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Three FMNT (Foundation for Micro and Nano Technology) partner labs had four equipment purchase requests, endorsed by FMNT, approved for funding by Grenoble INP. The equipment will be installed in the labs in 2021 and will be made available to other users through the OPE)N(RA characterization platform. IMEP-LaHC will get a latest-generation semiconductor parameter analyzer […] >>

Two Grenoble-Alpes University faculty members, also scientists at Irig, became members of the learned society Institut universitaire de France on October 1, 2020 for a five-year term. They were selected for their excellence in research and for the international recognition they have earned. Junior Member Hélène Malet works at the IBS Electron Microscopy and Methods […] >>

Researchers from CEA-Leti and CEA-Liten built and tested innovative thermal sensors to monitor the temperature of gallium nitride (GaN) HEMT power components. The sensors are fabricated at the same time and on the same substrate as the components and do not require additional process steps (masks). They utilize the Seebeck effect to predict overheating that […] >>

III-V semiconductor materials are expensive and increasingly rare. Their replacement as the go-to material for lasers is inevitable. CEA-Leti researchers were part of an international team* that recently published a notable advance in Nature Photonics. They developed an optically-pumped IV-IV semiconductor device capable of producing a 2.5 micron laser beam with an ultra-low threshold at […] >>

Researchers from Irig are working on the international LiteBIRD space observation satellite project.  They have been tasked with developing a cold machine that can deliver 2 microwatts at 100 mK—a level of performance never before achieved in space. The cold machine will be used on the two telescopes in the payload. The researchers have opted […] >>