Jonckheere, Thierry Martin, Charles Grenier, Dario Ferraro, Pascal Degiovanni, Gwendal Fève, Annalen der Physik, 526, 1 (2014).
Coherence and indistinguishability of single electrons emitted by independent sources
Erwann Bocquillon, Vincent Freulon, J-M Berroir, Pascal Degiovanni, Bernard Plaçais, A Cavanna, Yong Jin, Gwendal Fève, Science, 339, 1054 (2013).
A video is available at the following address:
smf.emath.fr/content/une-question-un-chercheur-novembre-2017-gwendal-fève
"Electron optics in nanoconductors"
The progresses in nanofabrication techniques of the semi-conductor industry now make it possible to shape electrical conductors on a few nanometres' scale. In these nano-circuits, matter properties are governed by quantum mechanics, and the propagation of electrons (in particular at low temperature) is no longer described by the motion of classical corpuscules but rather by the propagation of matter waves with strong analogies with the propagation of light in optics. I will present in this seminar experiments illustrating these electron optics in quantum conductors.
References:
Electron quantum optics in ballistic chiral conductors
Erwann Bocquillon, Vincent Freulon, François D Parmentier, Jean‐Marc Berroir, Bernard Plaçais, Claire Wahl, Jérome Rech, Thibaut Jonckheere, Thierry Martin, Charles Grenier, Dario Ferraro, Pascal Degiovanni, Gwendal Fève, Annalen der Physik, 526, 1 (2014).
Coherence and indistinguishability of single electrons emitted by independent sources
Erwann Bocquillon, Vincent Freulon, J-M Berroir, Pascal Degiovanni, Bernard Plaçais, A Cavanna, Yong Jin, Gwendal Fève, Science, 339, 1054 (2013).
A video is available at the following address:
smf.emath.fr/content/une-question-un-chercheur-novembre-2017-gwendal-fève
Keywords
nanoconductors, semi-conductors