Vincent Aimez

Prix et distinctions

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

Financement

• Subvention. (Obtenu). Cochercheur. Etude et développement d'une solution à faible emprunte carbone pour les stations de télécommunication (SAFE TELECOM). Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG). STACE solutions solaires. Alliance. 130 435 $. (2021-2024)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Cocandidat. Training in Optoelectronics for Power: from Science and Engineering to Technology (TOP-SET). CRSNG & CRSH. FONCER. 1 650 000 $. (2016-2023)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Chercheur principal. Hybrid III-V optoelectronic devices nanofabrication: applications to concentrated photovoltaics. Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG). Découverte. 240 000 $. (2016-2022)
• Bourse de recherche. (Obtenu). Cocandidat. Prototyping and characterization of TLC photovoltaics. MITACS Acceleration. Terra Firma Innovations. 213 333 $. (2020-2022)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Cocandidat. Amélioration des systèmes CPV par micro/nano structuration. MITACS Acceleration. 133 333 $. (2018-2021)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Cocandidat. MARS CPV : Materials and ARchitecture of Solar cells for CPV. CRSNG (RDC) / Prompt / STACE. RDC. 2 606 180 $. (2019-2021)
• Subvention. (Obtenu). Cocandidat. Chaine d'innovation intégrée pour la prospérité numérique. MESI / Partenaires. MESI - Infrastructures (20 M$ + 8 M$ Partenaires). 20 500 000 $. (2018-2021)
• Subvention. (Terminé). Cocandidat. Micro-nano structuration pour augmenter l’Angle d’Acceptance des Systèmes Photovoltaiques à concentration. MITACS/MESI/STACE. MESI PSRV4 + MITACS Acceleration. 498 000 $. (2018-2020)
• Subvention. (Terminé). Chercheur principal. Étude de l'influence de l'enneigement sur la production photovoltaïque. Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG). Partenariat. 25 000 $. (2019-2020)
• Subvention. (Terminé). Chercheur principal. Modules CPV à très haute efficacité utilisant les cellules à vias transversants (TCVC). STACE. Engage. 25 000 $. (2017-2017)
• Subvention. (Terminé). Chercheur principal. A cost-effective process for low-loss light coupling between optical fibres and integrated photonic circuits with high refractive. Conseil de Recherches en Sciences Naturelles et Génie du Canada (CRSNG). De l'idée a l'innovation (I2IPJ). 60 000 $. (2015-2017)
• Subvention. (Terminé). Chercheur principal. Optimized 3J cell designs for hybrid concentrated photovoltaics - Thermal (CPV-T) systems. CGE. Engage plus Grant for universities. 25 000 $. (2016-2016)

Publications

Articles de revue

• M. de Lafontaine, E. Pargon, G. Gay, C. Petit-Etienne, S. David, J-P Barnes, N. Rochat, A. Jaouad, M. Volatier, S. Fafard, V. Aimez, M. Darnon,. (2021). Anisotropic and low damage III-V/Ge heterostructure etching for multijunction solar cell fabrication with passivated sidewalls. Micro and Nano Engineering 11 (Article publié).
• P. Albert, A. Jaouad, G. Hamon*, M. Volatier, C. E. Valdivia, Y. Deshayes, K. Hinzer, L. Bechou, V. Aimez, M. Darnon. (2021). Miniaturization of InGaP/InGaAs/Ge solar cells for micro-concentrator photovoltaics. Progress in Photovoltaics Research and Applications (Article publié).
• P. Albert A. Jaouad G. Hamon M. Volatier Y. Deshayes L. Béchou V. Aimez M. Darnon. (2021). Three‐junction monolithic interconnected modules for concentrator photovoltaics. Progress in Photovoltaics: Research and Applications 1062-7995. (Article publié).
• Jules Voisin, Maxime Darnon, Abdelatif Jaouad, Maité Volatier, Vincent Aimez, Joao Trovao. (2020). Climate impact analysis on the optimal sizing of a stand-alone hybrid building. Energy and Buildings 109676. (Article publié).
• A. Mbeunmi, M. El-Gahouchi, R. Arvinte, A. Jaouad, R. Cheriton, M. Wilkins, C.E. Valdivia, K. Hinzer, S. Fafard, V. Aimez, R. Arès, A. Boucherif. (2020). Direct growth of GaAs solar cells on Si substrate via mesoporous Si buffer. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 217 110641. (Article publié).
• Olivier Richard, Sonia Blais, Richard Arès, Vincent Aimez, Abdelatif Jaouad. (2020). Mechanisms of GaAs surface passivation by a one-step dry process using low-frequency plasma enhanced chemical deposition of silicon nitride. Microelectronic Engineering 233 111398. (Article publié).
• Clément Laucher Gwenaëlle Hamon Artur Turala Maïté Volatier Maxime Darnon Vincent Aimez Abdelatif Jaouad. (2020). Self‐powered light‐induced plating for III‐V/Ge triple‐junction solar cell metallization. Energy Sci Eng. 8 3672– 3681. (Article publié).
• F. Chancerel, P. Regreny, J.L. Leclercq, S. Brottet, M. Volatier, Abdelatif Jaouad, Maxime Darnon, Simon Fafard, Nicholas Blanchard, Michel Gendry et Vincent Aimez. (2019). Epitaxial lift-off ofInGaAs solar cells from InP substrate using a strained AlAs/InAlAs superlatticeas a novel sacrificial layer. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Elsevier 195 204-212. (Article publié).
• Joffrey Belin, Etienne Grondin, Vincent Aimez, Abdelatif Jaouad. (2019). Hybridabsorption/interference wide-angle filter using PECVD Si-Rich Si x N y and SiOx for LED lighting. Optics Express 27 (9), 12519. (Article publié).
• Mark C.A. York, Francine Proulx, Olivier Gilard, Laurent Bechou, Richard Arès, Vincent Aimez, Denis Masson et Simon Fafard. (2019). III—V Laser PowerConverters With Vertically Stacked Subcells Demonstrating Superior RadiationResilience. IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Article publié).
• Mathieu de Lafontaine, Erwine Pargon, Camille Petit-Etienne, Guillaume Gay, Abdelatif Jaouad, Marie-Josee Gour, Maité Volatier, Simon Fafard, Vincent Aimez et Maxime Darnon. (2019). Influence of plasmaprocess on III-V/Ge multijunction solar cell via etching. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, Elsevier 195 49-54. (Article publié).
• York, M.C.A., Mailhot, A., Boucherif, A., Arès, R., Aimez, V., Fafard, S. (2018). Challenges andstrategies for implementing the vertical epitaxial heterostructure architechture(VEHSA) design for concentratedphotovoltaic applications. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 181 46-52. (Article publié).
• O. Richard, V. Aimez, R. Arès, S. Fafard, A. Jaouad. (2018). Simulation ofthrough-cell vias contacts under non-uniform concentrated light profiles. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells 188 241-248. (Article publié).
• A Chakroun, A Jaouad, A Soltani, O Arenas, V Aimez, R Ares, H Maher. (2017). AlGaN/GaN MOS-HEMT Device Fabricated Using a High Quality PECVD Passivation Process. IEEE Electron Device Letters 38 (6), 779-782. (Article publié).
• Matthew M. Wilkins ; James Gupta ; Abdelatif Jaouad ; Boussairi Bouzazi ; Simon Fafard ; Abderraouf Boucherif ; Christopher E. Valdivia ; Richard Arès ; Vincent Aimez ; Henry P. Schriemer ; Karin Hinzer. (2017). Design of thin InGaAsN(Sb) n-i-p junctions for use in four-junction concentrating photovoltaic devices. J. Photon. Energy 7 (2), (Article publié).
• Youcef A. Bioud, Abderraouf Boucherif, Ali Belarouci, Etienne Paradis, Simon Fafard, Vincent Aimez, Dominique Drouin, Richard Arès. (2017). Fast growth synthesis of mesoporous germanium films by high frequency bipolar electrochemical etching. Electrochimica Acta 232 422-430. (Article publié).
• M. de Lafontaine; M. Darnon; C. Colin; B. Bouzazi; M. Volatier; R. Arès; S. Fafard; V. Aimez; A. Jaouad. (2017). Impact of Via Hole Integration on Multijunction Solar Cells for Through Cell Via Contacts and Associated Passivation Treatment. IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics PP (99), (Article publié).
• F. Proulx,M. C. A. York, P. O. Provost, R. Arès, V. Aimez, D. P. Masson, S. Fafard. (2017). Measurement of strong photon recycling in ultra-thin GaAs n/p junctions monolithically integrated in high-photovoltage vertical epitaxial heterostructure architectures with conversion efficiencies exceeding 60%. physica status solidi (RRL) – Rapid Research Letters 11 (2), (Article publié).
• V. Chabot, C. Cuerrier, E. Escher, V. Aimez, M. Gransbois, and P. Charette. (2017). Measuring CellularActivity Using Surface Plasmon Resonance. CMBES 31 (1), (Article publié).
• S. Fafard ; F. Proulx ; M. C. A. York ; M. Wilkins ; C. E. Valdivia ; M. Bajcsy ; D. Ban ; A. Jaouad ; B. Bouzazi ; R. Arès ; V. Aimez ; K. Hinzer ; D. P. Masson. (2016). Advances with vertical epitaxial heterostructure architecture (VEHSA) phototransducers for optical to electrical power conversion efficiencies exceeding 50 percent. Proc. SPIE 9743, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices (Article publié).
• Francine Proulx, Gilles Leduc, Malik Amjad, Kelsey Leduc, James Delsaut, Richard Arès, Vincent Aimez, and Simon Fafard,. (2016). Characterization of an assembly architecture incorporating a multi-cell design for lower cost hybrid CPV modules. AIP Conference Proceedings 1166 (Article publié).
• G. Kolhatkar, A. Boucherif, C. Dab, S. Fafard, V. Aimez. R. Arès and A. Ruediger. (2016). Composition variation in Al-based dilute nitride alloys using apertureless scanning near-field optical microscopy. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 18 30546-30553. (Article publié).
• R. Cheriton, M. M. Wilkins, P. Sharma, C. E. Valdivia, A. H. Trojnar, H. Schriemer, K. Hinzer, J. Gupta, B. Bouzazi, G. Kolhatkar, A. Boucherif, A. Jaouad, S. Fafard, V. Aimez and R. Arès. (2016). Design optimizations of InGaAsN(Sb) subcells for concentrator photovoltaic systems. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 34 (Article publié).
• S. Chatbouri, M. Troudi, N. Sghaier, A. Kalboussi, V. Aimez, D. Drouin, A. Souifi. (2016). Direct exchange between silicon nanocrystals and tunnel oxide traps under illumination on single electron photodetector. Semiconductors 50 (Article publié).
• Gitanjali Kolhatkar, Abderraouf Boucherif, Youcef Ataellah Bioud, Simon Fafard, Andreas Ruediger, Vincent Aimez, and Richard Ares. (2016). Electrical and structural properties of AlGaNAs alloys grown by chemical beam epitaxy. Phys. Status Solidi B 253 (5), 918–922. (Article publié).
• Guillaume Beaudin ; Étienne Grondin ; Ali Belarouci ; Paul G. Charette ; Vincent Aimez. (2016). Evanescent Field Coupler Optimized for High Refractive Index Differences (ECHRID)—A Platform for a SOI Photonics Optical Interface. IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics 22 (6), (Article publié).
• S. Fafard, F. Proulx, M. C. A. York, L. S. Richard, P. O. Provost, R. Arès, V. Aimez, and D. P. Masson. (2016). High-photovoltage GaAs vertical epitaxial monolithic heterostructures with 20 thin p/n junctions and a conversion efficiency of 60%. Appl. Phys. Lett. 109 (Article publié).
• B. Ilahi, J. Zribi, D. Morris, A. Aldhobaib, V. Aimez, R. Ares,. (2016). In-situ height engineering of InGaAs/GaAs quantum dots by Chemical Beam Epitaxy. Journal of Nanophotonics (Article accepté).
• Y. Bargaoui, M. Troudi, N. Sghaier, N. Yacoubi, V. Aimez, A. Souifi. (2016). Interface state density dependence on detection process in single electron photo-detector (photo-SET). Microelectronic Engineering 159 151-154. (Article publié).
• Laurence Convert, Réjean Lebel, Suzanne Gascon, Réjean Fontaine, Jean-François Pratte, Paul Charette, Vincent Aimez and Roger Lecomte. (2016). Real Time Microfluidic Blood Counting System for PET and SPECT Preclinical Pharmacokinetic Studies. J Nucl Med (Article publié).
• 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).
• M.C.A. York, F. Proulx, D. P. Masson, A. Jaouad, B. Bouzazi, R. Arès, V. Aimez and S. Fafard. (2016). Thin n/p GaAs Junctions for Novel High-Efficiency Phototransducers Based on a Vertical Epitaxial Heterostructure Architecture. MRS Advances 1-10. (Article publié).
• Bouraoui Ilahi, Jihene Zribi, Maxime Guillotte, Richard Arès, Vincent Aimez and Denis Morris. (2016). Tunable Emission Wavelength Stacked InAs/GaAs Quantum Dots by Chemical Beam Epitaxy for Optical Coherence Tomography. Materials 9 (7), (Article publié).
• R. Beal , K. Moumanis , V. Aimez , J. J. Dubowski. (2016). Ultraviolet laser quantum well intermixing based prototyping of bandgap tuned heterostructures for the fabrication of superluminescent diodes. Optics & Laser Technology 78 5-9. (Article publié).
• Feruglio, S.; Courcier, T.; Tsiakaka, O.; Karami, A.; Alexandre-Gauthier, A.; Romain, O.; Aimez, V.; Charette, P.G.; Pittet, P.; Lu, G.N. (2015). A CMOS Buried Quad p-n Junction Photodetector Model. Sensors Journal, IEEE PP (99), (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).
• M. Darnon, M. de Lafontaine, M. Volatier, S. Fafard, R. Arès, A. Jaouad, V. Aimez. (2015). Deep germanium etching using time multiplexed plasma etching. J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B 33 (6), (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).
• 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).
• 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).
• T. Courcier, P. Pittet, P. G. Charette, V. Aimez, G. N. Lu. (2014). BQJ Photodetector SignalProcessing. Key Engineering Materials 605 91-94. (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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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

• A. Ritou, P. St Pierre, P.O. Provost, G. Forcade, C. Dubuc, O. Dellea, G. Hamon, M. Volatier, A. Jaouad, K. Hinzer, V. Aimez, M. Darnon. (2021). CPV Module to Rate Antireflective and Encapsulant Coating in Outdoor Conditions. 17th Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV17). (Article publié).
• AB Poungoué Mbeunmi, A. Turala, R. Arvinte, CE Validiva, K. Hinzer, V. Aimez, R. Arès, A. Boucherif, S. Fafard. (2021). Development of dual junction GaInP/GaAs solar cells for high-performance concentrator photovoltaic quad-junction III-V/IV. Proceedings Volume 11681, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices X, (Article publié).
• P. Albert, Y. Deshayes, G. Hamon, A. Jaouad, M. Volatier, V. Aimez, L. Bechou, M. Darnon. (2021). InGaP/InGaAs/Ge microcells robustness assessment. 17th Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV17). (Article publié).
• R. Norman, E. Leveille, N. Caillou, J. Blais, S. Rosa, V. Aimez and L. G. Frechette. (2021). Molding Arrays of Tertiary Optical Elements for Microcell Receivers. 17th Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV17). (Article publié).
• M. de Lafontaine, F. Ayari, E. Pargon, G. Gay, C. Petit-Etienne, J-P. Barnes, N. Rochat, A. Turala, A. Jaouad, M. Volatier, S. Fafard, V. Aimez and M. Darnon. (2021). Multijunction Solar Cell Electrical Isolation andPassivation with a Single Plasma Process. 17th Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV17). (Article publié).
• M. Darnon, M. de Lafontaine, P. Albert, G. Hamon, M. Volatier, V. Aimez, E. Pargon and A. Jaouad,. (2021). Plasma Etching: an Enabler to Better Concentrated Photovoltaics Systems. Joint International Conference on the 8th International Conference on Microelectronics and Plasma Technology (ICMAP) & 9th International Symposium n Functional Materials (ISFM). (Article publié).
• F. Chancerel, P. Regreny, J. L. Leclercq, M. Volatier, A. Jaouad, Maxime Darnon, S. Fafard, Michel Gendry, Vincent Aimez. (2020). Comparison of the performances of various InGaAs-based solar cells for concentrated photovoltaic applications. 16th Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems. (Article publié).
• X. Mackre-Delannoy, G. Hamon, M. Volatier, A. Jaouad, V. Aimez, Maxime Darnon. (2020). Demonstration of Back Contacted III/Ge Triple Junction Solar Cells,. 16th Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV16). (Article publié).
• A. B. P. Mbeunmi, A. Turala, R. Arvinte, A. Jaouad, V.Aimez, R. Arès, A. Boucherif and S. Fafard,. (2020). High performance dual junction GaInP/GaAs for concentrator photovoltaic quad-junction. 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC). (Article publié).
• Richard Norman, Etienne Leveille, Luc Frechette, Vincent Aimez. (2020). Massively-parallel microcell arrays and thermal runaway in unilluminated cells. 16Th International Conference on Concentrator Photovolatic Systems (CPV-16). (Article publié).
• Mathieu de Lafontaine, E. Pargon, G. Gay, C. Petit-Etienne, S. David, J-P. Barnes, N. Rochat, A. Jaouad, M. Volatier, S. Fafard, V. Aimez, Maxime Darnon. (2020). Multijunction Solar Cell Electrical Isolation and Passivation with a Single Plasma Process. 16th Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems. (Article publié).
• Gwenaelle Hamon, M. De Lafontaine, X. Mackre-Delannoy, M. Volatier, V. Aimez, A. Jaouad, Maxime Darnon. (2020). New architectures of Concentrated Photovoltacs (CPV) solar cells. Photonics North. (Article publié).
• Pierre Albert, G. Hamon, M. Volatier, Y. Deshayes, A. Jaouad, V. Aimez, L. Bechou, Maxime Darnon. (2020). Towards miniaturization of concentrated photovoltaics (CPV): impacts on fabrication, performance and robustness of solar cells. 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, IEEE,. (Article publié).
• Maxime Darnon, M. Volatier, G. Hamon, P. Albert, M. De Lafontaine, X. Mackre-Delannoy, O. Richard, V. Aimez, L. Béchou, E. Pargon, A. Jaouad. (2020). Unconventional triple junction solar cells based on micro technologies. 2020 47th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference (PVSC). (Article publié).
• Pierre Albert, Abdelatif Jaouad, Maite Volatier, Christopher E. Valdivia, Yannick Deshayes, Laurent Bechou, Vincent Aimez et Maxime Darnon. (2019). Area downsizing effects on electrical performanceand robustness of triple junction solar cells for CPV applications. International Symposium on Reliability of Optoelectronics System. (Article publié).
• Pierre Albert, Abdelatif Jaouad, Maxime Darnon, Maite Volatier, Yannick Deshayes, Laurent Bechou, Vincent Aimez. (2019). High-Voltage Low-Current Multijunction MonolithicInterconnected Microcells. 15th Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaics Systems (CPV15). (Article publié).
• M. De Lafontaine, G. Gay, E. Pargon, C. Petit-Etienne, N. Rochat, M. Volatier, M. Darnon, S. Fafard, V. Aimez, A. Jaouad. (2019). High Aspect Ratio and Low Damage III-V/GeHeterostructure Via Etching. Plasma Etch and Strip in Microelectronics (PESM). 11th International Workshop. (Article publié).
• M. Darnon, M. Volatier, P. Albert, M. De Lafontaine, P. St-Pierre, G. Hamon, C. Petit-Etienne, G. Gay, E. Paragon, V. Aimez, S. Fafard. (2019). Plasma processes for High Efficiency Multi-JunctionSolar Cells Fabrication. 66th International AVS Symposium & Topical Conferences. (Article publié).
• Clement Laucher, Gwenaelle Hamon, Artur Turala, Etienne Paradis, Maite Volatier, Maxime Darnon, Vincent Aimez, Abdelatif Jaouad. (2019). Solar Cell with Light-Induced Plated Front EmitterContact. 15th Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaics Systems (CPV15). (Article publié).
• Richard Norman, Etienne Leveille, William Cloutier, Brad Siskavich, Luc Frechette, Vincent Aimez. (2019). Trade-offs and optimizations in trough-lens-coneoptics for high efficiency at very low cost. 15th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV-15). (Article publié).
• Francois Chancerel, Philippe Regreny, Jean -Louis Leclercq, Abdelatif Jaouad, M. Darnon, M. Volatier, S. Fafard, M. Gendry et V. Aimez. (2018). Dual technological procedure for multijunctionsolar cell : InGaAs subcell Epitaxial Lift-Off combined with InP waferrecycling. 14th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV 14). (Article publié).
• Pierre Albert, Abdelatif Jaouad, Maxime Darnon, Christopher Valdivia, Maite Volatier, Yannick Deshayes, Karin Hinzer, Laurent Bechou et Vincent Aimez. (2018). Front-Contacted Multijunction Micro Solar Cells:Fabrication & Characterization. 14th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaics Systems (CPV14). (Article publié).
• M. de Lafontaine, G. Gay, C. Petit-Etienne, E. Pargon, M. Darnon, A. Jaouad, M. Volatier, S, Fafard, V. Aimez. (2018). III-V/Ge Heterostructure Etching for Through CellVia Contact Multijunction Solar Cellc. 65th International AVS Symposium & Topical Conferences. (Article publié).
• Mathieu de Lafontaine, Clement Laucher, Maxime Darnon, Abdelatif Jaouad, Maite Volatier, Erwine Paragon, Simon Fafard et Vincent Aimez. (2018). III-V/Ge multijunction solar cell with Through CellVias Contacts fabrication. 14th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaics Systems (CPV14). (Article publié).
• B. Bouzazi, A. Jaouad, A. Turala, R. Arès, S. Fafard, V. Aimez. (2018). InGaP/Ge and GaAs/Ge double-junction solar cells forthermal-CPV hybrid energy systems. 14th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV14). (Article publié).
• M. Darnon, C. Clement, M. Volatier, P. Albert, M. De Lafontaine, C. Laucher, F. Chancerel, S. Fafard, R. Ares et V. Aimez. (2018). Microfabrication of multi junction solar cells for concentrated photovoltaics application. European Advanced Energy Materials Congress. (Article publié).
• R. Norman, B. Bouzazi, E. Leveille, B. Siskavich, J-F Dufault, O. Arenas, R. Ares, V. Aimez, L. G Frechette. (2018). On-sun testing of a 100-shingled-cell densereceiver array at ∼50 W/cm2 using overlappedsingle-axis foci. 14th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV14). (Article publié).
• C. Laucher, C. Colin, M. de Lafontaine, F. Melul, M. Volatier, M. Darnon, V. Aimez, A. Jaouad. (2018). Permanent bonding process for III-V/Gemultijunction solar cell integration. 14th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV14). (Article publié).
• R. Norman, B. Siskavich, S. Fafard, L. Bechou, R. Ares, V. Aimez, L.G Frechette. (2018). Trough-Lens-Cone optics with microcell arrays: Highefficiency at low cost. 14th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV14). (Article publié).
• Richard Norman, Brad Siskavich, Etienne Leveille, Boussairi Bouzazi, Jean-Francois DuFault, Osvaldo Arenas, Richard Ares, Vincent Aimez, Luc Fréchette. (2017). 100-Shingled-Cell Receiver Segments for aNear-GapFree Dense Receiver Array. 13th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV13). (Article publié).
• Boussairi Bouzazi, Abdelatif Jaouad, Artur Turala, Richard Arès, Simon Fafard, Vincent Aimez. (2017). Comparison Between III-V Single- and Double-Junction Solar Cells for Thermal-CPV Hybrid Energy Systems. 13th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV13). (Article publié).
• Mathieu de Lafontaine, Maxime Darnon, Abdelatif Jaouad, Clément Colin, Maïté Volatier, Richard Arès, Simon Fafard, Vincent Aimez. (2017). Development and Validation of Key MicrofabricationProcesses for Through Cell Via Contacts Multi-Junction Solar Cell Fabrication. 13th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV13). (Article publié).
• Vincent Aimez. (2017). Novel three dimensional masking techniques forintegrated photonic devices fabrication using low energy ion implantationinduced quantum well intermixing. Opto-Canada: SPIE Regional Meeting on Optoelectronics, Photonics, and Imaging. (Article publié).
• François Chancerel, Philippe Regreny, Jean-Louis Leclercq, Michel Gendry, Abdelatif Jaouad, Maxime Darnon, Simon Fafard, Vincent Aimez. (2017). Study of AlAs/InAlAs Superlattice as a SacrificialLayer for Epitaxial Lift-off of Low Band-Gap Solar Cell within the InP LatticeParameter. 13th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV13). (Article publié).
• Pierre Albert, Abdelatif Jaouad, Maxime Darnon, Yannick Deshayes, Laurent Bechou, Vincent Aimez. (2017). Submillimeter Multijunction Solar Cells: Impact ofDimension, Design and Architecture on Electrical Performances. 13th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV13). (Article publié).
• Clément Colin, Abdelatif Jaouad, Maxime Darnon, Mathieu de Lafontaine, Maïté Volatier, Abderraouf Boucherif, Richard Arès, Simon Fafard, Vincent Aimez. (2017). The Handling of Thin Substrates and its Potentialfor New Architectures in Multi-Junction Solar Cells Technology. 13th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV13). (Article publié).
• Mathieu de Lafontaine, Abdelatif Jaouad, Maxime Darnon, Maïté Volatier, Richard Arès, Simon Fafard, Vincent Aimez. (2017). Through Cell Via Contacts: Via Sidewalls Insulation. 13th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV13). (Article publié).
• Fafard, S., York, M.C.A., Proulx, F., Wilkins, M., Valdivia, C.E., Bajcsy, M., Ban, D., Ares, R., Aimez, V., Hinzer, K., Ishigaki, M., Masson, D.P. (2017). Ultra-efficient N-junction photovoltaic cells withVoc > 14V at high optical input powers. IEEE 44th Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, PVSC. (Article publié).
• Fafard, S., Proulx, F., York, M.C.A., Wilkins, M., Valdivia, C.E., Bajcsy, M., Ban, D., Jaouad, A., Bouzazi, B., Arès, R., Aimez, V., Hinzer, K., Masson, D.P. (2016). Advances with vertical epitaxial heterostructurearchitecture (VEHSA) phototransducers for optical to electrical powerconversion efficiencies exceeding 50 percent. Proc. SPIE 9743, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices V. (Article publié).
• F. Proulx, G. Leduc, M. Amjad, K. Leduc, J. Delsaut, R. Arès, V. Aimez and S. Fafard. (2016). Characterization of an assembly architectureincorporating a multi-cell design for lower cost hybrid CPV modules. 12th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV-12). (Article publié).
• Mark C. A. York ; Francine Proulx ; Denis P. Masson ; Abdelatif Jaouad ; Boussairi Bouzazi ; Richard Arès; Vincent Aimez ; Simon Fafard. (2016). Enhanced photocarrier extraction mechanisms inultra-thin photovoltaic GaAs n/p junctions. , SPIE 9743, Physics, Simulation, and Photonic Engineering of Photovoltaic Devices V. (Article publié).
• Bouzazi, B., Jaouad, A., Chancerel, F., Regreny, P., Leclercq, J.-L., Gendry, M., Ares, R., Aimez., V. (2016). High Open-Circuit Voltage InGaAs/InP Thin FilmSolar Cell for Concentrating Photovoltaics. 12th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV12). (Article publié).
• Darnon, M., Jaouad, A., De Lafontaine, M., Colin, C., Richard, O., Bouzazi, B., Volatier, M., Ares, R., Fafard, S., Aimez, V. (2016). Microtechnologies for high efficiency solar cells. Photonics North. (Article publié).
• Genest, J., Larkin, D., Jaouad, A., Yavrian, A., Vanasse, A., Gilbert, R., Fafard, S., Aimez, V., Ares, R. (2016). On-Sun Study of a Secondary Optics Design AllowingImproved Misalignment Tolerance and High Manufacturability. 12th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV12). (Article publié).
• De Lafontaine, M., Darnon, M., Jaouad, A., Albert, P., Bouzazi, B., Colin, C. V. Aimez. (2016). Plasma etching applications in concentratedphotovoltaic cell fabrication. 12th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV12). (Article publié).
• Darnon, M., Jaouad, A., de Lafontaine, M., Belin, J., Bouzazi, B., Volatier, M., Fafard, S., Ares, R., Aimez, V. (2016). Plasma etching for triple junction solar cellsdicing. 12th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV12). (Article publié).
• Colin, C., Jaouad, A., Darnon, M., de Lafontaine, M., Volatier, M., Fafard, S., Ares, R., Aimez, V. (2016). Substrate handling strategies thinnedmulti-junction solar-cell wafers. 12th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV12). (Article publié).
• De Lafontaine, M., Darnon, M., Jaouad, A., Bouzazi, B., Colin, C., Volatier, M., Fafard, S., Ares, R., Aimez, V. (2016). Through Cell Via Contacts: Impact of HoleIntegration on Multi-Junction Solar Cell and Associated Surface Treatments. 12th International Conference on Concentrated PhotoVoltaïcs Systems (CPV12). (Article publié).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• O. Richard, M. Volatier, M. Darnon, A. Jaouad, B. Bouzazi, R. Arès, S. Fafard, V. Aimez. (2015). Through cell vias contacts for multijunction solar cells. 11th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems. (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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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).
• 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. États-Unis. (Délivré).
• 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. États-Unis. (Délivré).

Autres contributions

Gestion d'évènements

• Membre du comité d'organisation. (2018) Conférence UMI-LN2 8-11 juillet 2018. (Conférence).
• Membre du comité scientifique. (2017) XXX Entretiens Jacques Cartier- De la formation au monde du travail, et vice versa. (Conférence).
• Membre du comité scientifique. (2016) XXIX Entretiens Jacques Cartier - Former à l'innovation, innover dans la formation ?. (Conférence).
• Membre du comité d'organisation. (2016) Conférence UMI-LN2 10-13 juillet 2016. (Conférence).
• Membre du comité scientifique. (2015) 17th Canadian Semiconductor Science and Technology Conference. (Conférence).
• Membre du comité de publication. (2015) 11th International Conference on Concentrator Photovoltaic Systems (CPV-11). (Conférence).
• Membre du comité scientifique. (2014) XXVII Entretiens Jacques Cartier ‘Nanotechnologies – Nouveaux paradigmes associés à l’intégration 3D et à l’encapsulation’. (Conférence).
• Membre du comité scientifique. (2014) CMOS Emerging Technologies Research. (Conférence).
• Membre du comité d'organisation. (2014) Conference UMI-LN2 6-10 juillet 2014. (Conférence).
• Member of the Organisation Committee. (2012) Inaugural conference UMI-LN2. (Conférence).
• Member of the Organisation Committee. (2011) Annual conference LIA-LN2. (Conférence).
• Member of the Organisation Committee. (2010) Annual conference LIA-LN2. (Conférence).
• Member of the Scientific Committee. (2009) XXIIe Entretiens Jacques Cartier, “Connecting to the Nanoworld”. (Conférence).
• Member of the Organisation Committee. (2009) Annual conference LIA-LN2. (Conférence).