IEMN
For 20 years, IEMN-the Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics and Nanotechnologies-has conducted research in electronics and microelectronics, making integration of the nanosciences and nanotechnology in its sphere of excellence a natural development. It brings together research teams from France’s national research body CNRS and local universities (USTL, UVHC and ISEN).
Staff
400 people, including 135 professors, associate professors and researchers, 80 engineers and technicians, and 185 non permanent positions (115 PhD)
Thematic research organization
- 1. Materials and nanostructures
- 2. Microtechnology and microsystems
- 3. Micro and optoelectronics
- 4. Circuits and communication systems
- 5. Acoustics
- 6. Microwave and ultrasonic technology and instrumentation
Scientific activities
- Multidisciplinary activities from basic physics to instrumentation
- Microtechnologies (microelectronics, microsystems)
- Nanotechnologies (nanoelectronics, molecular electronics)
- Interface of physics with biology and chemistry.
- Surface characterization using STM
- STM spectroscopy of InAs/GaAs quantum box
- Molecule-surface interaction
- E-beam nanolithography
- STM nanolithography
- AFM nanolithography
- Nanoelectronics: AlInAs/InGaAs HEMTs
Technological facilities
1600 sq.-m. clean room with €20m in world-class equipment.
- MBE
- Lithography (UV, DUV and e-beam)
- FIB
- Implantation, plasma-chemistry
- Metallisation
- Assembly, SEM
- Plasma etching and deposition
- Near field microscopy
Characterization facilities
Main equipment :
- 45 MHz -220 GHz Networks Analyzers
- Noise measurement (10 MHz- 94 GHz, phase noise)
- Low temperature microwave measurements (4.2K, 50GHz)
- High-temperature microwave measurements (700K)
- Active load (18-40GHz), intermodulation, NPR
IRCICA
IRCICA is the French acronym for research institute for hardware and software for advanced information and communications.
80 permanent research scientists and engineers, and 60 PhD students currently work at IRCICA. The Institute will employ 150 permanent scientists and 120 PhD students by 2006.
Research covers four areas :
- New components for interactive mobiles and systems
- Photonic and optoelectronic devices
- Devices for high speed and high performance systems
- Components of the future for information and communication
Research projects at IRCICA include:
- Molecular scale electronics
- Terahertz devices for telecommunication systems of the future
- Photonic materials for very high speed telecommunications
- Multifunctional micro and nano-optoelectronics
- A step towards the quantum computer
- Software components of the future
- High speed communications between mobile objects
- Interactive synthesized images and interfaces for the future
IRI
Interdisciplinary Research Institute designed to foster interactions between biologists, computer scientists, mathematicians, physicists, chemists and engineers on topics related to the structure, dynamics and robustness of regulatory networks, in the context of multifactorial diseases.
Several laboratories involved including Lille Institute of Biology (IBL), Pasteur Institute, and IEMN.
PhLAM
PhLAM enjoys international acclaim for research in photonics and laser and solid state physics. Research topics with applications in telecommunications concern :
- Photosensitivity of glasses and optical fibers
- New optical materials.
PhLAM activities include :
- Investigation of basic photosensitivity phenomena.
- Investigation of germanosilicate, phosphosilicate and aluminosilicate glasses, glasses containing fluorine and tellurium, plus sol-gels and their potential as optical waveguides.
- Study of component lifetimes (prediction models to 25 years).
- Outlook: Research focuses on active and passive components produced using photoinscribed gratings. Current studies focus on component lifetimes and methods for producing new types of devices.
- Doped optical waveguides for amplification.
LIFL
LIFL was set up in 1983 with members drawn from the University of Lille/CNRS research teams in Architecture & Systems and Theoretical Computing. The unit has grown rapidly, focusing on three areas of research and establishing links with partners at all levels-regional (CPER, new universities), national (GDR/PRC, inter PRC) and international (CHM, BRA/Esprit, Pics and bilateral projects). It has also moved into applied research, with projects including smartcards and imaging leading to many contracts with industry.
Staff total over 180 (including 70 research & teaching staff and 30 engineers, technicians and administrative personnel, 70 PhDs).
