Conference Proceedings
Richard Bartlome,
Dr. sc. ETH Zurich

International conferences on photovoltaics

  • E. Amanatides, S. Sfikas, D. Mataras, R. Bartlome, G. Bugnon, F. Sculati-Meillaud, G. Parascandolo, and C. Ballif,
    Pressure and flow effect on silane consumption and depletion in the microcrystalline silicon deposition process,
    Proc. of the 27th  European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Frankfurt, Germany, Sept. 2428, 2012, pp. 26242627.

  • G. Bugnon, G. Parascandolo, T. Söderström, R. Bartlome, P. Cuony, S. Hanni, M. Boccard, J. Holovsky, M. Despeisse, F. Meillaud, and C. Ballif,
    High-rate deposition of microcrystalline silicon with silicon oxide doped layers: highlighting the competing roles of both intrinsic and extrinsic defects on the cells performances,
    Proc. of the 37th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Seattle, WA, June 19–24, 2011, pp. 25662569.

  •  Descoeudres, R. Bartlome, G. Choong, S. De Wolf,  L. Barraud, P. Bôle, F. Zicarelli, and C. Ballif,
    Silane plasma diagnostics for high-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells
    ,
    Dig. 1st International Conference on Silicon Photovoltaics, Freiburg, Germany, Apr. 17–20, 2011.
  • S. De Wolf,1 Y. Andrault,2 L. Barraud,1 R. Bartlome,1 D. Bätzner,2 P. Bôle,1 G. Choong,1 B. Demaurex,1 A. Descoeudres,1 C. Guérin,2 N. Holm,2 M. Kobas,2 D. Lachenal,2 B. Mendes,2 B. Strahm,2 M. Tesfai,2 G. Wahli,2 F. Wuensch,2 F. Zicarelli,1 A. Buechel,2 and C. Ballif,1
    1EPFL, Neuchâtel, Switzerland,
    2Roth & Rau Switzerland, Neuchâtel, Switzerland,
    High-efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells: from physics to production lines
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    Proc. of the 10th IEEE International Conference on Solid-State and Integrated Circuit Technology, Shanghai, China, Nov. 14, 2010, pp. 1986–1989.
  • D. Lachenal,1 Y. Andrault,1 D. Bätzner,1 C. Guerin,1 M. Kobas,1 B. Mendes,1 B. Strahm,1 M. Tesfai,1 G. Wahli,1 and A. Buechel,1 A. Descoeudres,2 G. Choong,2 R. Bartlome,2 L. Barraud,2 F. Zicarelli,2 P. Bôle,2 L. Fesquet,2 J. Damon-Lacoste,2 S. De Wolf,2 and C. Ballif,2
    1Roth & Rau Switzerland, Neuchâtel, Switzerland,
    2EPFL, Neuchâtel, Switzerland,
    High efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cell activities in Neuchâtel, Switzerland
    ,
    Proc. of the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference/5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Valencia, Spain, Sep. 610, 2010, p. 1272.

  • G. Bugnon, R. Bartlome, B. Strahm, G. Parascandolo, A. Feltrin, and C. Ballif,
    Optimization of microcrystalline and micromorph solar cells by means of plasma diagnosis and material quality characterization,
    Proc. of the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference/5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Valencia, Spain, Sep. 610, 2010.

  • A. Descoeudres, R. Bartlome, G. Choong, S. De Wolf, L. Barraud, P. Bôle, F. Zicarelli, and C. Ballif,
    Optimization of high efficiency silicon heterojunction solar cells using silane-plasma diagnostics
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    Proc. of the 25th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference/5th World Conference on Photovoltaic Energy Conversion, Valencia, Spain, Sep. 610, 2010, pp. 2069–2073.

  • R. Bartlome, A. Descoeudres, B. Strahm, A. Feltrin, S. De Wolf, and C. Ballif,
    Time-resolved SiH4 density inside a chemical vapor deposition system: gas flow dynamics and glow discharge control,
    Dig. MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Apr. 5–9, 2010, abstract A10.5.

  • G. Parascandolo, R. Bartlome, B. Strahm, A. Feltrin, and C. Ballif,
    High-rate deposition of microcrystalline silicon in a large-area PECVD reactor,
    Dig. MRS Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, Apr. 5–9, 2010, abstract A10.2.


  • G. Bugnon, A. Feltrin, R. Bartlome, B. Strahm, A.C. Bronneberg, G. Parascandolo, and C. Ballif,
    Microcrystalline and micromorph device improvements through combined plasma and material characterization techniques,

    Dig. 19th International Photovoltaic Science and Engineering Conference, ICC Jeju, Korea, Nov. 9–13, 2009, abstract ASI-O-39.
    G.
    Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells, vol. 95, pp. 134
    –137, 2011.

  • R. Bartlome, Y. Sinquin, S.A. Meyer, and C. Ballif,
    Versatile thin-film photovoltaic laser scribing system,

    Proc. of the 24th European Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, Hamburg, Germany, Sep. 2125, 2009, pp. 28542855.

  • A. Feltrin, R. Bartlome, C. Battaglia, M. Boccard, G. Bugnon, P. Bühlmann, O. Cubero, M. Despeisse, D. Dominé, F.-J. Haug, F. Meillaud, X. Niquille, G. Parascandolo, T. Söderström, B. Strahm, V. Terrazzoni, N. Wyrsch, and C. Ballif,
    An introduction to the technology of thin film silicon photovoltaics
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    45th International Conference on Microelectronics, Devices and Materials (MIDEM)/Workshop on Advanced Photovoltaic Devices and Technologies, Postojna, Slovenia, Sep. 9
    11, 2009.
    Informacije MIDEM-Journal of Microelectronics, Electronic Components and Materials, vol. 39, pp. 231
    236, 2009.

  • B. Strahm, A. Feltrin, R. Bartlome, and C. Ballif,
    Optical emission spectroscopy to diagnose powder formation in SiH4-H2 discharges,
    SPIE Optics + Photonics/Solar Energy + Technology, San Diego, CA, Aug. 26, 2009.
    Proc. SPIE, vol. 7409, 74090E, 2009.

  • R. Bartlome, B. Strahm, A. Feltrin, and C. Ballif,
    Laser-based plasma diagnostics for PECVD of silicon thin films,
    Proc. of the 34th IEEE Photovoltaic Specialist Conference, Philadelphia, PA, June 7–12, 2009, paper 103.

 

International conferences on lasers and optics

  • M.W. Sigrist, R. Bartlome, and M. Gianella,
    Infrared laser-based sensing in medical applications
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    SPIE Photonics West/OPTO, San Francisco, CA, Jan. 23–28, 2010.
    Proc. SPIE, vol. 7608, 760808, 2010.
  • M.W. Sigrist, R. Bartlome, and M. Gianella,
    Medical applications of laser spectroscopic gas analyses
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    Dig. 17th International Conference on Advanced Laser Technologies, Antalya, Turkey, Sep. 26
    Oct. 1, 2009, p. 177.
  • R. Bartlome, A. Feltrin, and C. Ballif,
    Quantum cascade laser based-monitoring of the silane dissociation for photovoltaic applications,
    Dig. 7th International Conference on Tunable Diode Laser Spectroscopy (TDLS), Zermatt, Switzerland, July 13
    17, 2009, p. 104.
  • R. Bartlome and M.W. Sigrist,
    Laser-based stable isotope tracing in human breath,
    Dig. Ehrlich II
    –2nd World Conference on Magic Bullets Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Nobel Prize Award to Paul Ehrlich, Nürnberg, Germany, Oct. 3–5, 2008, p. A-28.
  • R. Bartlome and M.W. Sigrist,
    First laser-based determination of deuterated water vapor in human breath
    ,
    Dig. CLEO/QELS, San Jose, CA, May 4–9, 2008, paper
    CThII5.
  • R. Bartlome and M.W. Sigrist,
    Laser-based isomer identification in the vapor phase
    ,
    Dig. CLEO/Europe-IQEC, Munich, Germany, June 17–22, 2007
    , paper CH1-2-MON.
  • R. Bartlome and M.W. Sigrist,
    High-temperature multipass cell for infrared spectroscopy of heated gases and vapors
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    Dig. CLEO/QELS, Long Beach, CA, May 21–26, 2006
    , paper CFL6.
  • M.W. Sigrist and R. Bartlome,
    Applications of mid-infrared laser sources to trace gas sensing,
    Dig. Mid-Infrared Coherent Sources (MICS), NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Barcelona, Spain, Nov. 6
    11, 2005.
  • R. Bartlome, C. Fischer, and M.W. Sigrist,
    Vapor-phase infrared spectroscopy on solid organic compounds with a pulsed resonant photoacoustic detection scheme,
    European Conference on Biomedical Optics (ECBO), Munich, Germany, June 12–17, 2005.
    Proc. SPIE, vol. 5864, pp. 161–168, 2005.
  • L. Mutter, M Jazbinsek, M Zgonik, P Dittrich, R Bartlome, G Montemezzani, and P Günter,
    Photostructuring of the highly nonlinear optical organic crystal DAST for integrated optics,
    Dig. CLEO/Europe-IQEC, Munich, Germany, June 12–17, 2005.
  • L. Mutter, P Dittrich, R Bartlome, G Montemezzani, and P Günter,
    Fs laser ablation of DAST
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    Dig. CLEO/QELS, Baltimore, MD, May 22–27, 2005
    , paper JTuC12.
  • C. Fischer, R. Bartlome, and M.W. Sigrist,
    Optoacoustic detection of different doping substances commonly used by athletes with an optical parametric generation laser source,
    SPIE Photonics West/BiOS, San Jose, CA, Jan. 22–27, 2005.
    Proc. SPIE, vol. 5697, pp. 5662, 2005.
  • P Dittrich, R Bartlome, G Montemezzani, and P Günter,
    Femtosecond laser ablation of the nonlinear optical organic crystal DAST,
    Dig. CLEO/Europe-IQEC, Munich, Germany,
    June 2227, 2003.