Infrared/Teraherz Detectors & Imagers
Research Team

Background:

• Engineer degree and Master degree in Electronics (1992)

• PhD degree in Electronics, UPMC (1996)

• Enabling degree to supervise PhD studies (HDR), UPMC (2004)

• Grand Prix de l’Électronique du Général Ferrié (2006)

• Full Professor at UPMC (2008) - Research activities at LGEP (now GeePs)

• Head of the Materials and Devices: from Microwave to the Infrared Team (2007-14)

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Research interests:

• Materials science: High temperature superconductors; Semiconductors; Dielectrics; Thin films; Microstructures; Electrical transport characterization

• Electronic devices and related instrumentation: Micro/nanotechnologies; Microwave passive components;  Infrared (near-IR and far-IR/Terahertz) radiation bolometric detectors for imaging applications

• Coordinator of the EU NANOTIME project (NANostructures of Oxides for Terahertz IMaging Exploration; Marie Curie Host Fellowship Programme; 2005-09)

• Coordinator of a French multi-training program (PPF-UPMC, Terahertz imaging, 2005-09)

• Coordinator of the ANR Blanc 2011 project MASTHER (Miniaturized All-Solid state Terahertz HEterodyne Receiver, 2011-2015)

• Currently developing THz imaging (cooled and uncooled) arrays

 

Teaching at Sorbonne Université (formerly UPMC):

• Pedagogical project funded by CapSule - Sorbonne Université (May 2018): Virtual Module for Learning Electric Circuits

• Licence (BSc) 1st Year: Fundamentals of Electronics (Spring 2020-...)

• Licence (BSc) 1st Year: Mechanics & Physics I (Fall 2019-...)

• Licence (BSc) 1st Year: Introduction to Environmental Issues (Winter 2023-...)

• Licence (BSc) 2nd Year: Materials for Electronics (Fall 2019-...)

• Licence (BSc) 2nd Year: Energy and Sensors (Fall 2016-...)

• Licence (BSc) 3rd Year: Technics and Devices for Analog and Digital Electronics (Spring 2016-...)

• Master (MSc) 1st Year: Thermal Sensors (Spring 2014-...)

• Master (MSc) 2nd Year: Thin Films and MEMS (Fall 2014-...)

 

Former courses:

• Licence (BSc) 2nd Year: Fundamentals of Microelectronics (2014-2019)

• Licence (BSc) 1st Year: Mechanics and Electronics (2013-2019)

• Licence (BSc) 2nd Year: Physics for Life Science (2009-2016)

• Licence (BSc) 1st Year: Physics (2004-2013)

 

Teaching at CentraleSupélec:

• Speciality "Micro and Nano-Electronics" 3rd Year: Infrared Detection and Imaging: From Materials to Systems (Fall 2015-...)

 

Some relevant publications:

1. A. Cheneau, A. Dégardin, and A. Kreisler, “Mixed oxide provides an efficient solution to near infrared detection,” SPIE Security & Defense 2023, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Proc. SPIE 12737, Electro-Optical and Infrared Systems: Technology and Applications XX, 1273704 (2023). doi: 10.1117/12.2680357

2. A F. Dégardin, V.S. Jagtap, and A. J. Kreisler, "Semiconducting amorphous Y-Ba-Cu-O: an attractive material for fast and sensitive thermal sensing in the NIR to THz range," Photonics West, San Francisco, USA (1-6 February 2020), Oral presentation. Proc. SPIE 11279, Terahertz, RF, Millimeter, and Submillimeter-Wave Technology and Applications XIII, 1127909 (2 March 2020); doi: 10.1117/12.2546590

3. R. Ladret, A. Dégardin, V. Jagtap, and A. Kreisler, "THz Mixing with High-TC Hot Electron Bolometers: a Performance Modeling Assessment for Y-Ba-Cu-O Devices," Photonics 6 (7), 26 pages (2019). doi:10.3390/photonics6010007

4.  A.F. Dégardin, M. Razanoelina, X. Galiano, Y. Méautte, M. Tonouchi, and A.J. Kreisler, "Semiconducting Y-Ba-Cu-O Uncooled Detectors: Feasibility of THz Pyroelectric Sensing," International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and THz Waves (IRMMW-THz 2018), Nagoya, Japan (9-14 September 2018), Oral presentation. IEEE Proc. DOI: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2018.8510161

5. M. Razanoelina, S. Ohashi, I. Kawayama, H. Murakami, A.F. Dégardin, A.J. Kreisler, and M. Tonouchi “Measurable lower limit of thin film conductivity with parallel plate waveguide terahertz time domain spectroscopy,” Optics Letters 42 (15), pp. 3056-3059 (2017).

6. A.F. Dégardin, V.S. Jagtap, X. Galiano, and A.J. Kreisler, “Semiconducting Y-Ba-Cu-O thin films sputtered on MgO and SiOx/Si substrates: Morphological, electrical and optical properties for infrared sensing applications,” Thin Solid Films 601, pp. 93-98 (2016).

7. X. Galiano, A.F. Dégardin, V.S. Jagtap, and A.J. Kreisler, “Fast pyroelectric response of semiconducting Y-Ba-Cu-O detectors with high IR sensitivity,” International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and THz Waves (IRMMW-THz 2015), Hong Kong (23-28 August 2015), Oral presentation # H1D-2, IEEE Proc. DOI: 10.1109/IRMMW-THz.2015.7327488

8. R. Ladret, A.J. Kreisler, and A.F. Dégardin, “YBCO-Constriction Hot Spot Modeling: DC and RF Descriptions for HEB THz Mixer Noise Temperature and Conversion Gain,” IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 25 (3), p. 2300505 (2015).

9. I. Türer, A.F. Dégardin, and A.J. Kreisler, “UWB Antennas for CW Terahertz Imaging: Geometry Choice Criteria,” Ultra-Wideband, Short-Pulse Electromagnetics 10, F. Sabath and E.L. Mokole Eds., Springer, Chap. 42, pp. 463-472 (2014).

10. R.G. Ladret, A.F. Dégardin, and A.J. Kreisler, "Nano-patterning and hot spot modeling of YBCO ultrathin film constrictions for THz mixers," IEEE Trans. Appl. Supercond. 23 (3), p. 23003305 (2013)