Prof. Thierry Sarnet

Thierry Sarnet is currently (2012-2013) working as a Visiting Professor at Harvard in the Mazur Group.

He received a MS in Optics in 1990, a French Doctorate and a European PhD in 1995 on UV Laser-Matter Interaction (Aix-Marseille University, University of Heraklion, Crete and University of Liverpool, UK). After working for the French Defense (1996) and NSF-NASA at the University of Minneapolis (Chemical Engineering and Material Science Department, 1997-1999) he held a position in Industry for Global Graphics Co. to develop new Laser Engraving Systems for the Graphic Arts Industry. He joined the CNRS in 2001 at the Institute of Fundamental Electronics (IEF, Orsay) to work on laser doping of semiconductors. Since 2005 he is a permanent senior Researcher at the LP3 Lab. in Marseille, France; working on various laser applications for the micro and nanotechnologies.

Recent Publications :

From Black Silicon to Photovoltaic Cells, Using Short Pulse Lasers
Thierry Sarnet, James Carey and Eric Mazur, HPLA2012, American Institute of Physics (AIP) Conference Proceedings, Vol. 1464 Issue 1, p219, 2012

Laser-Ablative Nanostructuring of Surfaces
A. V. Kabashin, T. Sarnet, D. Grojo, Ph. Delaporte, L. Charmasson, P. Blandin, R. Torres, T. J.-Y. Derrien, M. Sentis, Int. Journal of Nanotechnoly, Vol. 9, Nos. 3–7, 2012

Development of an industrial tool to make passivation layers for UV sensors improvement
Larmande, Y., et al., Applied Surface Science 258(23): p9270-9273, 2012

LBIC measurement optimization to detect laser annealing induced defects in Si
Larmande, Y., et al., Materials Science and Engineering: B(0). Volume 177, Issue 18, 1 November 2012, Pages 1628–1632, 2012

Formation of femtosecond laser induced surface structures on silicon: Insights from numerical modeling and single pulse experiments
Derrien, T. J. Y., et al., Applied Surface Science 258(23): 9487-9490, 2012.