Joint Research Unit
Centre de Recherches sur l’HétéroEpitaxie et ses Applications (CRHEA)
- Address :
- Rue Bernard Grégory
Les Lucioles 1
06560 VALBONNE - Email :
- amg@crhea.cnrs.fr
- On the Internet :
- http://www.crhea.cnrs.fr
- Additional contact details :
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General information
Affiliated institutions :Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Reference : UMR7073
Departments : DS 2 : Physique
Organization
Director(s) :- Philippe Boucaud (Directeur)
Staff
Electronics, Optics and Nano teams
a Joint Research Service
• Structural characterization by X-ray diffraction, microscopy (scanning electron, transmission, atomic force, scanning tunneling)
• Optical characterization (spectroscopy, photoluminescence, cathodoluminescence)
• Clean room labeled as a regional technology center (optical and electronic lithography, deposition, engraving)
a Joint Research Service
• Structural characterization by X-ray diffraction, microscopy (scanning electron, transmission, atomic force, scanning tunneling)
• Optical characterization (spectroscopy, photoluminescence, cathodoluminescence)
• Clean room labeled as a regional technology center (optical and electronic lithography, deposition, engraving)
Publications
Jean Massies received the "Al Cho Award" at the 19th international conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy held in Montpellier in September 2016, "for his pioneering work on Molecular Beam Epitaxy of Gallium arsenide, Gallium nitride and metallic multilayers, which contributed to the development of high electron mobility transistors and the discovery of giant magnetoresistance”
Equipments
CRHEATEC: technology platform
Joint Research Service for the characterization of materials
Joint Research Service for the characterization of materials
Partnerships
International relations
• Scientific partners: L2C, CEA-INAC, CEA Leti, C2N, IEMN, Institut Pascal, INPHYNI, IPMC, CCMA, GEOAZUR, LAGRANGE
• OPTITEC competitiveness cluster (member of POPSud)
• Member of the METPACA and METSA electron microscopy networks
• Leader of the GaNEX (national GaN network) Laboratory of Excellence
• OPTITEC competitiveness cluster (member of POPSud)
• Member of the METPACA and METSA electron microscopy networks
• Leader of the GaNEX (national GaN network) Laboratory of Excellence
Industrial relations
EasyGaN: spin-off created in 2017
Industrial partners: RIBER, STMicroelectronics, Lumilog-Saint Gobain, Thales, SOITEC, Novasic, Ommic, Sagem, Osram
Industrial partners: RIBER, STMicroelectronics, Lumilog-Saint Gobain, Thales, SOITEC, Novasic, Ommic, Sagem, Osram
Key figures
15 CNRS researchers
2 Université Côte d’Azur faculty
22 engineers and technicians
10 doctoral students
5 postdocs
2 Université Côte d’Azur faculty
22 engineers and technicians
10 doctoral students
5 postdocs
Additional information
Materials science
Crystalline growth
Surface science
Optoelectronics
Power electronics
Nanoscience
Nanotechnologies
Crystalline growth
Surface science
Optoelectronics
Power electronics
Nanoscience
Nanotechnologies
The laboratory is structured around the growth of materials by epitaxy, which is at the heart of its activities. These materials are grouped today around the theme of high bandgap semiconductors: gallium nitrides (GaN, InN, AlN and alloys), zinc oxide (ZnO) and silicon carbide (SiC). Graphene, a zero bandgap material, epitaxially grown on SiC, completes this list. Different growth methods are used to synthesize these materials: molecular beam epitaxy (under ultrahigh vacuum) and various vapor phase epitaxies. Structural, optical and electrical analysis activities have been organized around this expertise in epitaxy. The regional technology platform (CRHEATEC) makes it possible to manufacture devices. In terms of applications, the laboratory covers both the field of electronics (High Electron Mobility Transistors, Schottky diodes, tunnel diodes, spintronics, etc.) and that of optoelectronics (light-emitting diodes, lasers, detectors, materials for nonlinear optics, microcavity structures for optical sources, etc.). The laboratory has also embarked on the "nano" path, including both fundamental aspects (nanoscience) and more applied aspects (nanotechnology for electronics or optics).