Hugues POTHIER

Function

Member of the Quantronics group since 1993. Group manager since 2021.

Research topics

  • Mesoscopic superconductivity
  • Superconducting weak links, Andreev states
  • Quantum fluctuations in electric current
  • Coherent transport and interactions in diffusive wires
  • Kondo effect
  • Electron pumping

CV

2000: Habilitation
1991-1993: Post-doc at the Max-Plank Institut für Festkörperforschung (Stuttgart, Germany)
1988-1991: Thesis “Coulomb blockade and transfer of electrons one by one” at SPEC
1986-1990: ENS Paris

Teaching

  • Les Houches pre-doctoral school (September 2001)
  • Field Theory of Quantum Coherence, Correlations, and Mesoscopics” summer school (Windsor, August 2004)
  • Spring School “Transport in nanostructures” (Capri, April 2005)
  • Mesoscopic Superconductivity” course as part of the EDPIF doctoral school (20h from February to April 2013 Orsay, 20h from March to May 2016 (20h) ; 14h from April to May 2017, ENS Paris)
    “Courses – seminars broadcast on the internet”
  • ENS Physics Department general seminar on 21/11/2013 filmed: “Mesoscopic Superconductivity: what can we learn from single atom contacts”
  • Course “Quantum transport” (30 hours, shared with D. Esteve) in Master 2 program“Nanosciences” at Université Paris-Saclay (2017-2021)
  • Course “Quantum transport” (30 hours, shared with P. Joyez) in Master 2 program“QLMN” at Université Paris-Saclay (since 2022)

Popularization

Impromptu science show “Supraconducteur!” with Groupe n+1. See also here. 48 performances (08/2024), more to come.

Miscellaneous

->2022: Member of the board of the mesoscopic quantum physics GDR.
-> 2021: Responsible of the pole “Quantum coherence of correlations” of PhOM department, University Paris-Saclay, till 2021
2019 ->: Member of the editorial board of Physical Review Research
1999->: Percussionist in the Coalescence symphony orchestra