Dorothee COLSON

Service de Physique de l'Etat Condensé
DRF/IRAMIS/SPEC, CEA Saclay,
91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France

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Education

2007 : Habilitation to lead research, Paris XI – Orsay University
1992 : PhD thesis in Physical Science, in the “Laboratoire de Chimie des Solides”, Paris XI-Orsay University, supervisor Pr. A. Revcolevschi.
1988 : DEA in Materials Science, Paris VI and Paris XI-Orsay University
1987 : Master degree (maîtrise + licence) in Physical Science, Paris XI -Orsay University

Present Position

Researcher in CEA since 1992
Research Director since 2018
Senior expert CEA since 2009
Researcher in the Laboratoire Nanomagnétisme et Oxydes of SPEC since 2008
Head of the Conductive Oxides group since 1994

Research Activities

Main scientific domain : Synthesis and physical properties of strongly correlated oxides. Superconducting cuprates, pnictides – multiferroïc oxides – Strong Spin-Orbit Coupling materials
Experimental : Solid state chemistry, crystal growth and characterization, X-rays diffraction, thermal analysis, transport and magnetic measurements

Students and Post-docs

2003-2006: Former in solid state chemistry in experimental option of superconductivity, 3^rd year (master’s level). Ecole Polytechnique – Palaiseau.
1989-1991: Teaching assistant in inorganic chemistry at the Paris XI-Orsay University.
1992-present: Supervisor of numerous students: master’s level, PhD and posts-docs.

Projects/Funding

2015-2019: Coordinator of the MagCorPnic project (financed by the french RTRA network) on “Magnetism and electronic correlations in superconducting pnictides”
2015-2019: SPEC Leader of the french ANR project SOCRATE (coordinator: V. Brouet) “New correlated electronic states emerging from strong spin-orbit coupling: the case of iridates”
2013-2016: Partner of the French ANR project hνSTRICTSP “Spintronic controlled by photostriction”
2011-2015: Partner of the ANR project MultiDOLLS (M. Viret) “Multiferroic domain walls”
2010-2014: Partner of the ANR project PNICTIDES (F. Albenque) “Superconductivity, magnetism and electronic properties of new iron-based pnictides”
2009-2012: SPEC Leader of the ANR project pNano MELOIC (M. Bibes) “Electro-optical modulators based on ferroelectric and multiferroic heterostructures”
2005-2008: SPEC Leader of the ANR project FEMMES (A. Barthélémy) “FerroElectromagnetics for spin electronics”
2005-2008: Partner of the ANR project OxyFonda (P. Mendels) “Original fundamental states in oxides: new materials for a new physics”
2003-2005 : SPEC Leader of the interregional network « Matériaux à Propriétés Remarquables » (Ile de France, Normandie and Centre regions)
2002: Coordinator of the French regional project Sesame Ile de France 2002 for equipment credits

Publications

Dernières publications (2014… ) base HAL-CEA.

Selected Publications (2007-2017) Crystal growth and characterization of the HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8+δ superconductor with the highest critical temperature at ambient pressure, Bastien Loret, Anne Forget, Jean-Baptiste Moussy, Sylvie Poissonnet, Patrick Bonnaillie, Gaston Collin, Pierre Thuéry, Alain Sacuto and Dorothée Colson, Inorganic Chemistry 56, 9396 (2017). Long range order in the dipolar XY antiferromagnet Er2Sn2O7, S. Petit, E. Lhotel, F. Damay, P. Boutrouille, A. Forget, D. Colson, accepté Phys. Rev Lett. 119, 187202 (2017). Vertical temperature boundary of the pseudogap under the superconducting dome in the phase diagram of Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+d, B. Loret, S. Sakai, S. Benhabib, Y. Gallais, M. Cazayous, M.A. Méasson, R.D. Zhong, J. Schneeloch, G.D. Gu, A. Forget, D. Colson, I. Paul, M. Civelli, A. Sacuto, Phys. Rev B 96, 094525 (2017). Electrochemical Intercalation of oxugen in Sr2IrO4+d, L. Fruchter, V. Brouet, D. Colson, J.-B. Moussy, A. Forget, Z.Z. Li, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 112, 1-7 (2017). Influence of the surface symmetry breaking on the magnetism, collapsing and three dimensional dispersion of Co pnictides ACo2As2 (A=Ba, Sr, Ca), Joseph Mansart,Patrick Le Fèvre, François Bertran, Anne Forget, Dorothée Colson, and Véronique Brouet, Phys Rev B 94, 235147 (2016). Optical observation of spin-density-wave fluctuations in Ba122 iron-based superconductors, B. Xu, Y. M. Dai, H. Xiao, B. Shen, Z. R. Ye, A. Forget, D. Colson, D. L. Feng, H. H. Wen, X. G. Qiu, R. P. S. M. Lobo, Phys. Rev. B 94 085147 (2016). Unconventional High-Energy-State Contribution to the Cooper Pairing in the Underdoped Copper-Oxide Superconductor HgBa2Ca2Cu3O8+d, B. Loret, S. Sakai, Y. Gallais, M. Cazayous, M.-A. Méasson, A. Forget, D. Colson, M. Civelli, A. Sacuto, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 197001 (2016). Magnetic critical properties and basal-plane anisotropy of Sr2IrO4, L Fruchter, D Colson, V Brouet, J. Phys. Condens. Matter 28 126003 (2016). Optical observation of spin-density-wave fluctuations in Ba122 iron-based superconductors, B. Xu, Y. M. Dai, H. Xiao, B. Shen, Z. R. Ye, A. Fo,get, D. Colson, D. L. Feng, H. H. Wen, X. G. Qiu, R. P. S. M. Lobo, Phys. Rev. B 94 085147 (2016). ARPES view of orbitally resolved quasiparticle lifetimes in iron pnictides, V. Brouet, D. LeBoeuf, P-H Lin, J. Mansart, A. Taleb-Ibrahimi, P. Le Fevre, F. Bertran, A. Forget, D. Colson, Phys. Rev. B 93, 085137 (2016). Optical Writing of Magnetic Properties by Remanent Photostriction, V. Iurchuk, D. Schick, J. Bran, D. Colson, A. Forget, D. Halley, A. Koc, M. Reinhardt, C. Kwamen, N. A. Morley, M. Bargheer, M. Viret, R. Gumeniuk, G. Schmerber, B. Doudin, B. Kundys, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 107403 (2016). Sr2IrO4 magnetic phase diagram, from resistivity, L. Fruchter, G. Collin, A. Forget, D. Colson and V. Brouet, Eur. Phys. J. B, 88 (2015). Collapse of the Pseudogap in Cuprate Superconductors at a Lifshitz Transition, S. Benhabib, A. Sacuto, M. Civelli, I. Paul, M. Cazayous, Y. Gallais, M.-A. Méasson, R. D. Zhong, J. Schneeloch, G. D. Gu, D. Colson and A.Forget, Phys. Rev. Lett. 114, 147001 (2015). Three energy scales in the superconducting state of hole-doped cuprates detected by electronic Raman scattering , S. Benhabib, Y. Gallais, M. Cazayous, M.-A. Measson, R. D. Zhonge, J. Schneelocheand, A. Forget, G. D. Gu, D. Colson, A. Sacuto, Phys. Rev. B 92, 134502 (2015). Anomalous phonon red shift in K-doped BaFe2As2 Iron-pnictides, B. Xu, Y. M. Dai, B. Shen, H. Xiao, Z. R. Ye, A. Forget, D. Colson, D.L. Feng, H. H. Wen, C. C. Homes, X. G. Qiu, R. P. S. M. Lobo, Phys. Rev. B 91, 104510 (2015). Driving the magnonic response of BiFeO3 with hydrostatic pressure, C. Toulouse, J.Buhot, Y. Gallais, A. Sacuto, A. Forget, D. Colson, R. De Sousa, D. Wang, L. Bellaiche, A. Barthelemy, M. Bibes, M-A. Measson, M. Cazayous, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 267204 (2015). Pressure-Induced Commensurate Phase with potential giant polarization in YMn2O5, M. Deutsch,T. C. Hansen, M. T. Fernandez-Diaz, A. Forget, D. Colson, F. Porcher, I. Mirebeau, Phys; Rev. B Rapid Comm., 92, 060410 (2015). The modulated antiferromagnetic structures in multiferroic FeVO4: a 57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy investigation, D. Colson, A. Forget, P. Bonville, JMMM 378 529 (2015). Driving Spin Excitations by Hydrostatic Pressure in BiFeO3, J. Buhot, C. Toulouse, Y. Gallais, A. Sacuto, R. de Sousa, D. Wang, L. Bellaiche, M. Bibes, A. Barthélémy, A. Forget, D. Colson, M. Cazayous, M-A. Measson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 115, 267204 (2015). NMR study of electronic correlations in Mn-doped Ba(Fe1−xCox)2As2 and BaFe2(As1−xPx)2 D. LeBoeuf, Y. Texier, M. Boselli, A. Forget, D. Colson and J. Bobroff, Phys. Rev. B 89 035114 (2014). Temperature-induced change in the Fermi surface topology in the spin density wave phase of Sr(Fe1−xCox)2As2, Y.-X. Yang, Y. Gallais, F. Rullier-Albenque, M.-A. Méasson, M. Cazayous, A. Sacuto, J. Shi, D. Colson, and A. Forget, Phys. Rev. B 89 125130 (2014). Raman scattering as a probe of charge nematic fluctuations in iron based superconductors, Y.-X. Yang, Y. Gallais, R. M Fernandes, I. Paul, L. Chauvière, M.-A. Méasson, M.Cazayous, A. Sacuto, D. Colson and A. Forget, JPS Conf. Proc., 015001 (2014). Raman scattering as a probe of charge nematic fluctuations in iron based superconductors, Y.-X. Yang, Y. Gallais, R. M Fernandes, I. Paul, L. Chauvière, M.-A. Méasson, M.Cazayous, A. Sacuto, D. Colson and A. Forget, JPS Conf. Proc., 015001 (2014). Electron Irradiation of Co, Ni, and P-doped BaFe 2As 2-type iron-based superconductors, C. van der Beek, S.Demirdiş, D. Colson, F. Rullier-Albenque, Y. Fasano, T. Shibauchi, Y. Matsuda, S. Kasahara, P. Gierlowski and M. Konczykowski, Journal of Physics: Conference Series, Vol. 449 012023 (2013). NMR study of electronic correlations in Mn-doped Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 and BaFe2(As1-xPx)2,D. LeBoeuf, Y. Texier, M. Boselli, A. Forget, D. Colson, J. Bobroff, Phys. Rev. B (2013) condmat 1310.4969v2. New insights into the phase diagram of the copper oxide superconductors from electronic Raman scattering , Sacuto, A.; Gallais, Y.; Cazayous, M.; Méasson M.-A., Gu G. D., Colson D., Reports on Progress in Physics Vol. 76 (2), 022502 (2013). High Field Determination of Superconducting Fluctuations in High-T c cuprates, Rullier-Albenque, F.; Alloul, H.; Colson, D.; et al., Journal of Physics: Conference Series Vol. 449, 012010 (2013). Lattice dynamics of multiferroic BiFeO3 studied by inelastic x-ray scattering, Borissenko, Elena; Goffinet, Marco; Bosak, Alexei; Rovillain, Pauline; Cazayous, Maximilien; Colson, Dorothée; Ghosez, Philippe; Krisch Michael, Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter Vol 10, 102201 (2013). Raman scattering as a probe of charge nematic fluctuations in iron based superconductors, X-Y. Yang, Y. Gallais, R.M. Fernandes, I. Paul, L. Chauvière, M.A. Méasson, M. Cazayous, A. Sacuto, D. Colson, A. Forget, Phys. Rev. Lett 111, 267001 (2013). beta-NaFeO2, a new room-temperature multiferroic material, M. Viret, D. Rubi, D. Colson*, D. Lebeugle, A. Forget, P. Bonville, G. Dhalenne, R. Saint-Martin, G. André, F. Ott, Materials Research Bulletin 47, 2294 (2012). Resistive switching in ceramic multiferroic Bi0.9Ca0.1FeO3, Rubi D., Gomez-Marlasca F., Bonville P., Colson D.; Levy P., Physica B 407, 3144 (2012). Wavelength dependence of photo-induced deformation in BiFeO3, B. Kundys, M. Viret, V. Da Costa, C. Meny, D. Colson, B. Doudin, Phys. Rev. B 85, 092301 (2012). Light controlled magnetoresistance and magnetic field controlled photoresistance in CoFe film deposited on BiFeO3, B. Kundys, C. Meny, M.R.J. Gibbs, V. Da Costa, D. Colson, M. Viret, M. Acosta, B. Doudin, APL. 111, 124513 (2012). Direct imaging of both ferroelectric and antiferromagnetic domains in multiferroic BiFeO3 single crystal using X-ray photoemission electron microscopy, R. Moubah, M. Elzo, S. El Moussaoui, D. Colson, N. Jaouen, R. Belkhou, M. Viret, APL 100, 042406 (2012). Photoluminescence Investigation of Defects and Optical Band Gap in Multiferroic BiFeO3 Single Crystals, R. Moubah, G. Schmerber,O. Rousseau, D. Colson, M. Viret, Appl. Phys. Express 5, 035802 (2012). Photoelectric effects in single domain BiFeO3 crystals, Reda Moubah, Olivier Rousseau, Dorothée Colson, Alla Artemenko, Mario Maglione, Michel Viret, Adv. Funct. Mater. 22, 4814 (2012). Incommensurate Spin Density Wave versus local magnetic inhomogeneities in Ba(Fe1-xNix)2As2: a57Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy study, A. Olariu, P. Bonville, F. Rullier-Albenque, D.Colson, A. Forget, New J. Phys. 14, 053044 (2012). Nanoscale textured superconductivity in Ru-substituted BaFe2As2 : universality put into question Y. Laplace, J. Bobroff, V. Brouet, G.Collin, F. Rullier-Albenque, D. Colson A. Forget, Phys.Rev.B 86, 020510 (2012). Opening of the superconducting gap in the hole pockets of Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 as seen via Angle-Resolved PhotoElectron Spectroscopy, B. Mansart, E. Papalazarou, M. Fuglsang Jensen, V. Brouet, L. Petaccia, L. de’ Medici, G. Sangiovanni, F. Rullier-Albenque, A. Forget, D. Colson, M. Marsi, Phys. Rev. B 85, 144508 (2012). Vortex pinning: A probe for nanoscale disorder in iron-based superconductors, van der Beek, C. J.; Demirdis, S.; Konczykowski, M.; Fasano, Y.; Cejas Bolecek, N. R.; Pastoriza, H.; Colson, D.; Rullier-Albenque, F., Physica B 407, 1746 (2012). Impact of the two Fe unit cell on the electronic structure measured by ARPES in iron pnictides, Brouet, V.; Jensen, M. Fuglsang; Lin, Ping-Hui; Taleb-Ibrahimi, A.; Le Fevre, P.; Bertran, F.; Lin, Chia-Hui; Ku, Wei; Forget, A.; Colson, D., Phys. Rev B 86, 075123 (2012). Multiorbital effects on the transport and the superconducting fluctuations in LiFeAs, F. Rullier-Albenque, D. Colson, A. Forget, H. Alloul, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 187005 (2012). Direct evidence of interchange between hole doping and Curie paramagnetism in underdoped YBa2Cu3Ox, J. Biscaras, B. Leridon, D.Colson, A. Forget, P. Monod, Phys Rev B 85, 134517 (2012). BaCu3O4: High-temperature magnetic order in one-dimensional S = 12 diamond chains, C.W. Rischau, B. Leridon, D. Colson, A. Forget, P. Monod, Phys Rev B 85, 134518 (2012). Effect of La doping in the multiferroic compound BiFeO3, G. Le Bras, D. Colson, A. Forget, N. Genand-Riondet, R. Tourbot, P. Bonville, Physica B, 406, 1492 (2011). Different effects of Ni and Co substitution on the transport properties of BaFe2As2, A. Olariu, F. Rullier-Albenque, D. Colson, A. Forget, Phys. Rev. B 83, 054518 (2011). Angle-resolved photoemission study of the role of nesting and orbital orderings in the antiferromagnetic phase of BaFe2As2, M. Fuglsang Jensen, V. Brouet, E. Papalazarou, A. Nicolaou, A. Taleb-Ibrahimi, P. Le F`evre, F. Bertran, A. Forget, D. Colson, Phys. Rev. B 84, 014509 (2011). Orbital nature of the hole-like Fermi surface in superconducting Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2., Mansart, B.; Brouet, V.; Papalazarou, E.; Jensen, M. Fuglsang; Petaccia, L.; Gorovikov, S.; Grum-Grzhimailo, A. N.; Rullier-Albenque, F.; Forget, A.; Colson, D.; Marsi, M., Phys. Rev. B 83(6), 064516 (2011). Strong pinning and vortex energy distributions in single-crystalline Ba(Fe1−xCox)2As2, S. Demirdis¸ C. J. van der Beek, Y. Fasano, N. R. Cejas Bolecek, H. Pastoriza, D. Colson, F. Rullier-Albenque, Phys. Rev. B 84, 094517 (2011). Raman scattering study of spin-density-wave order and electron-phonon coupling in Ba(Fe1−xCox)2As2, L. Chauvière, Y. Gallais, M. Cazayous, M. A. Méasson, A. Sacuto, D. Colson, A. Forget, Phys. Rev. B 84, 104508 (2011). Electronic Raman scattering in copper oxide superconductors: Understanding the phase diagram, A. Sacuto, Y. Gallais, M. Cazayous, S. Blanc, M.-A. Measson, J. Wen, Z. Xu, G. Gu, D.Colson, CR Académie des Sciences Physique 12, 480-501 (2011). One dimensional ordering of doping oxygen in HgBa2Cuo4+d superconductors evidenced by X-ray diffuse scattering, Izquierdo, M.; Megtert, S.; Colson, D.; Honkimaeki, V.; Forget, A.; Raffy, H.; Comes, R. , Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids, 72(5), 545-548 . (2011) Light-induced size changes in BiFeO3 crystals, B. Kundys, M. Viret, D. Colson, D. O. Kundys, Nature Materials 9, 803 (2010). Electric-field control of spin waves at room temperature in multiferroic BiFeO3, P. Rovillain, R. de Sousa, Y. Gallais, A. Sacuto, M. A. Méasson, D. Colson, A. Forget, M. Bibes, A. Barthélémy, M. Cazayous, Nature Materials 9, 975-979 (2010). Neutron diffraction study of the BiFeO3 spin cycloid at low temperature, Julia Herrero-Albillos, Gustau Catalan, José Alberto Rodriguez-Velamazan, Michel Viret, Dorothée Colson, James F Scott, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 22, 256001 (2010). Exchange coupling with the multiferroic compound BiFeO3 in antiferromagnetic multidomain films and single-domain crystals, D. Lebeugle, A. Mougin, M. Viret, D. Colson,J. Allibe, H. Béa, E. Jacquet, C. Deranlot, M. Bibes,and A. Barthélémy, Phys. Rev B 81,134411 (2010). Hole and electron contributions to the transport properties of Ba(Fe1−xRux)2As2 single crystals, F. Rullier-Albenque, D. Colson, A. Forget, P. Thuéry, S. Poissonnet, Phys. Rev. B 81, 224503 (2010). Incommensurate spin density wave in Co-doped BaFe2As2, P. Bonville, F. Rullier-Albenque, D. Colson A. Forget, EPL 89, 67008 (2010). Absence of large nanoscale electronic inhomogeneities in the Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 pnictide. Laplace, Y.; Bobroff, J.; Rullier-Albenque, F.; Colson, D.; Forget, A, European Physical Journal B: Condensed Matter and Complex Systems 73(2), 161 (2010). Optical conductivity of sub-gap absorption in the superconducting state of 2 Ba(Fe,Co)2As2, R. P. S. M. Lobo, Y. Dai, U. Nagel, T. Room,J. P. Carbotte, T. Timusk, D. Colson, Phys. Rev. B 82, 100506 (2010). Ultrafast transient response and electron-phonon coupling in the iron-pnictide superconductor Ba(Fe1−xCox)2As2, B. Mansart, D. Boschetto, A. Savoia, F. Rullier-Albenque, F. Bouquet, E. Papalazarou, A. Forget, D. Colson, A. Rousse, M. Marsi, Phys. Rev. B 82, 024513 (2010). Significant Reduction of Electronic Correlations upon Isovalent Ru Substitution of BaFe2As2 V. Brouet, F. Rullier-Albenque, M. Marsi, B. Mansart, M. Aichhorn, S. Biermann, J. Faure, L. Perfetti, A. Taleb-Ibrahimi, P. Le Fèvre, F. Bertran, A. Forget, D. Colson, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 087001 (2010). Loss of antinodal coherence with a single d-wave superconducting gap leads to two energy scale for underdoped cuprate superconductors, S. Blanc, Y. Gallais, M. Cazayous, M.A. Méasson, A. Georges, J.S. Wen, Z.J. Xu, G.D. Gu, D. Colson, Phys. Rev. B 82, 144516 (2010). Superconducting fluctuations, pseudogap and phase diagram in cuprates, H. Alloul, F. Rullier-Albenque, B. Vignolle, D. Colson, A. Forget, EPL 91, 37005 (2010). Uniaxial and Hydrostatic Pressure Studies on Optimally Doped HgBa2CuO4+δ Single Crystals, F. Hardy, N. J. Hillier, C. Meingast, D. Colson, Y. Li, M. Greven, J. S. Schilling, Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 167002 (2010). Hall effect and resistivity study of the magnetic transition, carrier content and Fermi liquid behavior in Ba(Fe1-x Cox)2As2., F. Rullier-Albenque, D. Colson, A. Forget, and H. Alloul., Phys. Rev. Lett., 103, 057001 (2009) Nesting between hole and electron pockets in Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 (x=0.3) observed with angle resolved photoemission, V. Brouet, M. Marsi, B. Mansart, A. Nicolaou, A. Taleb-Abrahimi, P. Le Fèvre, F. Bertran, F. Rullier-Albenque, A. Forget,and D. Colson., Phys. Rev. B, 80, 165115 (2009). Atomic coexistence of superconductivity and incommensurate magnetic, order in the pnictide Ba(Fe18722;xCox)2As2, Y. Laplace, J. Bobroff, F. Rullier-Albenque, D. Colson, and A. Forget Phys. Rev. B, 80, 140501(R) (2009). Doping dependence of the lattice dynamics in Ba(Fe18722;xCox)2As2 studied by Raman spectroscopy, L. Chauvière, Y. Gallais, M. Cazayous, A. Sacuto, M.A. Méasson, D. Colson, and A. Forget., Phys. Rev. B, 80, 094504, (2009). Electric field switching of the magnetic anisotropy of a ferromagnetic layer exchange coupled to the multiferroic compound BiFeO3. D. Lebeugle, A. Mougin, M. Viret, D. Colson, L. Ranno. Phys Rev Lett 103, 257601 (2009). Magnetization and magnetoelectric effect in Bi18722;xLaxFeO3 (0