Works and Publications
I. Electronic Tubes (applications to radars, microwave relays, etc.)
- Étude de la focalisation magnétique de faisceaux électroniques cylindriques (Study of the magnetic focusing of cylindrical electron beams), Annales de Radio électricité IV.279-288, October 1949
- Sur certains effets de la charge d'espace dans les tubes à propagation d'ondes (On certain effects of the space charge in wave propagation tubes), (in collaboration with R. R. Berterottière), Annales de Radio électricité July 1950
- Sur le calcul du bruit électronique dans des espaces inter-électrodes sous champ magnétique transversal (On the calculation of electronic noise in inter-electrode spaces under a transverse magnetic field), Annales de Radio électricité January 1952
- The signal to noise ratio in the M - Carcinotron, (in collaboration with 0. Doehler), Transactions of the I.R.E. Vol E-D-1 n° 4 (1954) | link to the paper.
- Millimeter waves 0 carcinotrons, Proceedings of the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn (in collaboration with Yeou T. and B. Pasty), March 1959
- Tubes à propagation d'onde à faible bruit (Low noise wave propagation tubes), IX° Congresso Internazionale per l'Elettronica, Roma June 1962
- The generation of submillimeter waves, (in collaboration with Yeou T. and PC Moutou), 4° Congrès international Tubes Hyperfréquences, The Hague Sept. 1962 | link to the paper.
- Backward Wave Oscillators, (in collaboration with Yeou T.), Chapter IV of "Millimeter and Submillimeter waves", F.A.Benson edit. IIiffe Books London 1969
II. Instability and plasmas
(Instabilities, diagnosis)
- Dispersion Equations: Amplification and Instability, Phys. of Plasmas - Faculty of Sciences of Orsay, Summer School Sept. 1962
- Interactions électrostatiques de deux faisceaux et instabilités de plasma aux fréquences élevées (Electrostatic interactions of two beams and plasma instabilities at high frequencies), Société Hydrotechnique de France, VIII° Journées de l'hydraulique Lille - June 1964 | link to the paper.
- Interprétation des équations de dispersion - Amplification Instabilité, Amortissement (Interpretation of dispersion equations - Amplification Instability, Damping), Annales de Radio électricité Oct. 1964
- Comments on the effects of noise in oscillators, Proc IEEE (letters) Vol 57 n°11 Nov. 1969 p 2058-2060 | link to the paper.
III. Quantum Electronics (Lasers)
- Effet Laser dans des mélanges mercure - gaz rares (Laser effect in mercury rare gas mixtures), (in collaboration with M. Armand and P. Martinot-Lagarde), C.R. Acad Sc. t. 258 (1964) p.3259-3260 | link to the paper.
- Transitions laser visibles dans l'argon ionisé (Visible laser transitions in ionized argon), (in collaboration with M. Armand and P. Martinot-Lagarde), C.R. Acad Sc. t. 258 (1964) p. 4467-4469 | link to the paper.
- Sur l'émission et l'absorption stimulées en électromagnétisme quantique et classique (On stimulated emission and absorption in quantum and classical electromagnetism), C.R. Acad Sc. t. 260 (1965) p. 5719-5722 | link to the paper.
- Sur l'extension des théorèmes de Nyquist aux systèmes à température négative (On the extension of Nyquist's theorems to systems at negative temperature), C.R. Acad Sc. t 261 (1965) p. 58-61 | link to the paper.
- Lasers ioniques (Ion lasers), « L'onde Électrique » (April 1966) p. 428-433
IV. État Solide Solid State (Semiconductors, components for logic and microwave circuits)
- On the Gunn effect, (in collaboration with F. Diamand and PC Moutou), Moga Conference, Cambridge Sept. 1966
- Inhibition de domaines. Le Mode LSA, (in collaboration with P. Moutou and A. de Bouard), L'onde électrique vol. 48 August 1968 p 685-693
- On the linear theory of noise in Read diodes, Proc. IEEE (letters) vol. 59 n°8 (1971) | link to the paper.
- On the theory of noise in avalanche diodes, European Microwave Conference Sept 1971 Stockholm | link to the paper.
- Sur la théorie du bruit des diodes à avalanche (On the the noise theory of avalanche diodes), Rev. Techn. Thomson-CSF vol. 3 (1971) p 419-471
- A nonlinear theory of noise in Read diodes, Proceedings of the IEEE vol 59 n°8 (1971) | link to the paper.
- Physical Limitations in high speed logic gates, "Microwaves" Congress, Gdansk, Pologne, October 1977
- Semiconducteurs pour hyperfréquences (Semiconductors for microwaves), December 1980 | link to the paper.
- « The far-infrared Paradox », Seventh International Conference on Infrared and Millimeter Waves, 14 February 1983, Marseille
V. Hyperthermia (treatment of cancer and venereal diseases, in association with the IGR and the Institut Curie)
- An Interstitial device for microwave hyperthermia of human tumours (in collaboration with Dr JP Lebourgeois of the Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, and J. Dufour), Essen RFA, June 1977
- Les procédés de chauffage par courants et ondes de haute fréquence (Heating processes by currents and high frequency waves), J. Dutreix*, G. Convert, J.M. Cosset*, E. Damia*, J. Dufour et M. Salama*, (*Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif), J. Radiol. Electrol. 1979, 60 no 11, p. 669-673
- Hyperthermie régionale du bassin par ondes courtes (Regional hyperthermia of the pelvis by short waves), J. Sidi, C. Jasmin, G. Convert, J. Dufour, G. Azam, H. Huber, J. Leger, International Symposium on Oncology, June 1981, Strasbourg
- Manipulation of Central Axis Heating Patterns with a Prototype, Three-Electrode Capacitive Device for Deep-Tumor Hyperthermia, G.H. Nussbaum, J. Sidi, N. Rouhanizadeh, P.Morel, C. Jasmin, G. Convert, J.P. Mabire, G. Azam, France IEEE Transactions on Microwave Theory and Techniques ( Volume: 34, Issue: 5, May 1986), p.620-625 | link to the paper.
VI. Signal Theory (applications to information processing)
- "Entropie et Théorème de Bayes en Théorie de l'Estimation" ("Entropy and Bayes' Theorem in Estimation Theory"), Revue Technique Thomson-CSF vol. 14 n°1, March 1982 | link to the paper.
Quotes (exemples)
- Millimiter-wave generation with electron-beam devices, Nasa technical note, 1967 | link to the paper.
- Infrared and Millimeter Waves Volume 16: Electromagnetic Waves in Matter, Part III, Kenneth J. Button, p.150
- Ion lasers - the early years, W. B. Bridges, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics (Volume: 6, Issue: 6, Nov.-Dec. 2000), p. 885 - 898 | link to the paper | link to the pdf.
Interview (French TV)
- Les ondes millimétriques, Guy Convert et Bernard Lévy, Radiodiffusion Télévision Française, La page des sciences, Interview réalisée par Jacques Bloch Morhange | link to the video (Ina.fr).
Professional career
1949: Research Engineer at Centre de Recherches Techniques de la C.S.F (Technical Research Center at C.S.F.).
1955: Head of the Electronic Tubes Department of the Cepec Research Center (Centre for the Study of Electronic and Particle Physics) at C.S.F.
1966: Chief Engineer. Head of research laboratories: Lasers, Solid State Components, Semiconductor Components, etc.
1972: Head of the Components and Applications group
1978-1983 : Research Director, "Laboratoire Central de Recherches" (Central Research Laboratory) at Thomson-CSF
1984-2001: Physics and electronics consulting engineer.
Conferences about his work in many countries
France, FRG, Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, Holland, Italy, USSR, Poland, USA, Japan
Teaching
1960-68 Annual cycle of Conferences on Plasmas at the Faculty of Sciences of Orsay
1972-83 Annual cycle of Conferences on the Solid State at the École Supérieure d'Électricité then at the École Supérieure des Télécommunications