Présentation

Sujets de recherche

Membranes, Micro et nanoélectronique, Nanomatériaux, Optique et photonique, Semiconducteurs.

Disciplines de recherche

Génie électrique et génie électronique, Physique.

Mots-clés

biocapteurs, diodes laser, intégration photonique, nanofabrication, photovoltaïque concentré.

Intérêts de recherche

Étude et développement de techniques de micro / nano-fabrication appliquées au domaine de la micro-électronique et de la photonique: fabrication de composants photoniques complexes intégrés, technologies de microfabrication 3D, application telecom, biomédical et composants photovoltaïques à très haute efficacité (CPV)

Langues parlées et écrites

Anglais, Français

Prix et distinctions

• (1996) Springer Prize for best performance in solid state physics. Kingston University (Prior Kingston Polytec). (Distinction).

Publications

Articles de revue

• O. Richard, A. Jaouad, B. Bouzazi, R. Arès, S. Fafard, V. Aimez. (2016). Simulation of a through cell via contacts architecture for HCPV multi-junction solar cells. Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, 144, 173-180. (Article publié).
• B. Ilahi, O. Nasr, B. Paquette, M.H. Hadj Alouane, N. Chauvin, B. Salem, L. Sfaxi, C. Bru Chevalier, D. Morris, R. Ares, V. Aimez, H. Maaref. (2016). Thermally activated inter-dots carriers' transfer in InAs QDs with InGaAs underlying layer: origin and dependence on the post-growth intermixing. Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 656, 132-137. (Article publié).
• B. Paquette, A. Boucherif, V. Aimez and R. Arès. (2015). Novel multijunction solar cell design for low cost, high concentration systems. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, (Article publié).
• G. Beaudin, A. Belarouci, V. Aimez. (2015). Precise localized thinning and vertical taperfabrication for silicon photonics using a modified local oxidation of silicon(LOCOS) fabrication process. Optics Express, 23(4), 4377-4384. (Article publié).
• A. Vossier, F. Gualdi, A. Dollet, R. Ares, V. Aimez. (2015). Approaching theShockley-Queisser limit: General assessment of the main limiting mechanisms inphotovoltaic cells. Journal of Applied Physics, 117(1), 015102. (Article publié).
• R. Beal, V. Aimez, J. J. Dubowski. (2015). Excimer laser inducedquantum well intermixing: a reproducibility study of the process forfabrication of photonic integrated devices. Optics Express, 23(2), 1073-1080. (Article publié).
• R. Comyn, Y. Cordier, V. Aimez, H. Maher. (2015). Reduction of the thermalbudget of AlGaN/GaN heterostructures grown on silicon: A step towardsmonolithic integration of GaN‐HEMTs with CMOS. physica status solidi (a), (Article publié).
• O. Arenas, E. Al Alam, A. Thevenot, Y. Cordier, A. Jaouad, V. Aimez, H. Maher, R. Arès, F. Boone. (2014). Integration of MicroResistance Thermometer Detectors in AlGaN/GaN Devices. Electron Devices Society IEEE, 2(6), (Article publié).
• A. Boucherif, A. Korinek, V. Aimez, R. Arès. (2014). Near-infrared emission frommesoporous crystalline germanium. AIP Advances, 4(10), 107128. (Article publié).
• S Chatbouri, M Troudi, N Sghaier, V Aimez, D Drouin and A Souifi. (2014). Traps contribution ondetection time of Single Electron Photodetector (Photo-SET). Semiconductor Science and Technology, 29(8), 085003. (Article publié).
• T. Courcier, P. Pittet, P. G. Charette, V. Aimez, G. N. Lu. (2014). BQJ Photodetector SignalProcessing. Key Engineering Materials, 605, 91-94. (Article publié).
• G. Kolhatkar, A. Boucherif, C.E. Valdivia, S.G. Wallace, S. Fafard, V. Aimez, R. Arès. (2014). Growth optimization andoptical properties of AlGaNAs alloys. J. Appl. Phys., 115, 163513. (Article publié).
• S. Feruglio S., Courcier T., Karami A., Alexandre-Gauthier A., Romain O., Aimez V, Charette P.G., Pittet P., Lu G.N. (2014). Opto-electrical Modeling ofCMOS Buried Quad Junction Photodetector. Key Engineering Materials, 605, 470-473. (Article publié).
• Chakroun A., Maher H., Al Alam E., Souifi A. Aimez V., Arès R. and Jaouad A. (2014). Optimized Pre-treatmentProcess for MOS-GaN Devices Passivation. IEEE Electron Device Letters, 35(3), (Article publié).
• T. Courcier, M. Goulart, P. Pittet, L. M. De, P. G. Charette, V. Aimez and G. Lu. (2014). CMOS BQJ detector chip withintegrated charge-amplifiers for fluorescence measurements. Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 190, 288-294. (Article publié).
• M. H. H. Alouane, A. Helali, D. Morris, H. Maaref, V. Aimez, B. Salem, M. Gendry and B. Ilahi. (2014). Carriers' localization andthermal redistribution in post growth voluntarily tuned quantum dashes'size/composition distribution. J Lumin, 145, 595-599. (Article publié).
• J. Zribi, B. Ilahi, D. Morris, V. Aimez, R. Arès. (2013). Chemical beam epitaxygrowth and optimization of InAs/GaAs quantum dot multilayers. J. Cryst. Growth, 384, 21-26. (Article publié).
• A. Turala, A. Jaouad, D. P. Masson, S. Fafard, R. Ares, V. Aimez. (2013). Isolation of III-V/GeMultijunction Solar Cells by Wet Etching. International Journal of Photoenergy, 583867 (7 pp.). (Article publié).
• S. Gomes, P. Newby, B. Canut, K. Termentzidis, O. Marty, L. Frechette, P. Chantrenne, V. Aimez, J. Bluet, V. Lysenko. (2013). Characterization of thethermal conductivity of insulating thin films by scanning thermal microscopy. Microelectronics Journal, 44, 1029-1034. (Article publié).
• B. Paquette, B. Ilahi, V. Aimez, R. Ares. (2013). Inhibition of Te surfactanteffect on surface morphology of heavily Te-doped GaAs. J. Cryst. Growth, 383, 30-35. (Article publié).
• D. Simard, G. Beaudin, V. Aimez, Y. Painchaud, S. LaRochelle. (2013). Characterization andreduction of spectral distortions in Silicon-on-Insulator integrated Bragggratings. Optics Express, 21, 23145-23159. (Article publié).
• P. J. Newby, B. Canut, J. Bluet, S. Gomes, M. Isaiev, R. Burbelo, K. Termentzidis, P. Chantrenne, L. G. Frechette, V. Lysenko. (2013). Amorphization and reductionof thermal conductivity in porous silicon by irradiation with swift heavy ions. J. Appl. Phys., 114, (Article publié).
• F. Blaffart, A. Boucherif, V. Aimez, R. Ares. (2013). Control of mesoporous silicon sarrafi initiation by cathodic passivation. Electrochemistry Communications, 36, 84-87. (Article publié).
• J. Gerbedoen, A. Aliane, A. Giguere, D. Drouin, R. Ares, V. Aimez. (2013). All evaporationsubmicron lift-off lithography process with negative e-beam QSR-5 resist. Microelectronic Engineering, 103, 123-125. (Article publié).
• Kolhatkar G., Boucherif A., Valdivia C.E., Wallace S.G., Fafard S., Aimez V., Arès R.,. (2013). Al-enhanced N incorporation in GaNAs alloys grown by chemical beam epitaxy. Journal of Crystal Growth, 380, 256-260. (Article publié).
• Schicho S., Jaouad A., Sellmer C., Morris D., Aimez V., Arès R.,. (2013). Black germanium produced by inductively coupled plasma etching. Materials Letters, 94, 86-88. (Article publié).
• Beal R., Moumanis K., Aimez V., Dubowski J.J.,. (2013). Enhanced spectrum superluminescent diodes fabricated by infrared laser rapid thermal annealing. Optics and Laser Technology, 54, 401-406. (Article publié).
• Tutashkonko S., Boucherif A., Nychyporuk T., Kaminski-Cachopo A., Arès R., Lemiti M., Aimez V.,. (2013). Mesoporous Germanium formed by bipolar electrochemical etching. Electrochimica Acta, 88, 256-262. (Article publié).
• Boucherif A., Beaudin G., Aimez V., Arès R.,. (2013). Mesoporous germanium morphology transformation for lift-off process and substrate re-use. Applied Physics Letters, 102(1), -. (Article publié).
• Wilkins M.M., Boucherif A., Beal R., Haysom J.E., Wheeldon J.F., Aimez V., Arès R., Hall T.J., Hinzer K.,. (2013). Multijunction solar cell designs using silicon bottom subcell and porous silicon compliant membrane. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 3(3), 1125-1131. (Article publié).
• Bay A., André N., Sarrazin M., Belarouci A., Aimez V., Francis L.A., Pol J.,. (2013). Optimal overlayer inspired by Photuris firefly improves light-extraction efficiency of existing light-emitting diodes. Optics Express, 21(1), A179-A189. (Article publié).
• Paquette B., Devita M., Turala A., Kolhatkar G., Boucherif A., Jaouad A., Aimez V., Arès R.,. (2013). Optimization of p-doping in AlGaAs grown by CBE using TMA for AlGaAs/GaAs tunnel junctions. Journal of Crystal Growth, 374, 1-4. (Article publié).
• Homier R., Jaouad A., Turala A., Valdivia C.E., Masson D., Wallace S.G., Fafard S., Arès R., Aimez V.,. (2012). Antireflection coating design for triple-junction III-VGe high-efficiency solar cells using low absorption PECVD silicon nitride. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics, 2(3), 393-397. (Article publié).
• Convert L., Baril F.G., Boisselle V., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R., Lecomte R., Charette P.G., Aimez V.,. (2012). Blood compatible microfluidic system for pharmacokinetic studies in small animals. Lab on a Chip - Miniaturisation for Chemistry and Biology, 12(22), 4683-4692. (Article publié).
• Richard C., Courcier T., Pittet P., Martel S., Ouellet L., Lu G.-N., Aimez V., Charette P.G.,. (2012). CMOS buried Quad p-n junction photodetector for multi-wavelength analysis. Optics Express, 20(3), 2053-2061. (Article publié).
• Kolhatkar G., Wheeldon J.F., Valdivia C.E., Walker A.W., Fafard S., Turala A., Jaouad A., ArÈs R., Aimez V., Hinzer K.,. (2012). Current-voltage measurements within the negative differential resistance region of AlGaAs/AlGaAs tunnel junctions for high concentration photovoltaics. International Journal of Nanoscience, 11(4), -. (Article publié).
• Veerasubramanian V., Beaudin G., Giguere A., Le Drogoff B., Aimez V., Kirk A.G.,. (2012). Design and demonstration of apodized comb filters on SOI. IEEE Photonics Journal, 4(4), 1133-1139. (Article publié).
• Chakroun A., Jaouad A., Giguère A., Aimez V., Arès R.,. (2012). Effective GaN surface passivation by plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition of silicon oxide. International Journal of Nanoscience, 11(4), -. (Article publié).
• Solanki A., Gentile P., Calvo V., Rosaz G., Salem B., Aimez V., Drouin D., Pauc N.,. (2012). Geometrical control of photocurrent in active Si nanowire devices. Nano Energy, 1(5), 714-722. (Article publié).
• Béland R., Charette P.G., Aimez V., Cloarec J.-P., Souteyrand E., Chevolot Y.,. (2012). Micro-fabrication process for an integrated biosensor composed of a SPR transducer coupled to a microcalorimetric sensor. International Journal of Nanoscience, 11(4), -. (Article publié).
• Convert L., Chabot V., Zermatten P.-J., Hamel Jr. R., Cloarec J.-P., Lecomte R., Aimez V., Charette P.G.,. (2012). Passivation of KMPR microfluidic channels with bovine serum albumin (BSA) for improved hemocompatibility characterized with metal-clad waveguides. Sensors and Actuators, B: Chemical, 173, 447-454. (Article publié).
• Zermatten P.-J., Jaouad A., Blais S., Gorin A., Aimez V., Charette P.G.,. (2012). Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of si-rich silicon nitride films optimized for waveguide-based sensing applications in the visible range. Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, 51(11), -. (Article publié).
• Veerasubramanian V., Beaudin G., Giguère A., Le Drogoff B., Aimez V., Kirk A.G.,. (2012). Waveguide-coupled drop filters on SOI using quarter-wave shifted sidewalled grating resonators. Optics Express, 20(14), 15983-15990. (Article publié).
• Tutashkonko S., Kaminski-Cachopo A., Boulord C., Ars R., Aimez V., Lemiti M.,. (2011). Erratum to: Light induced silver and copper plating on silver screen-printed contacts of silicon solar cells (Opto-electronics review, (2011), 19,3 (301-306)). Opto-electronics Review, 19(4), 501-502. (Article publié).
• Convert L., Girard-Baril F., Renaudin A., Grondin E., Jaouad A., Aimez V., Charette P., Lecomte R.,. (2011). High efficiency microfluidic beta detector for pharmacokinetic studies in small animals. Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 652(1), 735-738. (Article publié).
• Tutashkonko S., Kaminski-Cachopo A., Boulord C., Arès R., Aimez V., Lemiti M.,. (2011). Light induced silver and copper plating on silver screen-printed contacts of silicon solar cells. Opto-electronics Review, 19(3), 301-306. (Article publié).
• Wheeldon J.F., Valdivia C.E., Walker A.W., Kolhatkar G., Jaouad A., Turala A., Riel B., Masson D., Puetz N., Fafard S., Araè R., Aimez V., Hall T.J., Hinzer K.,. (2011). Performance comparison of AlGaAs, GaAs and InGaP tunnel junctions for concentrated multijunction solar cells. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications, 19(4), 442-452. (Article publié).
• Rutkowska K.A., Duchesne D., Volatier M., Arès R., Aimez V., Morandotti R.,. (2011). Second harmonic generation in AlGaAs nanowaveguides. Acta Physica Polonica A, 120(4), 725-731. (Article publié).
• Duchesne D., Rutkowska K.A., Volatier M., Légaré F., Delprat S., Chaker M., Modotto D., Locatelli A., De Angelis C., Sorel M., Christodoulides D.N., Salamo G., Arès R., Aimez V., Morandotti R.,. (2011). Second harmonic generation in AlGaAs photonic wires using low power continuous wave light. Optics Express, 19(13), 12408-12417. (Article publié).
• Newby P., Bluet J.-M., Aimez V., Fréchette L.G., Lysenko V.,. (2011). Structural properties of porous 6H silicon carbide. Physica Status Solidi (C) Current Topics in Solid State Physics, 8(6), 1950-1953. (Article publié).
• Hadj Alouane M.H., Ilahi B., Maaref H., Salem B., Aimez V., Morris D., Gendry M.,. (2011). Temperature dependent photoluminescence properties of InAs/InP quantum dashes subjected to low energy phosphorous ion implantation and subsequent annealing. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, 11(10), 9251-9255. (Article publié).
• Volatier M., Duchesne D., Morandotti R., Arès R., Aimez V.,. (2010). Extremely high aspect ratio GaAs and GaAs/AlGaAs nanowaveguides fabricated using chlorine ICP etching with N2-promoted passivation. Nanotechnology, 21(13), -. (Article publié).
• Chen C., Djie H.S., Ding Y.H., Ooi B.S., Hwang J.C.M., Aimez V.,. (2010). Fundamental and dynamic properties of intermixed InGaAs-InGaAsP quantum-well lasers. IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, 46(9), 1368-1374. (Article publié).
• Hadj Alouane M.H., Ilahi B., Maaref H., Salem B., Aimez V., Morris D., Turala A., Regreny P., Gendry M.,. (2010). Impact of ion-implantation-induced band gap engineering on the temperature-dependent photoluminescence properties of InAs/InP quantum dashes. Journal of Applied Physics, 108(2), -. (Article publié).
• Renaudin A., Chabot V., Grondin E., Aimez V., Charette P.G.,. (2010). Integrated active mixing and biosensing using surface acoustic waves (SAW) and surface plasmon resonance (SPR) on a common substrate. Lab on a Chip - Miniaturisation for Chemistry and Biology, 10(1), 111-115. (Article publié).
• Zaâboub Z., Ilahi B., Salem B., Aimez V., Morris D., Sfaxi L., Maaref H.,. (2010). Persistence of In/Ga intermixing beyond the emission energy blueshift saturation of proton-implanted InAs/GaAs quantum dots. Journal of Applied Physics, 107(12), -. (Article publié).
• Pauc N., Phillips M.R., Aimez V., Drouin D.,. (2010). Response to "comment on 'Carrier recombination near threading dislocations in GaN epilayers by low voltage cathodoluminescence'" [Appl. Phys. Lett. 97, 166101 (2010)]. Applied Physics Letters, 97(16), -. (Article publié).
• Richard C., Renaudin A., Aimez V., Charette P.G.,. (2009). An integrated hybrid interference and absorption filter for fluorescence detection in lab-on-a-chip devices. Lab on a Chip - Miniaturisation for Chemistry and Biology, 9(10), 1371-1376. (Article publié).
• Chabot V., Cuerrier C.M., Escher E., Aimez V., Grandbois M., Charette P.G.,. (2009). Biosensing based on surface plasmon resonance and living cells. Biosensors and Bioelectronics, 24(6), 1667-1673. (Article publié).
• Dupuy E., Morris D., Pauc N., Aimez V., Gendry M., Drouin D.,. (2009). Carrier transport properties in the vicinity of single self-assembled quantum dots determined by low-voltage cathodoluminescence imaging. Applied Physics Letters, 94(2), -. (Article publié).
• Ilahi B., Zaâboub Z., Salem B., Morris D., Aimez V., Sfaxi L., Maaref H.,. (2009). Intermixing of InAs/GaAs quantum dots by proton implantation and rapid thermal annealing. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing, 12(1-2), 71-74. (Article publié).
• Bourque-Viens A., Aimez V., Taberner A., Nielsen P., Charette P.G.,. (2009). Modelling and experimental validation of thin-film effects in thermopile-based microscale calorimeters. Sensors and Actuators, A: Physical, 150(2), 199-206. (Article publié).
• Wieczerzak E., Hame Jr. R., Chabot V., Aimez V., Charette P.G., Grandbois M., Escher E.,. (2009). Monitoring of native chemical ligation by surface plasmon resonance. Advances in experimental medicine and biology, 611, 427-429. (Article publié).
• Guo A., Salamo G.J., Duchesne D., Morandotti R., Volatier-Ravat M., Aimez V., Siviloglou G.A., Christodoulides D.N.,. (2009). Observation of PT-symmetry breaking in complex optical potentials. Physical Review Letters, 103(9), -. (Article publié).
• Linzon Y., Malomed B.A., Zaezjev M., Morandotti R., Volatier-Ravat M., Aimez V., Ares R., Bar-Ad S.,. (2009). Wave interactions and wave-structure scattering in nonlinear patterned waveguides. Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, 80(4), 666-673. (Article publié).

Articles de conférence

• K. Hinzer, C.E. Valdivia, M.M. Wilkins, R. Cheriton, P. Sharma, A.H. Trojnar, H. Schriemer, B. Bouzazi, G. Kolhatkar, A. Boucherif, A. Jaouad, S. Fafard, V. Aimez, R. Arès. (2015). Designs optimisations for concentrated solar systems using dilute nitride four-junction photovoltaics. Photonics North 2015. (Article soumis).
• M.C.A. York, S. Fafard, R. Arès, V. Aimez J. Sylvestre. (2015). Pushingthe Limits of a Hybrid Thermal / PV System. IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference. (Article accepté).
• C. Carrière, J.A. Tsanakas, M. Sicre, A.Vossier, R. Elouamari, A. Jaouad, V. Aimez, R. Arès, A. Dollet. (2015). Assessing the impact of inhomogeneous irradiation on the ageing of III-V multijunction solar cells. 11th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV 11). (Article publié).
• D. Larkin1, V. Aimez, A. Jaouad, S. Fafard, A. Yavrian, R. Gilbert, A. G.-Vanasse, R. Arès. (2015). External test bench measurement methods for studying CPV modules with secondary optics featuring wide range acceptance engles. 11th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV 11). (Article publié).
• A. Boucherif, A. Jaouad, R. Cheriton, S. Han, M. M. Wilkins, C. E. Valdivia, J. E. Haysom, K. Hinzer, S. Fafard, V. Aimez, R. Arès. (2015). GaAs solar cells on mesoporous silicon templates. 11th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV 11). (Article publié).
• O.Richard, A.Jaouad1, B. Bouzazi, R. Arès, S.Fafard, V. Aimez. (2015). Simulation of a through-substrate vias contact structure for multi-junction solar cells under concentrated illumination. 11th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV 11). (Article publié).
• M. Volatier, A. Jaouad, R. Arès, S. Fafard, V. Aimez. (2015). Through-substrate vias in multi-junction solar cells by plasma etching. 11th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV 11). (Article publié).
• B. Bouzazi1, B. Sichere, A. Jaouad, V. Aimez, R. Arès, S. Fafard. (2015). Voltage bias external quantum efficiency measurements for a full characterization of a monolithic multijunction solar cell device. 11th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV 11). (Article publié).
• C.E. Valdivia ; M.M. Wilkins ; B. Bouzazi ; A. Jaouad ; V. Aimez ; R. Arès ; D.P. Masson ; S. Fafard ; K. Hinzer. (2015). Five-volt vertically-stacked, single-cell GaAs photonic power converter. Proc. SPIE 9358, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices, (Article publié).
• Cheriton R., Wilkins M.M., Boucherif A., Haysom J.E., Beal R.M., Thériault O., Walker A.W., Wheeldon J.F., Aimez V., Arès R., Hall T.J., Hinzer K. (2014). Design of gallium arsenide solar cells on poroussilicon substrates. 10th International Conference on Concentrated Photovoltaic Systems (CPV 10). (Article publié).
• Yavrian A., Gilbert R., Larkin D., Aimez V. Arès R. (2014). Impact of acceptance angle on HCPV energyproduction. 10th International Conference on Concentrated Photovoltaic Systems (CPV 10). (Article publié).
• R Artinyan, A Benamrouche, C Belacel, M Kozubova, A Berthelot, AM Jurdyc, G Beaudin, V Aimez, P Rojo-Romeo, JL Leclercq, R Peretti, X Letartre, S Callard. (2014). Optical characterization of active photon cages. Proc. SPIE 9127, Photonic Crystal Materials and Devices XI, 91270K-91270K-8. (Article publié).
• Beaudin G.; Belarouci A.; Aimez V. (2014). Silicon based vertical tapers fabricated using a lowcost, high precision, microfabrication process. Photonics North. (Article publié).
• N. André, L. Francis, A. Bay, M. Sarrazin, A. Stolz, E. Al Alam, A. Giguère, A. Belarouci, V. Aimez, J.P. Vigneron. (2014). Biometric overlayer inspired by firefly for LEDlight-extraction efficiency improvement. Living Light Conference 2014. (Article publié).
• Courcier T, Pittet P, Charette PG, Aimez V, Lu GN. (2013). BQJ photodetector signal processing. 3rd International Conference on Materials and Applications for Sensors and Transducers (IC-MAST). (Article publié).
• A. Chakroun, J. Boughaleb, A. Souifi, V. Aimez, H. Maher, R. Arès and A. Jaouad. (2013). Gallium Nitride MOS Capacitors with Low Dit forHigh Power Device Fabrications. 10th International Conference on Nitride Semiconductors. (Article publié).
• K. Dolgaleva, P. Sarrafi, P. Kultavewuti, J. S. Aitchison, L. Qian, M. Volatier, R. Ares, V. Aimez. (2013). Highly Efficient Broadly Tunable Four-Wave Mixingin AlGaAs Nanowires. CLEO: Science and Innovations. (Article publié).
• A. Jaouad, P. J. Zermatten, A. Gorin, P. Charrette, R. Arès and V. Aimez. (2013). Low optical loss silicon nitride fortriple-junction III-V/Ge solar cells antireflective coatings. Next Generation Solar 2013 – Photovoltaics Canada – Fourth National Scientific Conference. (Article soumis).
• A. Jaouad, P. J. Zermatten, A. Gorin, P. Charrette, R. Arès, V. Aimez. (2013). Low optical loss silicon nitride fortriple-junction III-V/Ge solar cells antireflective coatings. Next Generation Solar 2013 – Photovoltaics Canada – Fourth National Scientific Conference. (Article publié).
• Ahmed Chakroun, Abdelkader Souifi, Vincent Aimez, Hassan Maher, Richard ARES, Abdelatif Jaouad. (2013). Passivation de GaN par dépôt PECVD d’oxyde de silicium : Brique de basepour le développement d’une technologie MOS-GaN pour les transistors depuissance. ACFAS : l’Association francophone pour le savoir. (Article publié).
• Ahmed Chakroun, Jihane Boughaleb, Abdelkader Souifi, Vincent Aimez, Hassan Maher, Richard Ares and Abdelatif Jaouad. (2013). Passivation de la surface du nitrure de gallium brique de base pour latechnologie mos-GaN. Journées Nano, Micro et Optoélectronique. (Article publié).
• B. Paquette, V. Aimez, R. Arès, A. Boucherif, M. DeVita, S. Fafard, K. Hinzer, A. Jaouad, G. Kolhatkar, O. Thériault, A. Turala, C. Valdivia, A. Walker, S.Wallace, J. Wheeldon,. (2013). Chemical beam epitaxy growth of AlGaAs/GaAs tunneljunctions using trimethyl aluminium for multijunction solar cells. 9th International Conference on Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems (CPV‐9). (Article publié).
• Gualdi F., Arenas O., Vossier A., Dollet A., Aimez V., Arès R. (2013). Determining passive cooling limits in CPV using ananalytical thermal model. AIP Conference Proceedings, (Article publié).
• O. Arenas, V. Aimez, R. Arès, A. Dollet, F. Gualdi, A. Vossier. (2013). Determining passive cooling limits in CPV using ananalytical thermal model. 9th International Conference on Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems (CPV‐9). (Article publié).
• B. Paquette, V. Aimez, R. Arès, A. Boucherif. (2013). Novel low current, low heat flux multijunctionsolar cell design to maximize concentration and reduce costs. 9th International Conference on Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems (CPV‐9). (Article publié).
• A. Jaouad, P.J Zermatten, R. Homier, P. Charette, R. Arès and V. Aimez. (2013). Si‐Richsilicon nitride films for ARC coatings of III‐VMulti‐Junctions solar cells. 9th International Conference on Concentrating Photovoltaic Systems (CPV‐9). (Article publié).
• Paquette B., DeVita M., Turala A., Kolhatkar G., Boucherif A., Jaouad A., Wilkins M., Wheeldon J.F., Walker A.W., Hinzer K., Fafard S., Aimez V., Arès R. (2013). Chemical beam epitaxy of AlGaAs/GaAs tunneljunctions using trimethyl aluminium for multijunction solar cells. AIP Conference Proceedings, (Article publié).
• S. Chatbouri, M. Troudi, N. Sghaier, A. Kalboussi, D. Drouin, V. Aimez, A. Souifi. (2013). Effect of illumination on the electron transportmechanisms in silicon nanocrystal-based nanopixels. 10th International Multi-Conference on Systems, Signals and Devices, SSD 2013. (Article publié).
• R. Béal, N. Liu, Kh. Moumanis, V. Aimez, J.J. Dubowski. (2013). Excimer laser processing of III‐Vquantum semiconductor surfaces for selected area bandgap engineering. Conference NanoQuébec. (Article publié).
• O. Arenas, V. Aimez, R. Arès. (2012). Improvements in solar cell receivers forconcentration photovoltaics. Next Generation Solar / Photovoltaics. (Article publié).
• Renaudin A., Chabot V., Grondin E., Aimez V., Charette P.G.,. (2011). Accelerated binding kinetics by surface acoustic waves (SAW) micromixing in surface plasmon resonance (SPR) system for biodetection. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, -. (Article publié).
• Renaudin A., Chabot V., Grondin E., Aimez V., Charette P.G.,. (2011). Accelerated surface plasmon resonance biosensing by surface acoustic waves microstreaming. NEMS 2011 - 6th IEEE International Conference on Nano/Micro Engineered and Molecular Systems, 1140-1143. (Article publié).
• Dollet A., Arenas O., Perona A., Vossier A., Ares R., Aimez V., Barrau J., Chemisana D., Rosell J.I.,. (2011). Assessment and comparison of concentrator cell carrier efficiencies under very high fluxes. AIP Conference Proceedings, 192-195. (Article publié).
• Veerasubramanian V., Beaudin G., Giguère A., Ledrogoff B., Aimez V., Kirk A.G.,. (2011). A vertical SG-DBR based tunable hybrid silicon evanescent laser. 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011, -. (Article publié).
• Duchesne D., Rutkowska K.A., Volatier M., Légaré F., Delprat S., Chaker M., Modotto D., Locatelli A., De Angelis C., Sorel M., Christodoulides D.N., Salamo G., Ares R., Aimez V., Morandotti R.,. (2011). Continuous-wave second harmonic generation in sub-micron AlGaAs waveguides. 2011 Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics: Laser Science to Photonic Applications, CLEO 2011, -. (Article publié).
• Veerasubramanian V., Beaudin G., Giguère A., Le Drogoff B., Aimez V., Kirk A.G.,. (2011). Demonstration of waveguide-coupled sidewalled grating filters on SOI. IEEE Photonic Society 24th Annual Meeting, PHO 2011, 597-598. (Article publié).
• Wheeldon J.F., Walker A., Valdivia C.E., Chow S., Theriault O., Beal R., Yandt M., Masson D., Riel B., McMeekin D., Puetz N., Wallace S.G., Aimez V., Arès R., Hall T.J., Fafard S., Hinzer K.,. (2011). Efficiency measurements and simulations of GaInP/InGaAs/Ge quantum dot enhanced solar cells at up to 1000-suns under flash and continuous concentration. AIP Conference Proceedings, 220-223. (Article publié).
• Arenas O., Collin L.-M., Chow S., Proulx F., Hinzer K., Aimez V., Fréchette L.G., Arès R.,. (2011). High performance concentrated photovoltaic module development using temperature sensors. AIP Conference Proceedings, 184-187. (Article publié).
• Veerasubramanian V., Beaudin G., Giguère A., LeDrogoff B., Aimez V., Kirk A.G.,. (2011). Hybrid III-V silicon evanescent lasers with vertical sidewalled gratings. 2011 IEEE Winter Topicals, WTM 2011, 133-134. (Article publié).
• Richard C., Pittet P., Martel S., Ouellet L., Lu G.-N., Aimez V., Charette P.G.,. (2011). Integration of hybrid optical filter with Buried Quad pn-Junction photodetector for multi-labeling fluorescence detection applications. DTIP 2011 - Symposium on Design, Test, Integration and Packaging of MEMS/MOEMS, 300-304. (Article publié).
• Béal R., Liu N., Moumanis K., Aimez V., Dubowski J.J.,. (2011). Multi section bandgap tuned superluminescent diodes fabricated by UV laser induced quantum well intermixing. 2011 ICO International Conference on Information Photonics, IP 2011, -. (Article publié).
• Sieutat C., Leclercq J.L., Letartre X., Callard S., Gendry M., Grenet G., Naji K., Regreny P., Rojo-Romeo P., Viktorovitch P., Beaudin G., Cloutier M., Drouin D., Aimez V.,. (2010). 3D harnessing of light with photon cage. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, -. (Article publié).
• Arenas O., Chow S., Collin L.-M., Wheeldon J.F., Valdivia C.E., Turala A., Hinzer K., Aimez V., Arès R.,. (2010). Advances in cell carriers for CPV applications. AIP Conference Proceedings, 66-69. (Article publié).
• Arenas O., Collin L.-M., Chow S., Wheeldon J.F., Valdivia C.E., Hinzer K., Frechette L., Aimez V., Arès R.,. (2010). Comparative thermal analysis of solar cells mounted on ceramic and metallic carriers and their optimization for CPV applications. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 2998-3002. (Article publié).
• Duchesne D., Rutkowska K.A., Volatier M., Legare F., Delprat S., Chaker M., Modotto D., Locatelli A., De Angelis C., Sorel M., Christodoulides D.N., Salamo G., Ares R., Aimez V., Morandotti R.,. (2010). Continuous wave second harmonic generation in ultra-compact AlGaAs photonic wire waveguides. 35th Australian Conference on Optical Fibre Technology, ACOFT 2010, -. (Article publié).
• Wheeldon J.F., Valdivia C.E., Walker A., Kolhatkar G., Masson D., Riel B., Fafard S., Jaouad A., Turala A., Arès R., Aimez V., Hall T.J., Hinzer K.,. (2010). GaAs, AlGaAs and InGaP tunnel junctions for multi-junction solar cells under concentration: Resistance study. AIP Conference Proceedings, 28-31. (Article publié).
• Wheeldon J.F., Valdivia C.E., Masson D., Proulx F., Riel B., Puetz N., Desfonds E., Fafard S., Rioux B., SpringThorpe A.J., Arès R., Aimez V.,. (2010). High-efficiency commercial grade 1 cm2 AlGaInP/GaAs/Ge solar cells with embedded InAs quantum dots for concentrator demonstration system. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, -. (Article publié).
• Valdivia C.E., Chow S., Fafard S., Thériault O., Yandt M., Wheeldon J.F., Springthorpe A.J., Rioux B., McMeekin D., Masson D., Riel B., Aimez V., Arès R., Cook J., Hall T.J., Shepherd F., Hinzer K.,. (2010). Measurement of high efficiency 1 cm2 AlGaInP/InGaAs/Ge solar cells with embedded InAs quantum dots at up TO 1000 suns continuous concentration. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 1253-1258. (Article publié).
• Convert L., Girard-Baril F., Boisselle V., Pratte J.-F., Fontaine R., Aimez V., Charette P., Lecomte R.,. (2010). Microfluidic beta and conversion electron radiation detector for preclinical pharmacokinetic studies with PET and SPECT radiotracers. IEEE Nuclear Science Symposium Conference Record, 2128-2131. (Article publié).
• Chow S., Valdivia C.E., Wheeldon J.F., Ares R., Arenas O.J., Aimez V., McMeekin D., Fafard S., Hinzer K.,. (2010). Thermal test and simulation of alumina receiver with high efficiency multi-junction solar cell for concentrator systems. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, -. (Article publié).
• Kolhatkar G., Wheeldon J.F., Valdivia C.E., Walker A.W., Fafard S., Turala A., Jaouad A., Arès R., Aimez V., Hinzer K.,. (2010). Time-dependent analysis of AlGaAs/AlGaAs tunnel junctions for high efficiency multi-junction solar cells. Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, -. (Article publié).
• Veerasubramanian V., Kirk A.G., Beaudin G., Giguère A., LeDrogoff B., Aimez V.,. (2010). Waveguide coupled drop filters on SOI using vertical sidewalled grating resonators. 2010 23rd Annual Meeting of the IEEE Photonics Society, PHOTINICS 2010, 634-635. (Article publié).
• Wheeldon J.F., Valdivia C.E., Walker A., Kolhatkar G., Hall T.J., Hinzer K., Masson D., Fafard S., Jaouad A., Turala A., Arés R., Aimez V.,. (2009). AlGaAs tunnel junction for high efficiency multi-junction solar cells: Simulation and measurement of temperature-dependent operation. Conference Record of the IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, 000106-000111. (Article publié).

Propriétés intellectuelles

Brevets

• Charette, P., Renaudin, A., Chabot, V., Grondin, E., and Aimez, V., Integrated shear-vertical surface acoustic wave and surface plasmon resonance sensing device and method. US 61/071,340. (Terminé).
• E. Grondin, G. Beaudin, R. Ares, P. Charette and V. Aimez, Low loss directional coupling between highly dissimilar optical waveguides for high refractive index integrated photonic circuits. US 13/977,341. (Terminé).

Autres contributions

Gestion d'évènements

• Member of the Publication Committee. 11th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV-11). (Conférence).
• Member of the Scientific Committee. 17th Canadian Semiconductor Science and Technology Conference. (Conférence).
• Member of the Organisation Committee. Annual conference LIA-LN2. (Conférence).
• Member of the Organisation Committee. Annual conference LIA-LN2. (Conférence).
• Member of the Organisation Committee. Annual conference LIA-LN2. (Conférence).
• Member of the Scientific Committee. CMOS Emerging Technologies Research. (Conférence).
• Member of the Organisation Committee. Conference UMI-LN2. (Conférence).
• Member of the Organisation Committee. Inaugural conference UMI-LN2. (Conférence).
• Member of the Scientific Committee. XXIIe Entretiens Jacques Cartier, “Connecting to the Nanoworld”. (Conférence).
• Member of the Scientific Committee. XXVII Entretiens Jacques Cartier ‘Nanotechnologies – Nouveaux paradigmes associés à l’intégration 3D et à l’encapsulation’. (Conférence).