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Sébastien Francoeur
B.Ing. (Poly), M.Sc. (Texas Tech), Ph.D. (U. of Colorado - Boulder)
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Full Professor
Department of Engineering Physics
Phone: (514) 340-4711 Ext. 3145 Fax: (514) 340-3218 Room: B-559.6
Areas of expertise
Optics Lasers Electronic properties of solids Surfaces, interfaces and thin films Semiconductors Optical properties Transport properties

Research interests and affiliations

Research interests
  • High spatial resolution optical spectroscopy
  • Nanostructures : conventional quantum boxes, atomic size quantum boxes, nanotubes
  • Electronic structure of materials
  • Atomic electronics
  • Quantum optics
  • Spintronics
Affiliation(s)
Expertise type(s) (NSERC subjects)
  • 3110 Optics (see also photon devices 2505)
  • 3111 Lasers
  • 3302 Electronic properties of solids
  • 3303 Surfaces, interfaces and thin films
  • 3304 Semiconductors
  • 3306 Optical properties
  • 3307 Transport properties

Publications

Recent publications
Journal article
Ethier-Majcher, G., St-Jean, P. & Francoeur, S. (2018). Energy reversal of light- and heavy-hole excitons bound to isoelectronic centers. Physical Review B, 98(11), 6 pages. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.98.115431
Journal article
Favron, A., Goudreault, F.A., Gosselin, V., Groulx, J., Cote, M., Leonelli, R., Germain, J.F., Phaneuf-L'Heureux, A.L., Francoeur, S. & Martel, R. (2018). Second-order Raman scattering in exfoliated black phosphorus. Nano Letters, 18(2), 1018-1027. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b04486
Journal article
Bergeron, A., Ibrahim, J., Leonelli, R. & Francoeur, S. (2017). Oxidation dynamics of ultrathin GaSe probed through Raman spectroscopy. Applied Physics Letters, 110(24), 5 pages. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4986189
Journal article
St-Jean, P., Ethier-Majcher, G., Andre, R. & Francoeur, S. (2016). High-fidelity and ultrafast initialization of a hole-spin bound to a Te isoelectronic center in ZnSe. Physical Review Letters, 117(16), 6 pages. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.167401
See all publications (22)

Teaching

  • PHS2108: Mécanique quantique I
  • PHS3203: Lasers

Supervision at Polytechnique

COMPLETED

  • Ph.D. Thesis (3)

    • Éthier-Majcher, G. (2016). Contrôle optique de qubits liés à des centres isoélectroniques d'azote dans le GaAs (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2191/
    • St-Jean, P. (2016). Dynamics of Excitonic Complexes Bound to Isoelectronic Centers: Toward the Realization of Optically Addressable Qubits (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2329/
    • Monette, G. (2014). Effets magnéto-plasmoniques dans les milieux effectifs composés de métaux ferromagnétiques (Ph.D. Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/1353

  • Master's Thesis (5)

    • Boisvert, D. (2018). Self Assembly and Polymerization of Melanin Building Blocks for Sustainable Electronics (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3198/
    • Germain, J.-F. (2018). Effet de l'oxydation et du dopage sur les modes Raman de couches minces de phosphore noir (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/3259/
    • Ibrahim, J. (2017). Couplage du séléniure de gallium bidimensionnel à des cavités plasmoniques (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/2907/
    • Desjardins-Carrière, M. (2011). Identification des parois des nanotubes de carbon à double-parois par spectroscopie Raman (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/619
    • Ouellet-Plamondon, C. (2010). Magnétophotoluminescence de dyades d'azote uniques dans le GaAs (Master's Thesis, École Polytechnique de Montréal). Retrieved from https://publications.polymtl.ca/346

Awards and honors

News about Sébastien Francoeur

NEWS | January 19, 2018
Federal Environment and Climate Change Minister visits Institut de l'énergie Trottier | Read
NEWS | June 2, 2015
Black phosphorus reveals its secrets thanks to a scientific breakthrough made by a team from Université de Montréal,Polytechnique Montréal and CNRS in France | Read

Press review about Sébastien Francoeur

June 14, 2015, ICI Radio-Canada Première, Les années lumière. Le Graal des matériaux - Le phosphore noir est un conducteur qui pourrait révolutionner l'industrie des hautes technologies. Des chercheurs de Montréal sont parvenus à éviter la dégradation du phosphore noir, qui est de nature très instable, dans des conditions ambiantes. Propos du Pr Sébastien Francoeur.
Other mentions: Nanotechnology Now