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Thibault Laurent

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arXiv2020

Semiconductor quantum plasmonics

We investigate the frontier between classical and quantum plasmonics in highly doped semiconductor layers. The choice of a semiconductor platform instead of metals for our study permits an accurate description of the quantum nature of the electrons constituting the plasmonic response, which is a crucial requirement for quantum plasmonics. Our quantum model allows us to calculate the collective plasmonic resonances from the electronic states determined by an arbitrary one-dimensional potential. Our approach is corroborated with experimental spectra, realized on a single quantum well, in which higher order longitudinal plasmonic modes are present. We demonstrate that their energy depends on the plasma energy, as it is also the case for metals, but also on the size confinement of the constituent electrons. This work opens the way towards the applicability of quantum engineering techniques for semiconductor plasmonics.

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arXiv2015

Radiatively broadened thermal emitters

We study the incandescence of a semiconductor system characterized by a radiatively broadened material excitation. We show that the shape of the emission spectrum and the peak emissivity value are determined by the ratio between radiative and non-radiative relaxation rates of the material mode. Our system is a heavily doped quantum well, exhibiting a collective bright electronic excitation in the mid-infrared. The spontaneous emission rate of this collective mode strongly depends on the emission direction and, uncommonly for a solid-state system, can dominate non-radiative scattering processes. Consequently the incandescence spectrum undergoes strong modifications when the detection angle is varied. Incandescence is modelled solving quantum Langevin equations, including a microscopic description of the collective excitations, decaying into electronic and photonic baths. We demonstrate that the emissivity reaches unity value for a well-defined direction and presents an angular radiative pattern which is very different from that of an oscillating dipole.

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arXiv2015

Spatial Point Pattern Analysis of the Unidentified Aerial Phenomena in France

We model the unidentified aerial phenomena observed in France during the last 60 years as a spatial point pattern. We use some public information such as population density, rate of moisture or presence of airports to model the intensity of the unidentified aerial phenomena. Spatial exploratory data analysis is a first approach to appreciate the link between the intensity of the unidentified aerial phenomena and the covariates. We then fit an inhomogeneous spatial Poisson process model with covariates. We find that the significant variables are the population density, the presence of the factories with a nuclear risk and contaminated land, and the rate of moisture. The analysis of the residuals shows that some parts of France (the Belgian border, the tip of Britany, some parts in the SouthEast , the Picardie and Haute-Normandie regions, the Loiret and Corr eze departments) present a high value of local intensity which are not explained by our model.

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