Publications

2024

Scalable ultra-strong light–matter coupling at THz frequencies using graded alloy parabolic quantum wells
P. Goulain, M. Jeannin, C. Deimert, T. Blaikie, S. Pirotta, A. Wright, A. De Vetter, M. Mičica, S. Dhillon, Z. R. Wasilewski, R. Colombelli and J.-M. Manceau
Appl. Phys. Lett. 125, 153503 (2024)

Ultrafast (≈10 GHz) mid-IR modulator based on ultrafast electrical switching of the light–matter coupling
M. Malerba, S. Pirotta, G. Aubin, L. Lucia, M. Jeannin, J.-M. Manceau, A. Bousseksou, Q. Lin, J.-F. Lampin, E. Peytavit, S. Barbieri, L. H. Li, A. G. Davies, E. H. Linfield and R. Colombelli
Appl. Phys. Lett. 125, 041101 (2024)

Multiple micro-cavity vibro-polaritons formation with different vibrational bands of the methylene group
M. Malerba, M. Jeannin , P. Goulain , A. Bousseksou , R. Colombelli , J.-M. Manceau
Photonics Nanostructures: Fundam. Appl. 61, 101292 (2024)

Effective-density-matrix approach for intersubband plasmons coupled to a cavity field: Electrical extraction and injection of intersubband polaritons
M. Lagrée, M. Jeannin, G. Quinchard, S. Pes, A. Evirgen, A. Delga, V. Trinité, and R. Colombelli
Phys. Rev. Applied 21, 034002 (2024)

2023

Low intensity saturation of an ISB transition by a mid-IR quantum cascade laser
M. Jeannin, E. Cosentino, S. Pirotta, M. Malerba, G. Biasiol, J.-M. Manceau, R. Colombelli
Appl. Phys. Lett. 122, 241107 (2023)

Theory of coherent optical nonlinearities of intersubband transitions in semiconductor quantum wells
R. Cominotti, H. A. M. Leymann, J. Nespolo, J.-M. Manceau, M. Jeannin, R. Colombelli, and I. Carusotto
Phys. Rev. B 107, 115431 (2023)

THz Ultra-Strong Light–Matter Coupling up to 200 K with Continuously-Graded Parabolic Quantum Wells
P. Goulain, C. Deimert, M. Jeannin, S. Pirotta, W. J. Pasek, Z. Wasilewski, R. Colombelli, J.-M. Manceau
Adv. Optical Mater. 11, 2202724 (2023)

Low temperature deposition of vanadium dioxide on III–V semiconductors and integration on mid-infrared quantum cascade lasers
L. Boulley, T. Maroutian, P. Goulain, A. Babichev, A. Egorov, L. Li, E.H. Linfield, R. Colombelli, A. Bousseksou
AIP Advances 13, 015315 (2023)

2022

Magnetic-field-induced cavity protection for intersubband polaritons
D.De Bernardis, M. Jeannin, JM Manceau, R. Colombelli, A. Tredicucci, I. Carusotto
Phys. Rev. B 106, 224206 (2022)

Detection of strong light-matter interaction at the nano-scale with a thermal transducer
Malerba, S. Sotgiu, A. Schirato, L. Baldassarre, R. Gilibert, V. Giliberti, M. Jeannin, J-M. Manceau, L. Li, A.G. Davies, E.H. Linfield, A. Alabastri, M. Ortolani, R. Colombelli
ACS Nano 16, 20141 (2022)

Multi-subband plasmons: beyond the parabolicity in the semiclassical model
W.J. Pasek, C. Deimert, P. Goulain, J-M Manceau, R. Colombelli, Z.R. Wasilewski
Phys. Rev. B 106, 115303 (2022)

Intersubband polariton-polariton scattering in a dispersive microcavity
M. Knorr, J.M. Manceau, J. Mornhinweg, J. Nespolo, G. Biasiol, N.L. Tran, M. Malerba, P. Goulain, X. Lafosse, M. Jeannin, M. Stefinger, I. Carusotto, C. Lange, R. Colombelli, R. Huber
Phys. Rev. Lett. 128, 247401 (2022)

A 5.7 THz GaN/AlGaN quantum cascade detector based on polar step quantum wells
P. Quach, A. Jollivet, A. Babichev, N. Isac, M. Morassi, A. Lemaitre, P. A. Yunin, E. Frayssinet, P. de Mierry, M. Jeannin, A. Bousseksou, R. Colombelli, M. Tchernycheva, Y. Cordier, and F. H. Julien
Appl. Phys. Lett. 120, 171103 (2022)

Direct polariton-to-electron tunneling in quantum cascade detectors operating in the strong light-matter coupling regime
M. Lagrée, M. Jeannin, G. Quinchard, O. Ouznali, A. Evirgen, V. Trinité, R. Colombelli, A. Delga
Phys. Rev. Applied 17, 044021 (2022)

2021

Unified description of saturation and bistability of intersubband transitions in the weak and strong light-matter coupling regimes
M Jeannin, JM Manceau, R. Colombelli
Phys. Rev. Lett. 127, 187401 (2021)

A "Janus" double sided mid-IR photodetector based on a MIM architecture
M. Malerba, M. Jeannin, S. Pirotta, L. Li, A.G. Davies, E.H. Linfield, A. Bousseksou, JM Manceau, R. Colombelli
Appl. Phys. Lett. 119, 181102 (2021)

Millimeter wave photonics with terahertz semiconductor lasers
V. Pistore, H. Nong, P-B Vigneron, K. Garrasi, S. Houver, L. Li , A.G. Davies, E.H. Linfield, J. Tignon, J. Mangeney, R. Colombelli, M.S. Vitiello, S. S. Dhillon
Nature Communications 12, Article number: 1427 (2021)

Femtosecond Broadband Frequency Switch of Terahertz Three-Dimensional Meta-Atoms
P. Goulain, A.D. Koulouklidis, J-M Manceau, C. Daskalaki, B. Paulillo, K. Maussang, S. Dhillon, J.R. Freeman, L. Li, E.H. Linfield,
S. Tzortzakis, R. Colombelli
ACS Photonics 8, 1097 (2021)

Ultra-fast quantum-well infared photodetectors operating at 10 micron with flat response up to 70 GHz at room temperature
M. Hakl,Q.Y. Lin, S. Lepillet, J-F. Lampin, S. Pirotta, R. Colombelli, W. J.Wan, J. C. Cao, H. Li, E. Peytavit, S. Barbieri
ACS Photonics 8, 464 (2021)

Fast amplitude modulation of mid-IR free-space beams at room-temperature
Stefano Pirotta, Ngoc-Linh Tran, Giorgio Biasiol, Arnaud Jollivet, Paul Crozat, Jean-Michel Manceau, Adel Bousseksou, Raffaele Colombelli
Nature Communications volume 12, Article number: 799 (2021)

2020

Nanospectroscopy of a Single Patch Antenna Strongly Coupled to a Mid Infra-red Intersubband Transition in a Quantum Well
R. Gillibert, M. Malerba, D. Spirito, V. Giliberti, L. Li, A.G. Davies, E.H. Linfield, L. Baldassarre, R. Colombelli, M. Ortolani
Applied Physic Letters 117, 101104 (2020)

Realization of Harmonic Oscillator Arrays with Graded Semiconductor Quantum Wells
C Deimert, P Goulain, JM Manceau, W Pasek, T Yoon, A Bousseksou, NY Kim, R Colombelli, ZR Wasilewski
Physical Review Letters 125 (9), 097403 (2020)

Excitons bound by photon exchange
E. Cortese, N.-L. Tran, J.-M. Manceau, A. Bousseksou, I. Carusotto, G. Biasiol, R. Colombelli, S. De Liberato
Nature Physics, 1-5, (2020)

Ultrafast response of harmonic modelocked THz lasers
F. Wang, V. Pistore, M. Riesch, H. Nong, P-B. Vigneron, R. Colombelli, O. Parillaud, J. Mangeney, J. Tignon, C. Jirauschek, S. Dhillon Light: Science & Applications 9, 51 (2020)

Cavity-based photoconductive sources for real-time terahertz imaging
J. Hawecker, V. Pistore, A. Minasyan, K. Maussang, J. Palomo, I. Sagnes, J.-M. Manceau, R. Colombelli, J. Tignon, J. Mangeney, S. S. Dhillon
Photonics Research Vol. 8, Issue 6, pp. 858-863 (2020)

2019

Compact and sensitive heterodyne receiver at 2.7 THz exploiting a quasi-optical HEB-QCL coupling scheme
F. Joint, G. Gay, P.-B. Vigneron, T. Vacelet, S. Pirotta, R. Lefevre, Y. Jin, L. H. Li, A. G. Davies, E. H. Linfield, Y. Delorme, R. Colombelli
Appl. Phys. Lett. 115, 231104 (2019)

Giant optical nonlinearity interferences in quantum structures
S. Houver, A. Lebreton, T. A. S. Pereira, G. Xu, R. Colombelli, I. Kundu, L. H. Li, E. H. Linfield, A. G. Davies, J. Mangeney, J. Tignon, R. Ferreira, S. S. Dhillon
Sci. Adv. 5, eaaw7554 (2019)

III-nitride on silicon electrically injected microrings for nanophotonic circuits
F. Tabataba-Vakili, S. Rennesson, B. Damilano, E. Frayssinet, J.-Y. Duboz, F. Semond, I. Roland, B. Paulillo, R. Colombelli, M. El Kurdi, X. Checoury, S. Sauvage, L. Doyennette, C. Brimont, T. Guillet, B. Gayral, P. Boucaud
Optics Express 27, 11800 (2019)

High-speed THz spectroscopic imaging at ten kilohertz pixel rate with amplitude and phase contrast
M. Beck, T. Plotzing, K. Maussang, J. Palomo, R. Colombelli, I. Sagnes, J. Mangeney, J. Tignon, S.S. Dhillon, G. Klatt, A. Bartels
Optics Express 27, 10866 (2019)

Quantum well infrared photo-detectors operating in the strong light-matter coupling regime
P-B. Vigneron, S. Pirotta, I. Carusotto, N-L. Tran, G. Biasiol , J-M. Manceau, A. Bousseksou, R. Colombelli
Appl. Phys. Lett. 114, 131104 (2019)

Evidence of Intersubband Linewidth Narrowing Using Growth Interruption Technique
N-L. Tran, G. Biasiol, A. Jollivet, A. Bertocci, F.H. Julien, J-M. Manceau, R. Colombelli
Photonics 6, 38 (2019)

Strong coupling of ionising transitions
E. Cortese, I. Carusotto, R. Colombelli, S. De Liberato
Optica 6, 354 (2019)

III-V on CaF2: a possible waveguiding platform for mid-IR photonic devices
N-L Tran, M. Malerba, A. Talneau, G. Biasiol, O. Ouznali, A. Bousseksou, J-M. Manceau, R. Colombelli
Optics Express 27,1672 (2019)

2018

Short infrared wavelength quantum cascade detectors based on m-plane ZnO/ZnMgO quantum wells
 A. Jollivet, B. Hinkov, S. Pirotta, S. Derelle, J. Jaeck, M. Tchernycheva, R. Colombelli, A. Bousseksou, M. Hughes, N. Le Bigan, J. Tamayo-Arriola, M. Montes Bajo, L. Rigutti, A. Hierro, G. Strasser, J.-M. Chauveau, F.H. Julien
Applied Physics. Letters 113, 251104 (2018)

Advanced and Reliable GaAs/AlGaAs ICP-DRIE etching for Optolectronic,Microelectronic and Microsystem applications
P-B. Vigneron, F. Joint, N. Isac, R. Colombelli, E. Herth
Microelectronic Engineering, in press (2018)

Resonant intersubband polariton-LO phonon scattering in an optically pumped polaritonic device
J-M. Manceau, N-L. Tran, G. Biasiol, T. Laurent, I Sagnes, G. Beaudoin, S. De Liberato, I. Carusotto, R. Colombelli
Applied Physics Letters 112, 191106 (2018)

Intersubband polaritons at λ=2 micron in the InAs/AlSb system
P. Laffaille, J-M. Manceau, T. Laurent, A. Bousseksou, L. Le Gratiet, R. Teissier, A. Baranov, R. Colombelli
Applied Physics Letters 112, 201113 (2018)

2017

Immunity of intersubband polaritons to inhomogeneous broadening
J-M. Manceau, G. Biasiol, N.L. Tran, I. Carusotto, R. Colombelli
Phys. Rev. B 96, 235301 (2017)

Ultrafast terahertz detectors based on three-dimensional meta-atoms
B. Paulillo, S. Pirotta, H. Nong, P. Crozat, S. Guilet, G. Xu, S. Dhillon, L. H. Li, A.G. Davies, E.H. Linfield, R. Colombelli,
Optica 4, 1451 (2017)

Short Terahertz Pulse Generation from a Dispersion Compensated Modelocked Semiconductor Laser
F. Wang, Q.H. Nong, T. Fobbe, V. Pistore, S. Houver, S. Markmann, N. Jukam, M. Amanti, C. Sirtori, S. Moumdji, R. Colombelli, L. Li, E.Linfield, G. Davies, J. Mangeney, J. Tignon, S. Dhillon
Laser and Photonics Reviews 11, 1700013 (2017)

Monolithic echo-less photoconductive switches as a high-resolution detector for terahertz time-domain spectroscopy
K. Maussang, J. Palomo, J.-M. Manceau, R. Colombelli, I. Sagnes, L. H. Li, E. H. Linfield, A. G. Davies, J. Mangeney, J. Tignon, S. Dhillon
Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 141102 (2017)

Surface emitting thermally assisted polaritonic light-emitting device
D. Chastanet, J.-M. Manceau, T. Laurent, A. Bousseksou, G. Beaudoin, I. Sagnes, R. Colombelli
Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 081108 (2017)

Short-wave infrared (λ=3 um) intersubband polaritons in the GaN/AlN system
T. Laurent, J-M. Manceau, E. Monroy, C.B Lim, S. Rennesson, F. Semond, F.H. Julien, R. Colombelli
Appl. Phys. Lett. 110, 131102 (2017)

2016

Terahertz master-oscillator power-amplifier quantum cascade lasers
H. Zhu, F. Wang, Q. Yan, C. Yu, J. Chen, G. Xu, L. He, L. Li, L. Chen., A. G. Davies, E. H. Linfield, J. Hao, P-B. Vigneron, R. Colombelli
Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 231105 (2016)

Extraction-controlled terahertz frequency quantum cascade lasers with a diagonal LO-phonon extraction and injection stage
Y. J. Han, L. H. Li, A. Grier, L. Chen, A. Valavanis, J. Zhu, J. R. Freeman, N. Isac, R. Colombelli, P. Dean, A. G. Davies, E. H. Linfield
Opt. Express 24, 28583 (2016)

Towards strong light-matter coupling at the single-resonator level with sub-wavelength mid-infrared nano-antennas
M. Malerba, T. Ongarello, B. Paulillo, J.-M. Manceau, G. Beaudoin, I. Sagnes, F. De Angelis, R. Colombelli,
Appl. Phys. Lett. 109, 021111 (2016)

Room temperature strong light-matter coupling in three dimensional terahertz meta-atoms
B. Paulillo, J.-M. Manceau, L.H. Li, A.G. Davies, E.H. Linfield, R. Colombelli
Appl. Phys. Lett. 108, 101101 (2016)