François Challet received the Prize of the best internship in research of Ecole Polytechnique (France). His internship was dedicated to the theoretical study of hot carrier solar cells based on i) the quantum non-equilibrium Green’s function formalism and ii) a complementary detailed balance model. Congratulations!
The interaction of light with matter is the basis of spectroscopy, a set of techniques lying at the heart of physics and chemistry. From infrared light to X-rays, a broad sweep of wavelengths is used to stimulate vibrations, electron transitions, and other processes, thus probing the world of atoms and molecules. However, one lesser-used form of light is the terahertz (THz) region. Lying on the electromagnetic spectrum between infrared and microwaves, THz radiation does have the right freque...
