Thomas ALLARD

Thomas ALLARD

ATER, Magnetic Objects on the NanoScale (DMONS)thomas.allard@ipcms.unistra.fr
Phone: +33(0)3 88 10 72 66Office: 2102

Research interests

  • Polaritonics
  • Disordered systems
  • Topological photonics

Academic background

Now: Postdoctoral position at the University of Strasbourg, doing research in the Mesoscopic Quantum Physics team.

2023: PhD in Physics: “Disorder and topology in strongly coupled light-matter systems”, under the supervision of Guillaume Weick.

2020: Master degree in Theoretical Physics (2nd year), Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris

2019: Higher education teacher training: “Agrégation de Sciences Physiques”

2018: Master degree in Physics (1st year), University of Strasbourg / Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

2017: Bachelor degree in Physics, University of Strasbourg

Publications

  • Quantum theory of plasmon polaritons in chains of metallic nanoparticles: From near- to far-field coupling regime, T.F. Allard, G. Weick, Phys. Rev. B 104, 125434 (2021)
  • Disorder-enhanced transport in a chain of lossy dipoles strongly coupled to cavity photons, T.F. Allard, G. Weick, Phys. Rev. B 106, 245424 (2022)
  • Multiple polaritonic edge states in a Su-Schrieffer-Heeger chain strongly coupled to a multimode cavity, T.F. Allard, G. Weick, arXiv:2305.06956

Teaching experiences

  • Lecturer in Mathematics for physicists (1st year)
  • Teaching assistant in Laboratory Works (1st year), Computer Science (1st year), Classical Mechanics (2nd year) and Statistical Physics (3rd and 4th year)