June 13, 2024
Aristide Lemaitre awarded the CNRS 2024 silver medal
Aristide Lemaître, CNRS Research Director at C2N, is developing new III-V semiconductor-based materials to meet the needs of numerous national and international teams [...] He …
June 13, 2024
Aristide Lemaitre awarded the CNRS 2024 silver medal
Aristide Lemaître, CNRS Research Director at C2N, is developing new III-V semiconductor-based materials to meet the needs of numerous national and international teams [...] He …
July 8, 2024
Our PhD students are talented | Portrait of Dyhia Tamsaout PhD student in the materials department
Dyhia TAMSAOUT is a 3rd year PhD student in C2N's Materials Department. Dyhia holds a Bachelor's degree in Fundamental Physics and Applications and a …
June 26, 2024
C2N organizes a new edition of the National Semiconductor Nanowire Days
The J2N brings together the French scientific community working on nanowires. The aim is to review the activities at the national level on crystal growth, …
May 16, 2024
Celebration of International Day of Light
International Day of Light is celebrated on May 16, the anniversary of the first successful laser operation in 1960 by physicist and engineer Theodore Maiman …
July 5, 2024
The Prix international Lumières Arnulf-Françon 2023 is awarded to the collective work “Le photovoltaïque solaire en France (nouvelle édition) : réalité, potentiel et défis”.
What is the current state of solar photovoltaic development in France? What role can it play in France's future energy mix ? This free guide …
April 30, 2024
Designing matter on a nanometric scale : report from C2N in L'Usine Nouvelle magazine
"Editing electronic circuits, preparing samples for transmission electron microscopy or creating nanopores... the capabilities of focused ion beams are numerous. But they all have one …
April 18, 2024
On-Chip Electro-Optic Frequency-Comb Generation at 8 µm wavelength
The development of compact systems operating in the long-wave infrared wavelength range is of high interest for spectroscopic and sensing applications. There is currently a …
March 15, 2024
e-miRgency : the new spin-off from C2N's research work
Founded in January 2024 and housed at C2N, this start-up aims to exploit a patented technology based on microfluidics and electrochemistry to detect nucleic acids …
May 2, 2024
Video report : Stephen Hawking's black hole hypothesis tested in the lab by two C2N researchers
According to Stephen Hawking's theory, black holes should emit particles. But this radiation is too weak to be observed. To try and understand this phenomenon, …
April 16, 2024
Indentation of a ternary 2D material membrane coupled with local optical measurement
Straintronics involves the manipulation and regulation of the electronic characteristics of 2D materials through the use of macro- and nano-scale strain engineering. In this study, …
Research
The centre develops research in the fields of material science, nanophotonics, nanoelectronics, nanobiotechnologies and microsystems, as well as in nanotechnologies. Its research activites cover all the range from fondamental to applied science.
The scientific project revolves around 10 major scientific challenges which are common to the 4 departments and federate research within the laboratory.
Jobs
Each year, researchers, engineers and technicians from around the world apply for CNRS or Paris-Saclay University positions to carry out their activity at C2N.
A number of internship, PhD position and Post-doc opportunities are also open at C2N.
Facility
The C2N gathers 3 plateforms into the Technology Facility and 3 platforms of expertise in instrumentation and characterization (optical and multiphysics).
The C2N Technology Facility belongs to the national nanofabrication network (Renatech network).
05/Apr/2024 - 10 a.m.
LGTBQIA+ diversity in STEM: Current situation and actions for equality
Did you know that one out of three trans scientists suffer harassment at their workplace? Or that only 14% of bisexual STEM professionals are out …
12/Apr/2024 - 11 a.m.
Silicon Photonics for LiDAR, Augmented Reality, Biophotonics, Quantum Engineering, and Beyond
Abstract
By enabling the integration of millions of micro-scale optical components on compact millimeter-scale
computer chips, silicon photonics is positioned to enable next-generation optical technologies …
26/Apr/2024 - 10 a.m.
Optimized photonic integrated devices for free space applications
Abstract
Photonic integration offers great potentialities for the realization of compact, light-weight, and low-cost systems for free-space applications, noteworthy in the field of 3D imaging …
07/Jun/2024 - 10 a.m.
Assembling quantum matter one atom at a time
Abstract
Over the last twenty years, physicists have learned to manipulate individual quantum objects: atoms, ions, molecules, quantum circuits, electronic spins... It is now possible …
20/Jun/2024 - 11 a.m.
Charge Density Wave orientational transition under mechanical deformation
Charge density wave (CDW) systems have known a renewed interest in recent years, since its discovery near the superconducting phase of many compounds [1]. It …
21/Jun/2024 - 10:30 a.m.
Carbon footprint of research laboratories: from estimation to mitigation
Abstract
Research into the environmental footprint of research activities has gained momentum in the past three years, thanks in particular to the creation of the …
17/Jul/2024 - 10 a.m.
Neuro inspired computing with excitable microlasers
17/Jul/2024 - 2 p.m.
Design, study, and fabrication of coupled cavity arrays for investigating non-hermitian zero-modes
23/Jul/2024 - 2:30 p.m.
Spin noise spectroscopy of single spins using single detected photons
Quantum emitters capable of high-fidelity and high-rate operation are the cornerstone of photonic quantum technologies, which require increasing precision in the manipulation of single qubits. …
08/Nov/2023 - 2 p.m.
Along the edges of crystal growth:planar, nanostructured and van der Waals epitaxy
Many semiconducting materials used in electronic devices are crystalline solids, in which atoms are ordered by well-defined symmetries. These synthetic (man-made) crystalline solids are obtained …
08/Dec/2023 - 9:30 a.m.
(in french) Photonique quantique intégrée : Orchestrer modes ou photons