List of selected publications

► S. S. Dhillon, S. Sawallich, N. Jukam, D. Oustinov, J. Madéo, S. Barbieri, P. Filloux, C. Sirtori, X. Marcadet and J. Tignon

“Integrated terahertz pulse generation and amplification in quantum cascade lasers”

Applied Physics Letters to be published (2010).

► J. R. Freeman, J. Madéo, A. Brewer, S. Dhillon, O. P. Marshall, N. Jukam, D. Oustinov, J. Tignon, H. E. Beere and D. A. Ritchie

“Dual wavelength emission from a terahertz quantum cascade laser”

Applied Physics Letters 96, 051120 (2010).

► N. Jukam, S. S. Dhillon, D. Oustinov, J. Madeo, C. Manquest, S. Barbieri, C. Sirtori, S. P. Khanna, E. H. Linfield, A. G. Davies and J. Tignon

« Terahertz amplifier based on gain switching in a quantum cascade laser »,

Nature Photonics 3, 715 (2009).

► D. Taj, T. Lecomte, C. Diederichs, Ph. Roussignol, C. Delalande, J. Tignon

« Interbranch parametric oscillation in the weak coupling regime for semiconductor vertical microcavities »,

Physical Review B 80 (Rapid Communications), 081308(R) (2009).

► N. Jukam, S. S. Dhillon, D. Oustinov, J. Madéo, J. Tignon, R. Colombelli, P. Dean, M. Salih, S. P. Khanna, E. H. Linfield, A. G. Davies,

“Terahertz time domain spectroscopy of phonon-depopulation based quantum cascade lasers”

Applied Physics Letters 94, 251108 (2009).

► N. Jukam, S. S. Dhillon, D. Oustinov, Z.-Y. Zhao, S. Hameau, J. Tignon, S. Barbieri, A.Vasanelli, P. Filloux, C. Sirtori, X. Marcadet,

“Investigation of spectral gain narrowing in quantum cascade lasers using terahertz time domain spectroscopy”

Applied Physics Letters 93, 101115 (2008).

► K. M. Dani, I. A. Cotoros, J. Wang, J. Tignon, D. S. Chemla, E. G. Kavousanaki, I. E. Perakis

« Observation of a inter Landau level quantum coherence in semiconductor quantum wells »,

Physical Review B 78 (Rapid Communications), 041301(R) (2008).

► Z.Y. Zhao, S. Hameau, J. Tignon,

«THz generation by optical rectification and competition with other nonlinear processes»,

Chinese Physics Letters 25, 1868 (2008).

► N. Jukam, S. Dhillon, Z.Y. Zhao, G. Duerr, J. Armijo, N. Sirmons, S. Hameau, S. Barbieri, P. Filloux, C. Sirtori, X. Marcadet, J. Tignon,

«Gain measurements of THz quantum cascade lasers using THz time-domain spectroscopy»,

IEEE J. Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 14, 436 (2008).

► C. Diederichs, D. Taj, T. Lecomte, C. Ciuti, Ph. Roussignol, C. Delalande, A. Lemaître, L. Largeau, O. Mauguin, J. Bloch, C. Leyder, A. Bramati, E. Giacobino, J. Tignon,

«Parametric generation of twin photons in vertical triple microcavities»,

Comptes Rendus Physique 8, 1198 (2007).

► C. Diederichs, J.Tignon, G. Dasbach,  C.  Ciuti, A. Lemaître, J. Bloch, C. Delalande,

«Optical Parametric Oscillation in Vertical Multiple Microcavities»,

Superlattices and Microstructures 41, 301 (2007).

► D. Bajoni, A. Miard, A. Lemaitre, S. Bouchoule, J. Bloch, J. Tignon,

«Nonresonant electrical injection of excitons in an InGaAs quantum well»,

Applied Physics Letters 90, 121114 (2007).

► D. Bajoni, A. Miard, A. Lemaitre, S. Bouchoule, J. Tignon, J. Bloch,

«Electroluminescence of excitons in an InGaAs quantum well»,

Superlattices and Microstructures 41, 368 (2007).

► K.M. Dani, J. Tignon, M. Breit, D.S. Chemla, E.G. Kavousanaki, I.E. Perakis,

«Ultrafast dynamics of the coherences in a quantum Hall system»,

Physical Review Letters 97, 057401 (2006).

► C. Diederichs, J. Tignon, G. Dasbach, C. Ciuti, A. Lemaître, J. Bloch, Ph. Roussignol, C. Delalande,

«Parametric oscillation in vertical triple microcavities»,

Nature 440, 904 (2006).

► K.M. Dani, E.G. Kavousanaki, J. Tignon, D.S. Chemla, I.E. Perakis,

«Nonlinear optical studies of the transient coherence of the quantum Hall system»,

Solid State Communication 140, 72 (2006).

► C. Diederichs, J. Tignon,

«Design for a triply resonant vertical-emitting micro-optical parametric oscillator»,

Applied Physics Letters 87, 251107 (2005).

► G. Dasbach, C. Diederichs, J. Tignon, C. Ciuti, Ph. Roussignol, C. Delalande, M. Bayer, A. Forchel,

«Polarization inversion via parametric scattering in quasi-one-dimensional microcavities»,

Physical Review B 71, 161308 (Rapid Comm.) (2005).

► A. Huynh, C. Diederichs, K.M. Dani, R. André, D. Le Si Dang, J. Tignon,

«Parametric scattering in semiconductor microcavities probed by four-wave-mixing»,

Chemical Physics 318, 147, (2005).

► J.S. Lauret, C. Voisin, G. Cassabois, J. Tignon, C. Delalande, Ph. Roussignol, O. Jost, L. Capes,

«Third-order optical nonlinearities of carbon nanotubes in the femtosecond regime»,

Applied Physics Letters 85, 3572 (2004).

► A. Huynh, J. Tignon, G. Keller, Ph. Roussignol, C. Delalande, R. André, R. Romestain, D. Le Si Dang,

«Collision Broadening in II-VI semiconductor microcavities»,

Physical Review B 68, 165340, (2003).

► I. Favero, G. Cassabois, R. Ferreira, D. Darson, C. Voisin, J. Tignon, C. Delalande, G. Bastard, Ph. Roussignol,

«Acoustic phonon side-bands in the emission line of single InAs/GaAs quantum dots»,

Physical Review B 68, 233301, (2003).

► M.Müller, R. André, J. Bleuse, R. Romestain, D. Le Si Dang, A. Huynh, J. Tignon, Ph. Roussignol, C. Delalande,

«Non-linear polariton dynamics in II-VI microcavities»,

Semiconductor Science and Technology 18, S319, (2003), Special Issue on microcavities, Guest Editors J. Baumberg and Luis Viña, Publisher Sarah Quin (Bristol, UK). Review article.

► A. Huynh, J. Tignon, O. Larsson, Ph. Roussignol, C. Delalande, R. André, R. Romestain, D. Le Si Dang,

«Polariton parametric amplifier pump dynamics in the coherent regime»,

Physical Review Letters, 90, 106401 (2003).

► A. Melliti, M.A. Maaref, H. Maaref , F. Hassen, M. Hjiri, J. Tignon, B. Sermage,

«Radiative recombination of excitons in self-organized InAs/GaAs quantum dots»,

Solid State Communications 128, 213, (2003).

► A. Huynh, J. Tignon, Ph. Roussignol, C. Delalande, R. André, R. Romestain, D. Le Si Dang,

«Experimental determination of intrinsic non-linearities in semiconductor microcavities»,

Physical Review B, 66, 113301 (2002).

► H.C. Schneider, F. Jahnke and S.W. Koch, J. Tignon, T. Hasche, D.S. Chemla,

«Polariton propagation in high quality semiconductors : «Microscopic theory and experiment versus additional boundary conditions»,

Physical Review B, 63, 45202 (2001).

► J. Tignon, T. Hasche, D.S. Chemla, H.C. Schneider, F. Jahnke and S.W. Koch,

«Unified picture of polariton propagation in bulk GaAs semiconductors»,

Physical Review Letters, 84, 3382 (2000).

► Ph. Roussignol, J. Tignon and G. Bastard,

«Consequences of thermalization on the photoluminescence dynamics of quantum well heterostructures»,

Journal of Luminescence, 92, 43 (2000).

► J. Tignon, M.V. Marquezini, T. Hasche and D.S. Chemla,

«Spectral Interferometry of Semiconductor Nanostructures»,

IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 35, 510 (1999), invited paper.

► M.V. Marquezini, J. Tignon, T. Hasche and D.S. Chemla,

«Refractive index and absorption of GaAs quantum wells across excitonic resonances»,

Applied Physics Letters, 73, 2313 (1998).

► M.V. Marquezini, P. Kner, S. Bar-Ad, J. Tignon, D.S. Chemla,

«Density-dependence of the spectral dielectric function across a Fano resonance»,

Physical Review B 57, 3745 (1998).

► J. Tignon, O. Heller, Ph. Roussignol, C. Delalande, G. Bastard, V. Thierry-Mieg, R. Planel, J.F. Palmier,

"Excitonic photoluminescence in a shallow quantum well under electric field",

Applied Physics Letters, 72, 1217 (1998).

► J. Tignon, O. Heller, Ph. Roussignol, J. Martinez-Pastor, P. Lelong, G. Bastard, R.C. Iotti L.C. Andreani, V. Thierry-Mieg, R. Planel,

"Excitonic recombination dynamics in shallow quantum wells",

Physical Review B 58, 7076 (1998).

► J. Tignon, R. Ferreira, J. Wainstain, C. Delalande, P. Voisin, M. Voos, R. Houdré, U. Oesterle, R.P. Stanley,

"Magneto-polaritons in a semiconductor quantum well microcavity",

Physical Review B 56, 4068 (1997).

► J. Tignon, P. Voisin, J. Wainstain, C. Delalande, M. Voos, R. Houdré, U. Oesterle, R.P. Stanley,

"Semiconductor microcavity under magnetic field: from the weak coupling to the strong coupling regime",

Solid State Electronics, 40, 497, (1996).

► J. Tignon, P. Voisin, C. Delalande, M. Voos, R. Houdré, U. Oesterle, R.P. Stanley; "From Fermi's golden rule to the vacuum-field Rabi splitting : magneto-polariton in a semiconductor optical microcavity",

Physical Review Letters, 74, 3967, (1995).

► J. Tignon, P. Voisin, J. Wainstain, C. Delalande, M. Voos, R. Houdré, U. Oesterle, R.P. Stanley,

"Microcavité de semiconducteurs sous champ magnétique: de la règle d'or de Fermi au splitting de Rabi",

Annales de Physique, 20, 541, (1995).

► H.J. Habing, J. Tignon, A.G.G.M. Tielens,

"Calculations of the outflow velocity of cool giants",

Astronomy And Astrophysics, 286, 523, (1994).

Other

► J. Tignon,

« Spectroscopie optique des polaritons de microcavité de semiconducteurs »,

Université Paris VI, 18 décembre 2003, mémoire d’Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches.

► J. Tignon,

"Etude de propriétés optiques de puits quantiques de semiconducteurs dans deux cas limites : puits quantiques peu profonds, microcavités de semiconducteurs. ",

Université Paris VI, 5 décembre 1996, Thèse de Doctorat (PhD thesis).

► Patent : J. Tignon (principal inventor), C. Diederichs, G. Dasbach, C. Ciuti, « micro-optical parametric oscillateur with coupled cavities » (application number 05/05 708 , filling date 06 june 2005).