The Centre de Physique Théorique (CPT) is a joint research unit of the CNRS. It is a CNRS – Aix-Marseille University – Toulon University joint research unit. Its research activities cover a wide range of topics in physics and mathematical physics, from the study of fundamental interactions and their mathematical structures to the study of complexity in various physical contexts, from statistical physics or condensed matter, to classical or quantum dynamical systems and their applications, including biological systems.
The Nanophysics Team studies theoretically electronic transport in condensed matter systems of nanoscopic or mesoscopic size.
Key people on the project
Thibaut JONCKHEERE, Director of Research at CNRS, graduated from the Ecole Normale Supérieure ENS Ulm, and obtained his PhD in 2001 from Paris 6 University. After a Post-doc at University College London, he joined in 2003 the Nanophysics team initiated by Prof. T. Martin at the Centre de Physique Théorique in Marseille. Along with the team, whose size has gradually increased over the years, he has been studying electronic transport in nanoscopic and mesoscopic systems.
His domain of expertise includes DC and AC transport in 1d interacting electronic systems, and in particular the edge states of the Quantum Hall effect; and transport in hybrid systems involving supraconductors. He has made important contributions in the domain of Electronic Quantum Optics, where fundamental properties of quantum systems at the single electron level are studied in electronic setups inspired by quantum optics.
More recently, he has studied the impact of anyonic statistcs on transport in Fractional Quantum Hall setups.
Members
- Flavio Ronetti (MdC AMU),
- Laurent Raymond (Prof. AMU),
- Benoit Grémaud (DR CNRS),
- Jérôme Rech (CR CNRS),
- Thierry Martin (Prof. AMU).
- Kishore Iyer (PhD student until end of 2024),
- Demazure (PhD student)