C2N – News

Scientists develop an ultra-fast laser modulator for the mid-IR

Feb. 5, 2021 - Raffaele Colombelli

Applications based on mid-infrared radiation have grown at a very rapid pace, with clear links to environmental applications. Mid-IR cameras have propelled the field of thermal imaging, that permits to optimize and reduce thermal dissipation. In addition, the invention …

Exploiting the non-ideality of memristor devices can allow AI at the edge

Jan. 18, 2021 - Damien Querlioz

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is currently offering incredible applications, but at the cost of a very high energy consumption. For these reasons, embedded objects like medical devices need to connect to the cloud to access AI, raising issues in terms …

Delivery of the new III-V Pegase MOCVD reactor at C2N

Jan. 15, 2021 - Service communication

Laurent VIVIEN, C2N Deputy Director, head of the photonics department, elected Fellow of SPIE

Jan. 11, 2021 - Service communication

Congratulations to Laurent VIVIEN, C2N Deputy Director, head of the photonics department, elected to 2021 Fellow of SPIE - the International society for optics and photonics, after being elected to Fellow of the European Optical Society (EOS) and of the …

Source of correlated photons made (very) small!

Jan. 6, 2021 - Fabrice Raineri, équipe TONIQ

Teams at Thales and C2N (CNRS/UPSaclay/UParis) have developed a novel miniaturized source of light called Photonic Crystal Optical Parametric Oscillator. An Optical Parametric Oscillator (OPO) is similar to a laser in that it generates coherent light, namely photons …