Preface
The
Institute of Physics is involved in the teaching of all of the students
at the University of Leoben during the first period of their studies.
During the second and third periods courses are held for the special
program on "Electronic Materials" within the Material Science Studies.
During the academic year lectures with about 33 hours per week and lab
courses/seminars with 139 hours per week are held.
In
2005 one diploma thesis was finished and four doctoral theses
(two finished) were supervised. The research work of the institute was
supported within three projects by Austrian research funding
institutions and within one project by the EU. Research results were
presented in 54 talks and posters at conferences and university
institutes and in 28 papers in international journals (16 published in
2005, 12 in print/submitted).
The research work of the institute covered the range from fundamental to applied research and concerned the following topics:
·
Electron transport in semiconductors: 2-dimensional electron
systems and quantum dots, dc and microwave
experiments, simulation of
electron transport coefficients in low and high magnetic fields
· Pattern formation and self-organization on semiconductor surfaces
· Scanning probe microscopy
· Photonic crystals for microwave frequencies
International and national cooperations exist with the following institutions:
Institut
für Theoretische Physik, Universität Hamburg; Infineon Technologies AG,
Villach; IMS Microfabrication Systems GmbH, Vienna; Lenzing AG,
Lenzing; Institut für Festkörperphysik, TU Graz; Institut für
Experimentalphysik, Universität Graz; Institut für Halbleiter- und
Festkörperphysik, Universität Linz / Christian Doppler Laboratory for
Surface Optical Methods; Institut für Halbleitertechnik, Universität
Stuttgart; Institut für Halbleitertechnik, Institut für Materialchemie,
RWTH Aachen; Institut für Physik, Uppsala University, Schweden;
Institut für Ionenstrahlphysik und Materialforschung, Forschungszentrum
Rossendorf; Institut für Werkstoffforschung, GKSS Forschungszentrum
Geesthacht; Institut für Halbleiterbauelemente und Werkstoffe,
Universität Hannover; Department of Electrical Engineering, Arizona
State University; Semiconductor Laboratory, RIKEN, Japan; Department of
Basic Science, University of Tokyo, Japan; Department of Electrical
Engineering, University of Buffalo, USA; Gordon McKay Laboratory of
Applied Science, Harvard University, USA; Synchrotrone ELETTRA,
Trieste, Italy; Department of Physics, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid,
Spain; Laboratorio MDM - INFM, Milan; Institute of Physics, Belgrade,
Serbia and Montenegro; Max Planck Institut für Festkörperforschung,
Stuttgart.
The supply of samples from the following institutions is acknowledged:
Institut für Halbleitertechnik, Universität Stuttgart; Institut für
Halbleitertechnologie, RWTH Aachen.
The special study program "Electronic Materials"
2006 was the 20th anniversary of the foundation of the special study
program "Electronic Materials". In the year 1984/85 this program was
established within the Material Science program by the Professor of
Physics, Dr. Günther Bauer. Since that time 44 diploma and 18 doctoral
theses were finished within the electronic materials studies. The
alumni are working presently in various areas of economics and
research: microelectronic and optoelectronic industry, electrical
engineering, metal industry, automotive industry, measuring techniques,
finance, consulting, universities and research institutes in Austria
and abroad.
Further information on the Institute of Physics is available via http://www.unileoben.ac.at/institute/phywww.htm