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Jean-Jacques Greffet

Jean-Jacques Greffet

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Physics

D-Index
78
Citations
22857
World Ranking
3166
National Ranking
131

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2015 - OSA Fellows Jean-Jacques Greffet Institut d’Optique, France For theoretical and experimental work on the role of surface waves in radiative heat transfer at nanoscale and emission of radiation, including achievements of large spatial coherence in thermal radiation leading to a new class of radiation emitters.

Overview

Jean-Jacques Greffet is affiliated with the University of Paris-Saclay in France. Their research spans multiple domains with a strong emphasis on engineering and physics, integrating materials science perspectives into their work. The scientist has contributed extensively to the fields of Engineering, Physics and Astronomy, and Materials Science.

Their subfields of study include Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, and Biomedical Engineering.

The main topics covered in their body of work include:

  • Metamaterials and Metasurfaces Applications
  • Plasmonic and Surface Plasmon Research
  • Thermal Radiation and Cooling Technologies
  • Advanced Antenna and Metasurface Technologies
  • Photonic and Optical Devices
  • Quantum Information and Cryptography
  • Strong Light-Matter Interactions

Their recent publications illustrate ongoing research activity with significant contributions to thermal emission and metasurface technology. Notable papers include:

  • "An incandescent metasurface for quasimonochromatic polarized mid-wave infrared emission modulated beyond 10 MHz," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "Large circular dichroism in the emission from an incandescent metasurface," 2023, Optica
  • "Over-coupled resonator for broadband surface enhanced infrared absorption (SEIRA)," 2023, Nature Communications
  • "An incandescent metasurface for quasimonochromatic polarized Mid-Wave Infrared emission modulated beyond 10 MHz," 2020, Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • "Metallo-dielectric metasurfaces for thermal emission with controlled spectral bandwidth and angular aperture," 2021, Optical Materials Express

Frequent co-authors who have collaborated on multiple publications with this scientist include Benjamin Vest, Jean-Paul Hugonin, Nikos Fayard, Patrick Bouchon, and Elise Bailly.

The scientist has published most often in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), arXiv (Cornell University), Optical Materials Express, Optics Express, and ACS Photonics.

Jean-Jacques Greffet received recognition as an OSA Fellow in 2015 for theoretical and experimental work related to surface waves in radiative heat transfer at the nanoscale and thermal radiation emission. This acknowledgement cites their work on spatial coherence in thermal radiation and the development of a new class of radiation emitters.

Best Publications

  • Coherent emission of light by thermal sources

    Jean-Jacques Greffet;Jean-Jacques Greffet;Rémi Carminati;Karl Joulain;Jean-Philippe Mulet

  • Surface electromagnetic waves thermally excited: Radiative heat transfer, coherence properties and Casimir forces revisited in the near field

    Karl Joulain;Jean-Philippe Mulet;François Marquier;Rémi Carminati

  • Radiative heat transfer at the nanoscale

    Emmanuel Rousseau;Alessandro Siria;Guillaume Jourdan;Sebastian Volz;Sebastian Volz

  • Thermal radiation scanning tunnelling microscopy

    Yannick De Wilde;Florian Formanek;Rémi Carminati;Boris Gralak

  • Radiative and non-radiative decay of a single molecule close to a metallic nanoparticle

    Rémi Carminati;Jean-Jacques Greffet;C. Henkel;Jm Vigoureux

  • Definition and measurement of the local density of electromagnetic states close to an interface

    K. Joulain;R. Carminati;J.-P. Mulet;J.-J. Greffet

  • Image formation in near-field optics

    Jean-Jacques Greffet;Rémi Carminati

  • ENHANCED RADIATIVE HEAT TRANSFER AT NANOMETRIC DISTANCES

    Jean-Philippe Mulet;Karl Joulain;Rémi Carminati;Jean-Jacques Greffet

  • Near-field thermophotovoltaic energy conversion

    Marine Laroche;Rémi Carminati;Jean-Jacques Greffet

  • Near-Field Effects in Spatial Coherence of Thermal Sources

    Rémi Carminati;Jean-Jacques Greffet

  • Near-field spectral effects due to electromagnetic surface excitations

    Andrei V. Shchegrov;Karl Joulain;Rémi Carminati;Jean-Jacques Greffet

  • Nanoscale radiative heat transfer between a small particle and a plane surface

    Jean-Philippe Mulet;Karl Joulain;Rémi Carminati;Jean-Jacques Greffet

  • Heat transfer between two nanoparticles through near field interaction.

    Gilberto Domingues;Sebastian Volz;Karl Joulain;Jean-Jacques Greffet

  • Berreman mode and epsilon near zero mode.

    Simon Vassant;Jean-Paul Hugonin;Francois Marquier;Jean-Jacques Greffet

  • Optical Patch Antennas for Single Photon Emission Using Surface Plasmon Resonances

    Ruben Esteban;Tatiana Teperik;Jean-Jacques Greffet

  • Controlling spontaneous emission with plasmonic optical patch antennas.

    C. Belacel;C. Belacel;B. Habert;F. Bigourdan;F. Marquier

  • Single-molecule spontaneous emission close to absorbing nanostructures

    M. Thomas;J.-J. Greffet;R. Carminati;J. R. Arias-Gonzalez

  • Confined Tamm Plasmon Lasers

    C. Symonds;G. Lheureux;J. P. Hugonin;J. J. Greffet

  • Experimental and theoretical study of reflection and coherent thermal emissionby a SiC grating supporting a surface-phonon polariton

    J. Le Gall;M. Olivier;J.-J. Greffet;J.-J. Greffet

  • Nanoantennas for Light Emission

    Jean-Jacques Greffet

Frequent Co-Authors

Sebastian Volz
Sebastian Volz University of Tokyo
Jean-Luc Pelouard
Jean-Luc Pelouard University of Paris-Saclay
Jean-François Guillemoles
Jean-François Guillemoles Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Yong Chen
Yong Chen École Normale Supérieure
Stéphane Collin
Stéphane Collin Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Daniel Lincot
Daniel Lincot Centre national de la recherche scientifique, CNRS
Aristide Lemaître
Aristide Lemaître University of Paris-Saclay
Thomas W. Ebbesen
Thomas W. Ebbesen University of Strasbourg
Serge Haroche
Serge Haroche Collège de France
Sandrine Ithurria
Sandrine Ithurria PSL University

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