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High Efficiency Thin Film Superlattice Thermoelectric Cooler Modules Enabled by Low Resistivity Contacts
Yuping He, François Léonard, Douglas L. Medlin +4
V-telluride superlattice thin films have shown promising performance for on-chip cooling devices. Recent experimental studies have indicated that device performance is limited by t…
Fundamental Limits to Single-Photon Detection Determined by Quantum Coherence and Backaction
Steve M. Young, Mohan Sarovar, François Léonard
Single-photon detectors have achieved impressive performance, and have led to a number of new scientific discoveries and technological applications. Existing models of photodetecto…
Strong Photothermoelectric Response and Contact Reactivity of the Dirac Semimetal ZrTe5
François Léonard, Wenlong Yu, Kimberlee C. Collins +4
The family of three-dimensional topological insulators opens new avenues to discover novel photophysics and to develop novel types of photodetectors. ZrTe5 has been shown to be a D…
Dynamic Wavelength-Tunable Photodetector Using Subwavelength Graphene Field-Effect Transistors
François Léonard, Catalin D. Spataru, Michael Goldflam +2
Dynamic wavelength tunability has long been the holy grail of photodetector technology. Because of its atomic thickness and unique properties, graphene opens up new paradigms to re…