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Coordinators : Mauro ANTEZZA and Vincent JACQUES
Secretary : Tél. : +33 (0) 4 67 14 37 87 - Fax : +33 (0) 4 67 14 37 60
Research fields
The PEPS division is composed of experimentalists and theorists, having a common interest in radiation-matter interaction, considered either as an object or as a tool for our studies. It gathers three research teams:
– The "Theory of Light-Matter and Quantum Phenomena (RMPQ)" team, developing its activity around 6 main topics:
Non-equilibrium quantum dynamics | Casimir-Lifshitz interactions | Heat transfer | Complex quantum systems | Many-body physics | Nanophotonics and plasmonics |
Two teams gathering experimentalists :
– the "Optics of collective states and Spin (OECS)" team
– the "Solid-State Quantum Technologies (S2QT)" team
They develop their activity around 6 main topics:
Spin Physics | Collective Quantum States | Wide bandgap materials and UV photonics |
2D Materials | Nanophotonics and metamaterials | Solid-state Quantum Technologies |
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Experimental Plateforms
The experimental activities rely on advanced facilities including:
Spectroscopy down to the UV spectral range | Magneto-optics |
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Join us
The division offers many opportunities for internship, at all level and duration. It also offers PhD or postdoctoral positions. These offers include:
– Internship : Thermal sensing at nanoscale with a single spin qubit
– Internship : Imaging magnetism at nanoscale with a quantum magnetometer
– Internship : Identifying spin qubit defects in wide bandgap materials
– Internship : Optical thermotronics
– Internship/PhD (Master, rather 2nd year, or PhD):Optical spectroscopy of indirect excitons->doc1517]
– Master Internship: Waveguide Polariton Lasers: from optical pumping to electrical injection
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Electric conductivity in graphene: Kubo model versus a nonlocal quantum field theory model ![]() Author(s): Rodriguez-Lopez Pablo, Wang Jian-Sheng, Antezza M. (Article) Published: Physical Review B, vol. 111 p.115428 (2025) |
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Ultrawhite structural starch film for sustainable cooling ![]() Author(s): Liu Yang, Caratenuto Andrew, Zhang Xuguang, Mu Ying, Jeyar Y., Antezza M., Zheng Yi (Article) Published: Journal Of Materials Chemistry A, vol. p. (2025) |
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Flexible tuning of asymmetric near-field radiative thermal transistor by utilizing distinct phase-change materials ![]() Author(s): Zhang Hexiang, Zhang Xuguang, Chen Fangqi, Antezza M., Zheng Yi (Article) Published: Applied Physics Letters, vol. 126 p. (2025) |