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Electronics and Electrical Engineering

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his fundamental contributions to the understanding of the electronic and optical properties of lowdimensional semiconductor systems
  • 1999 - IEEE Fellow For contributions to semiconductor guided wave optics, phase locked laser arrays, and quantum confined lasers and heterostructures.

Overview

Eli Kapon is affiliated with the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne in Switzerland. Their research spans various areas within physics and engineering, particularly focusing on photonic and optical phenomena in semiconductor systems.

The main fields of study in their work include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Engineering

The subfields of their research encompass:

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Biomedical Engineering
  • Condensed Matter Physics

Key topics within their scientific contributions are:

  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Semiconductor Quantum Structures and Devices
  • Strong Light-Matter Interactions
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices
  • Photonic Crystals and Applications
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research

Recent published papers include:

  • "Mode Interference Effect in Optical Emission of Quantum Dots in Photonic Crystal Cavities," 2022, Physical Review X
  • "Remote excitation between quantum emitters mediated by an optical Fano resonance," 2021, Optica
  • "High-Power 760 nm VECSEL Based on Quantum Dot Gain Mirror," 2020, IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics
  • "Exciton-polariton dynamics of the single site-controlled quantum dot-nanocavity in the coexisting strong-weak coupling regime," 2023, New Journal of Physics
  • "Single site-controlled inverted pyramidal InGaAs QD-nanocavity operating at the onset of the strong coupling regime," 2023, Journal of Applied Physics

Frequent collaborators in their work are:

  • Alessio Miranda
  • B. Dwir
  • A. Rudra
  • Chee Wei Wong
  • Jiahui Huang

The primary venues where their research has been published comprise:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics
  • Physical Review X
  • Optica
  • IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics

Eli Kapon has received recognition including the following awards:

  • Fellow of American Physical Society (APS), 2001: Citation for fundamental contributions to the understanding of the electronic and optical properties of low-dimensional semiconductor systems
  • IEEE Fellow, 1999: For contributions to semiconductor guided wave optics, phase locked laser arrays, and quantum confined lasers and heterostructures

Best Publications

  • Stimulated emission in semiconductor quantum wire heterostructures.

    E. Kapon;D. M. Hwang;R. Bhat

  • Supermode analysis of phase-locked arrays of semiconductor lasers

    E. Kapon;J. Katz;Amnon Yariv

  • Molecular beam epitaxy of GaAs/AlGaAs superlattice heterostructures on nonplanar substrates

    E. Kapon;M. C. Tamargo;D. M. Hwang

  • Few-Particle Effects in Semiconductor Quantum Dots: Observation of Multicharged Excitons

    Arno Hartmann;Yann Ducommun;Eli Kapon;Ulrich Hohenester

  • Single quantum wire semiconductor lasers

    E. Kapon;S. Simhony;R. Bhat;D. M. Hwang

  • Long-wavelength VCSELs: Power-efficient answer

    Eli Kapon;Alexei Sirbu

  • Retraction: Polarization-entangled photons produced with high-symmetry site-controlled quantum dots

    Arun Mohan;Marco Felici;Pascal Gallo;Benjamin Dwir

  • Bound-to-continuum terahertz quantum cascade laser with a single-quantum-well phonon extraction/injection stage

    Maria I Amanti;Giacomo Scalari;Romain Terazzi;Milan Fischer

  • Focused electron beam induced deposition of gold

    I. Utke;P. Hoffmann;B. Dwir;K. Leifer

  • Probing carrier dynamics in nanostructures by picosecond cathodoluminescence

    M. Merano;S. Sonderegger;A. Crottini;S. Collin

  • Mechanisms of Self-Ordering of Quantum Nanostructures Grown on Nonplanar Surfaces

    Giorgio Biasiol;Eli Kapon

  • Low-loss III-V semiconductor optical waveguides

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  • Effect of lateral confinement on valence-band mixing and polarization anisotropy in quantum wires

    F. Vouilloz;D. Y. Oberli;M.-A. Dupertuis;A. Gustafsson

  • Polarization anisotropy and valence band mixing in semiconductor quantum wires

    F. Vouilloz;D. Y. Oberli;M. A. Dupertuis;A. Gustafsson

  • Mechanisms of Self-Ordering in Nonplanar Epitaxy of Semiconductor Nanostructures

    G Biasiol;Anders Gustafsson;K Leifer;E Kapon

  • Single-Photon Emission from Site-Controlled Pyramidal Quantum Dots

    M. H. Baier;E. Pelucchi;E. Kapon;S. Varoutsis

  • Two‐dimensional phase‐locked arrays of vertical‐cavity semiconductor lasers by mirror reflectivity modulation

    M. Orenstein;E. Kapon;N. G. Stoffel;J. P. Harbison

  • Double heterostructure GaAs/AlGaAs thin film diode lasers on glass substrates

    E. Yablonovitch;E. Kapon;T.J. Gmitter;C.P. Yun

  • Carrier capture and quantum confinement in GaAs/AlGaAs quantum wire lasers grown on V‐grooved substrates

    M. Walther;E. Kapon;J. Christen;D. M. Hwang

  • LOW-PRESSURE ORGANOMETALLIC CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION OF QUANTUM WIRES ON V-GROOVED SUBSTRATES

    A. Gustafsson;F. Reinhardt;G. Biasiol;E. Kapon

  • Entangled photons produced with high-symmetry site-controlled quantum dots

    A. Mohan;M. Felici;P. Gallo;B. Dwir

Frequent Co-Authors

Oleg G. Okhotnikov
Oleg G. Okhotnikov Tampere University
J. P. Harbison
J. P. Harbison Telcordia Technologies
Ivo Utke
Ivo Utke Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Jérôme Faist
Jérôme Faist ETH Zurich
Mircea Guina
Mircea Guina Tampere University
D. M. Hwang
D. M. Hwang École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Patrik Hoffmann
Patrik Hoffmann Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology
Rajaram Bhat
Rajaram Bhat Corning (United States)
Jürgen Christen
Jürgen Christen Otto-von-Guericke University Magdeburg
Marius Grundmann
Marius Grundmann Leipzig University

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