Claudine Hermann Explained

Claudine Hermann
Workplaces:École Polytechnique
Alma Mater:École normale supérieure de jeunes filles
Thesis Title:Pompage optique dans l'antimoniure de gallium : détection optique de la résonance électronique
Thesis Url:http://www.sudoc.fr/00878941X
Thesis Year:1976

Claudine Hermann (19 December 1945  - 17 July 2021) was a French physicist and Honorary Professor at École Polytechnique. She was the first woman to be appointed professor at École Polytechnique in 1992. She was also the Vice President of the European Platform of Women Scientists.

Early life and education

Hermann was the daughter of a pharmacist. She studied at the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles and graduated in 1965.[1] She completed her doctoral studies at Paris Diderot University, with a thesis that considered gallium antimonide.[2] She was appointed a lecturer at École Polytechnique in 1980.[3] She taught classes in semiconductor physics.[4]

Research and career

Hermann was the first woman to be appointed Professor at École Polytechnique in 1992.[5] She worked on the optical properties of solids, in particular the photo-emission of polarised electrons.[6] [7] She developed techniques to optically measure the spin resonance in semiconductors.[8] [9] She spent a year as a visiting researcher at Nagoya University in 1998.[10] She demonstrated the hole effective mass (0.051) of Indium gallium arsenide.[11]

She obtained the value of the Landé g-factor g=-0.44 for electrons in Gallium Arsenide which is important for spin physics in the quantum Hall regime.

Advocacy for women in physics

Alongside her research into condensed matter, Hermann worked to make the environment better for women physicists.[12] [13] In 1999 she was appointed to the European Union Helsinki Group on women and science, and remained a member until 2006.[14] She co-founded the platform Femme & Sciences with Huguette Delavault in 2000. She was a member of the expert group who produced the ETAN report on women in academia for the European Union in 2000. Hermann was also the President of Honour of the European Platform of Women Scientists.[15]

Books

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: L'annuaire a-Ulm. www.archicubes.ens.fr. 2018-12-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20150520151458/http://www.archicubes.ens.fr/lannuaire#annuaire_chercher?identite=Claudine+Hermann. 2015-05-20. dead.
  2. Hermann. Claudine. Pompage optique dans l'antimoniure de gallium: détection optique de la résonance électronique. 1976. Thèse. Sc. phys. Paris VI. 1976. Paris VI.. Paris, pays inconnu.
  3. Web site: Claudine Hermann, une femme enseignante à Polytechnique » VousNousIls. 2007-04-06. VousNousIls. fr-FR. 2018-12-14. 2018-12-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215065925/https://www.vousnousils.fr/2007/04/06/claudine-hermann-une-femme-enseignante-a-polytechnique-238453. dead.
  4. Book: Physics of Semiconductors. Sapoval. B.. Hermann. C.. 1995. Springer-Verlag. 9780387940243. New York. en.
  5. Web site: Claudine Hermann. consulatboston. 2017-06-15. Education and Gender Equality - International Symposium. en-US. 2018-12-14.
  6. Web site: Accelerating ERA development. Accelerating Era Development. en-gb. 2018-12-14.
  7. Web site: science – The Social Metwork. 6 February 2018 . en. 2018-12-14.
  8. Hermann. Claudine. Lampel. Georges. 1971-08-16. Measurement of the g Factor of Conduction Electrons by Optical Detection of Spin Resonance in p-Type Semiconductors. Physical Review Letters. 27. 7. 373–376. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.27.373. 1971PhRvL..27..373H.
  9. Weisbuch. Claude. Hermann. Claudine. 1977-01-15. Optical detection of conduction-electron spin resonance in

    {Ga

    }\mathrm,

    {Ga

    }__\mathrm, and

    {Ga

    }__\mathrm. Physical Review B. 15. 2. 816–822. 10.1103/PhysRevB.15.816.
  10. Web site: Research Activities. www.vbl.nagoya-u.ac.jp. 2018-12-14.
  11. Hermann. Claudine. Pearsall. Thomas P.. 1981. Optical pumping and the valence-band light-hole effective mass in GaInAsP. Applied Physics Letters. 38. 6. 450–452. 10.1063/1.92393. free.
  12. Web site: Claudine Hermann a-Ulm. www.archicubes.ens.fr. 2018-12-14.
  13. Web site: Breaking the glass ceiling for women and girls in science | Friends of Europe. www.friendsofeurope.org. 2018-12-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20181215065929/https://www.friendsofeurope.org/publication/breaking-glass-ceiling-women-and-girls-science. 2018-12-15. dead.
  14. Web site: Claudine HERMANN La Jaune et la Rouge. www.lajauneetlarouge.com. 2018-12-14.
  15. Web site: Claudine Hermann. Expertes France. fr-FR. 2018-12-14.
  16. Book: Hermann, Claudine. Statistical Physics: Including Applications to Condensed Matter. 2010-09-30. Springer New York. 9781441919809. en.
  17. Web site: http://www.legiondhonneur.fr/sites/default/files/promotion/lh_20150101.pdf. www.legiondhonneur.fr. 2018-12-14.
  18. Web site: Claudine Hermann, décorée par le Président François Hollande Association Femmes & Sciences. Secretaire. A. propos de l’auteur. fr-FR. 2018-12-14. 2020-10-20. https://web.archive.org/web/20201020171659/https://www.femmesetsciences.fr/actualites/claudine-hermann-decoree-par-le-president-francois-hollande/. dead.

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