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François Balembois

François Balembois

D-Index & Metrics

Engineering and Technology

D-Index
46
Citations
7062
World Ranking
5247
National Ranking
103

Overview

François Balembois is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France and has contributed extensively to research in materials science, physics and astronomy, and engineering. Their work spans several fields with a notable focus on materials chemistry and radiation detection technologies.

The scientist's key research subfields include:

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Radiation
  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
  • Biomedical Engineering

Balembois's scholarly output covers diverse topics centered around advanced material properties and radiation applications. Major topics of their work include:

  • Radiation Detection and Scintillator Technologies
  • Luminescence Properties of Advanced Materials
  • Perovskite Materials and Applications
  • Atomic and Subatomic Physics Research
  • Medical Imaging Techniques and Applications
  • Quantum Dots Synthesis And Properties
  • Solid-state spectroscopy and crystallography

Among recent scientific papers authored or coauthored by Balembois are the following:

  • Composite fast scintillators based on high-Z fluorescent metal-organic framework nanocrystals, 2021, Nature Photonics
  • Lithium-doped two-dimensional perovskite scintillator for wide-range radiation detection, 2020, Communications Materials
  • Library of Two-Dimensional Hybrid Lead Halide Perovskite Scintillator Crystals, 2020, Chemistry of Materials
  • Highly luminescent scintillating hetero-ligand MOF nanocrystals with engineered Stokes shift for photonic applications, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Effect of commensurate lithium doping on the scintillation of two-dimensional perovskite crystals, 2021, Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Frequent scientific collaborators include:

  • Muhammad Danang Birowosuto
  • Benoît Mahler
  • Francesco Maddalena
  • Michał Makowski
  • Cuong Dang

Balembois has published multiple articles in several prominent venues, notably:

  • arXiv (Cornell University)
  • IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science
  • CrystEngComm
  • Nature Photonics
  • Journal of Materials Chemistry C

Best Publications

  • On thermal effects in solid state lasers: the case of ytterbium-doped materials

    Sébastien Chénais;Frédéric Druon;Sébastien Forget;François Balembois

  • 47-fs diode-pumped Yb 3+ :CaGdAlO 4 laser

    Y. Zaouter;J. Didierjean;F. Balembois;G. Lucas Leclin

  • Diode-pumped Yb:Sr(3)Y(BO(3))(3) femtosecond laser.

    F. Druon;S. Chénais;P. Raybaut;F. Balembois

  • High-power diode-pumped Yb3+:CaF2 femtosecond laser.

    A. Lucca;G. Debourg;Mathieu Jacquemet;Frédéric Druon

  • Diode-pumped Yb:GGG laser: comparison with Yb:YAG

    S. Chénais;F. Druon;F. Balembois;P. Georges

  • Thermal lensing in diode-pumped ytterbium Lasers-Part I: theoretical analysis and wavefront measurements

    S. Chenais;F. Balembois;F. Druon;G. Lucas-Leclin

  • Generation of 90-fs pulses from a mode-locked diode-pumped Yb(3+):Ca(4)GdO(BO(3))(3) laser.

    Frédéric Druon;François Balembois;Patrick Georges;Alain Brun

  • Efficient laser action of Yb:LSO and Yb:YSO oxyorthosilicates crystals under high-power diode-pumping

    M. Jacquemet;C. Jacquemet;N. Janel;F. Druon

  • High-power tunable diode-pumped Yb3+:CaF2 laser.

    A. Lucca;Mathieu Jacquemet;Frédéric Druon;François Balembois

  • 491 nm generation by sum-frequency mixing of diode pumped neodymium lasers.

    Emilie Herault;François Balembois;Patrick Georges

  • Yb:YAG single crystal fiber power amplifier for femtosecond sources

    Xavier Délen;Yoann Zaouter;Igor Martial;Nicolas Aubry

  • Spectroscopic properties and laser performances of Yb:YCOB and potential of the Yb:LaCOB material

    A. Aron;G. Aka;B. Viana;A. Kahn-Harari

  • New green self-frequency-doubling diode-pumped Nd:Ca4GdO(BO3)3 laser

    F. Mougel;F. Augé;G. Aka;A. Kahn-Harari

  • Apatite-structure crystal, Yb(3+):SrY(4)(SiO(4))(3)O, for the development of diode-pumped femtosecond lasers.

    F Druon;S Chénais;P Raybaut;F Balembois

  • 250 W single-crystal fiber Yb:YAG laser.

    Xavier Délen;Stefan Piehler;Julien Didierjean;Nicolas Aubry

  • New laser crystals for the generation of ultrashort pulses

    Frédéric Druon;François Balembois;Patrick Georges

  • Spectroscopy and efficient laser action from diode pumping of a new broadly tunable crystal: Yb 3+ :Sr 3 Y(BO 3 ) 3

    S. Chénais;F. Druon;F. Balembois;P. Georges

  • Theoretical and experimental investigations of a diode-pumped quasi-three-level laser: the Yb/sup 3+/-doped Ca/sub 4/GdO(BO/sub 3/)/sub 3/ (Yb:GdCOB) laser

    F. Auge;F. Druon;F. Balembois;P. Georges

  • Thermal lensing in diode-pumped ytterbium Lasers-Part II: evaluation of quantum efficiencies and thermo-optic coefficients

    S. Chenais;F. Balembois;F. Druon;G. Lucas-Leclin

  • Temperature dependence of the emission cross section of Nd:YVO 4 around 1064 nm and consequences on laser operation

    Xavier Délen;François Balembois;Patrick Georges

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick Georges
Patrick Georges University of Paris-Saclay
Daniel Vivien
Daniel Vivien Sorbonne University
Bruno Viana
Bruno Viana Chimie ParisTech
Olivier Tillement
Olivier Tillement Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Jean-Louis Doualan
Jean-Louis Doualan Université de Caen Normandie
Richard Moncorgé
Richard Moncorgé Université de Caen Normandie
Gerard Mourou
Gerard Mourou École Polytechnique
Alain Barthélémy
Alain Barthélémy University of Limoges
Christophe Dujardin
Christophe Dujardin Claude Bernard University Lyon 1
Jean-Pierre Boilot
Jean-Pierre Boilot École Polytechnique

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