Summary of our activities in 2001
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Diploma Theses completed in 2001
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PhD Theses completed in 2001
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Habilitations completed in 2001
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Guest Scientists, Visitors, and their Sponsors
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Group Members
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Publications
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Patents
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Invited Talks
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Cooperations
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Financial Support
Diploma Theses completed in 2001
Carsten Decker
"Spineffekte in kleinen Quantenpunkten"
Peter Halke
"Ortsaufgelöste Untersuchung des quantisierten
Hall-Effekts mit akustischen Oberflächenwellen"
Andreas Hörner
"Mechanische Hochfrequenzanregungen von nanomechanischen
Resonatoren"
Andreas K. Hüttel
"Tunnelgekoppelte Quantenpunktsysteme und ihre kapazitive
Wechselwirkung"
Christina Mooser
"Elektrostatische Rasterkraftmikroskopie mit dem Ziel,
einzelne Ladungen zu detektieren"
Dominik V. Scheible
"Gekoppelte nanomechanische Systeme für den Transport
einzelner Elektronen"
Christian Schulhauser
"Optische Magneto-Spektroskopie an einzelnen
Halbleiter-Quantenringen"
Christoph Strobl
"Flüssigkeitstransport durch Oberflächenwellen"
Alida Würtz
"Spektroskopie von Randzuständen im
Quanten-Hall-Effekt"
PhD Theses completed in 2001
Artur Erbe
"Nanomechanischer Elektronentransport"
Alexander Haubrich
"Akustoelektrischer Strom durch lateral definierte
Quantenpunktkontakte."
Hua Qin
"On the Dynamics of Single-Electron Tunneling in
Semiconductor Quantum Dots under Microwave Radiation"
Habilitations completed in 2001
Robert H. Blick
"Integrating Electronic and Mechanical Nanosystems"
Guest Scientists, Visitors, and their Sponsors in 2001
Jim Allen
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Valeri Dolgopolov
Russian Academy of Sciences,
Insitute of Solid State Physics, Chernogolovka, Russia
Max-Planck Forschungspreis, SFB 348
Alexander O. Govorov
Russian Academy of Sciences,
Insitute of Semiconductor Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Volkswagen Stiftung
Matthew Grayson
Maryland, USA
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Alexander Kalameitsev
Institut of Semiconductor Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia
Volkswagen Stiftung
Vadim Khrapei
Insitute of Solid State Physics, Chernogolovka, Russia
Max-Planck Forschungspreis, SFB 348
Pierre Petroff
University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Hua Qin
Volkswagen Stiftung, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst
Mansour Shayegan
Princeton University, USA
Alexander von Humboldt Foundation
Group Members in 2001
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Senior Scientists Prof. Jörg P. Kotthaus Prof. Khaled Karraï Dr. Udo Beierlein Dr. Robert H. Blick Dr. Heribert Lorenz Apl. Prof. Achim Wixforth Secretary Eveline Stettner Technical Staff Hans-Peter Kiermaier Armin Kriele Wolfgang Kurpas Stephan Manus Klaus Werhahn |
Ph.D. Students Florian W. Beil Florian Bickel Christoph Bödefeld Stefan Böhm Artur Erbe Niels Fertig Wolfgang Frank Stephan de Haan Dirk Haft Eva M. Höhberger Alexander W. Holleitner Andreas K. Hüttel Jan Krauß Hans-Jörg Kutschera Phoenix Liou Christine Meyer Alexander Müller Laura Pescini Hua Qin Christian Schäflein Dominik V. Scheible Christian Schulhauser Michael Sztucki Markus Vogel |
Diploma Students Christian Dupraz Peter Halke Andreas Hörner Alexander Högele Jochen Kirschbaum Tomas Krämer Tobias Lindenberg Christina Mooser Martin Rotter Florian Schrank Constanze Sobotta Christoph Strobl Jan Weber |
Publications in 2001:
H. Qin, F. Simmel, R. H. Blick, J. P. Kotthaus,
W. Wegscheider, and M. Bichler
Determination of the Complex Microwave Photoconductance
of a Single Quantum Dot
Phys. Rev. B 63, 035320 (2001).
I. Kegel, T. H. Metzger, A. Lorke, J. Peisl, J. Stangl,
G. Bauer, K. Nordlund, W. V. Schoenfeld, and P. M. Petroff
Determination of Strain Fields and Composition of
Self-Organized Quantum Dots Using X-Ray Diffraction
Phys. Rev. B 63, 035318 (2001).
B. G. L. Jager, S. Wimmer, A. Lorke, J. P. Kotthaus,
W. Wegscheider, and M. Bichler
Edge and Bulk Effects in Terahertz Photoconductivity of
an Antidot Superlattice
Phys. Rev. B 63, 045315 (2001).
R. J. Warburton, C. Schäflein, D. Haft, F. Bickel,
A. Lorke, K. Karraï, J. M. Garcia, W. Schoenfeld, and
P. M. Petroff
Optical Emission from Single, Charge-Tunable Quantum
Rings
Physica E 9, 124-130 (2001).
M. Vogel, B. Stein, H. Pettersson, and K. Karraï
Low Temperature Scanning Probe Microscopy of Surface and
Sub-Surface Charges
Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 2592-2594 (2001).
D. Haft, R. J. Warburton, and Khaled Karraï
Luminescence Quenching in InAs Quantum Dots
Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 2946-2948 (2001).
E. M. Höhberger, A. Lorke, W. Wegscheider, and
M. Bichler
Adiabatic Pumping of Two-Dimensional Electrons in a
Rachet-Type Lateral Superlattice
Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 2905-2907
S. de Haan, A. Lorke, J. P. Kotthaus, W. Wegscheider, and
M. Bichler
Conductance Quantization in an Array of Ballistic
Constrictions
Proc. "25th Int. Conf. Phys. Semicond.",
Eds. N. Miura and T. Ando (Springer 2001), Pt. I,
pp. 751-752
A. O. Govorov, A. V. Kalameitsev, V. M. Kovalev,
H.-J. Kutschera, M. Streibl, M. Rotter, and A. Wixforth
Electron Wires Driven by a Surface Acoustic Wave and
Nonlinear Acoustoelectric Interactions in Quantum
Wells
Proc. "25th Int. Conf. Phys. Semicond.",
Eds. N. Miura and T. Ando (Springer 2001) , Pt. I,
pp. 869-870.
J. Krauß, A. O. Govorov, C. Kadow, A. Wixforth, and
J. P. Kotthaus
Storage of Photonic Signals in Voltage-Controlled Lateral
Potential Superlattices
Proc. "25th Int. Conf. Phys. Semicond.",
Eds. N. Miura and T. Ando (Springer 2001), Pt. II,
pp. 1701-1702.
P. M. Petroff, A. Lorke, and A. Imamoglu
Epitaxially Self-Assembled Quantum Dots
Physics Today 54, No.5, 46-51 (May 2001).
A. Tilke, R. H. Blick, H. Lorenz, and J. P. Kotthaus
Single-Electron Tunneling in Highly Doped Silicon
Nanowires in a Dual-Gate Configuration
J. Appl. Phys. 89, 8159-8162 (2001).
C. Bödefeld, A. Wixforth, J. Toivonen, M. Sopranen,
and H. Lipsanen
Pumping of Quantum Dots with Surface Acoustic
Waves
phys. stat. sol. (b) 224, 703-706 (2001).
A. Tilke, F. C. Simmel, R. H. Blick, H. Lorenz, and
J. P. Kotthaus
Coulomb Blockade in Silicon Nanostructures
Progress in Quantum Electronics 25, 97-138
(2001).
L. Novotny, R. D. Grober, and K. Karraï
Reflected Image of a Strongly Focused Spot
Optics Letters 26, 789-791 (2001).
A. Tilke, R. H. Blick, and H. Lorenz
Fabrication and Integration Possibilities of Ultrasmall
Quantum Dots in Silicon-on-Insulator Material
J. Appl. Phys. 90, 942-946 (2001).
M. Streibl, H. J. Kutschera, W. Sauer, and A. Wixforth
Numerical and Experimental Analysis of Complex Surface
Acoustic Wave Fields
Proc. "2000 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium",
Ed. D. E. Yuhas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, p.319-320
(2001).
M. Rotter, W. Ruile, and A. Wixforth
Non-Reciprocal SAW Devices for RF Applications
Proc. "2000 IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium",
Ed. D. E. Yuhas, San Juan, Puerto Rico, p.369 (2001).
N. Fertig, Ch. Meyer, R. H. Blick, Ch. Trautmann, and
J. C. Behrend
Microstructured Glass Chip for Ion-Channel
Electrophysiology
Phys. Rev. E 64, 040901(R) (2001).
J. Krauß, A.V. Kalameitsev, A.O. Govorov,
W.Wegscheider, A. Wixforth, and J. P. Kotthaus
Dynamics of Charge Spreading in an Undoped GaAs-Quantum
Well Structure
Conference Workbook for the "14th International Conference
on the Electronic Properties of Two-Dimensional Systems",
Pt. I, pp.783-786, (Prag 2001).
A. Erbe, C. Weiss, W. Zwerger, and R. H. Blick
Nanomechanical Resonator Shuttling Single Electrons at
Radio Frequencies
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 096106 (2001) .
A. Kraus, A. Erbe, R. H. Blick, G.
Corso, and K. Richter
Parametric frequency tuning of phase-locked
nanoelectromechanical resonators
Appl. Phys. Lett. 79, 3521 (2001).
A. O. Govorov, A. V. Kalameitsev, V. M. Kovalev,
H.-J. Kutschera, and A. Wixforth
Self-Induced Acoustic Transparency in Semiconductor
Quantum Films
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 226803 (2001).
L. Pescini, A. Tilke, R. H. Blick, H. Lorenz,
J. P. Kotthaus, W. Eberhardt, and D. Kern
Nanoscale Field Emission Triode Operating under
Atmospheric Pressure
Adv. Mater. 13, 1780-1783 (2001).
T. Brandes, F. Renzoni, and R. H. Blick
Adiabatic steering and determination of dephasing rates
in double-dot qubits
Phys. Rev. B 64, 035319 (2001).
H. Qin, A. W. Holleitner, K. Eberl, and R. H. Blick
Coherent superposition of photon- and phonon-assisted
tunneling in coupled quantum dots
Phys. Rev. B 64, 241302(R) (2001).
A. W. Holleitner, C. R. Decker, K. Eberl, and
R. H. Blick
Coherent Coupling of Two Quantum Dots Embedded in an
Aharonov-Bohm Interferometer
Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 256802 (2001).
C. E. Zybil, M. Vogel, K. Karraï, A. Kriele,
H. Lorenz
Activation of single domains in (111) PZT and (100)
SBT
Integrated-Ferroelectrics Vol 32, p.843-50
(2001).
Patents in 2001:
Patents submitted in 2001:
Florian Bickel, Khaled Karraï
"Sondenspitze, insbesondere für die optische
Nahfeld-Mikroskopie, und Verfahren zu deren
Herstellung"
DE10164093.5
Patents published in 2001:
Robert H. Blick, Artur Erbe, Jörg P. Kotthaus
"Electromechanical Single Electron Switch"
DE 199 61 811.9, filed: 12/21/99, patent is pending.
Patents granted in 2001:
Axel Lorke, Jörg P. Kotthaus, Aimin Song
"Nichtlineares elektronisches Bauteil"
DE19757525
Invited Talks in 2001:
Robert H. Blick
- "Nanofabricated Electro-Mechanical Devices: Physics &
Applications"
48th International Symposium of the American Vacuum Society, San Francisco,USA, November 2001. - "Nanoelectromechanical Systems: Physics & Applications"
Workshop on Quantum Non-Planar Nanostructures & Nanoelectronics (QNN'01), AIST-Tsukuba, Japan, Tsukuba, July 2001.
Khaled Karraï
- "Interband Spectroscopy of Ring-Shaped quantum dots"
DPG Frühjarstagung - Hamburg, March 29th 2001. - "Spectroscopy of charge tuneable quantum rings"
International Conference on Dynamical Processes in Excited States of Solids 2001, July 3rd 2001. - "Emission spectroscopy on single charge tuneable quantum dots"
LANMAT/ Venice, Interaction of Laser Radiation with Matter at Nanoscopic Scales LANMAT 2001, October 3rd 2001. - "Optical emission of charge tuneable single quantum dots",
"Low-temperature scanning probe microscopy of surface and subsurface
charges"
Meeting of the SFP : Daniel Dautreppe 2001, Nanomonde exploration & Future, October 2001.
Jörg P. Kotthaus
- "Nanostructured Silicon for Electronic and Electromechanic Devices"
March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Seattle, March 2001. - "Electronic Interactions in Quantum Dots"
Int. Workshop "Frontiers in the Physics of Complex Systems", Israel, March 2001. - "Electronic Structure and Single Electron Charging in
Self-Assembled Quantum Dots", "Piezoelectric Surface Acoustic Waves as
Sensors and Conveyor Belts for Charge Carriers in Quantum Wells", and
"Manipulating Electrons in Nanostructured Semiconductors"
10th Brazilian Workshop on Semiconductor Physics, Guaruja, April 2001. - "Nanostructured Semiconductors as Sensors and Manipulators"
LASERION Workshop "Microfabrication, Nanostructured Materials and Biotechnology", Schloss Ringberg, June 2001. - "Electronic Interactions in Quantum Dots" and "Mechanically
Manipulating Electrons in Nanostructured Semiconductors"
Winterschool: "Low Dimensional Physics" of the South African Institute of Physics, Durban, July 2001. - "Electronic and Electromechanical Interactions in Quantum Dot
Systems"
Institute of Theoretical Physics Program on Nanoscience, UC Santa Barbara, August 2001. - "Nanostructures as Sensors and Manipulators"
Chemical Nanotechnology Talks II, DECHEMA, Frankfurt, October 2001. - "Manipulating Electrons in Nanostructures"
Inauguration of the DFG-Center for Functional Nanostructures, Karlsruhe, December 2001.
Heribert Lorenz
- "Nanolithographie - Herstellung von Nanostrukturen mit dem
Rasterkraftmikroskop"
Otti-Technik-Kolleg, 2nd Workshop on Nanotechnology, Würzburg, Germany, 23./24.10.2001. - "Nanotechnologie - der Schluessel zum 21. Jahrhundert"
Hans-Seidel-Stiftung, Workshop on Nanotechnology, Wildbad Kreuth, Germany, 02.-04.03.2001.
Achim Wixforth
- "Nonlinear acoustics in semiconductor nanostructures"
14th International Conference on Electronic properties of Two-Dimensional Systems (EP2DS-14), Prague (CZ) 2001.
Senior Scientists of Cooperating Groups:
Thomas Bein
CeNS, LMU München, Germany.
Alik Chaplik
Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia.
Valeri Dolgopolov
Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Russia.
Karl Eberl
Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung,
Heisenbergstr. 1, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany.
Jochen Feldmann
CeNS, LMU München, Germany.
Hermann Gaub
CeNS, LMU München, Germany.
Art C. Gossard
Materials Department, University of California - Santa Barbara,
California 93106-5050, USA.
Alexander O. Govorov
Institute of Semiconductor Physics, Novosibirsk, Russia.
Robert D. Grober
Department of Applied Physics, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
06520, USA.
Reinhard Guckenberger
MPI of Biochemistry, Martinsried, Germany.
Wolfgang Heckl
CeNS, LMU München, Germany.
Patrik Hoffmann
University Lausanne, France.
Serge Huant
Laboratoire de Spectrométrie Physique, Université Joseph
Fourier Grenoble and CNRS, BP 87, 38402 Saint Martin d’Hères,
France.
Paul Leiderer
University of Konstanz, Germany.
Harri Lipsanen
Optoelectronics Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology,
Otakaari 1, 02150 Espoo, Finland.
Hartmut Metzger
ESRF Grenoble, France.
Karl Neumeier
Walther-Meissner-Institut für Tieftemperaturforschung,
Walther-Meissner-Straße 8, 85748 Garching, Germany.
Lukas Novotny
The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York
14627, USA.
Johann Peisl
CeNS, LMU München, Germany.
Pierre M. Petroff
University of California - Santa Barbara, California, USA.
Klaus H. Schmidt, U. Kunze
Werkstoffe der Elektrotechnik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum,
Germany.
Dieter Schuh, Max Bichler, Gerhard Abstreiter
Walter Schottky Institut, TU München, Am Coulombwall 3, 85748
Garching, Germany.
Werner Wegscheider
Institut für Angewandte und Experimentelle Physik,
Universität Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany.
Daniel van der Weide
University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.
Dietmar Weinmann
Institut de Physique et Chimie des Matériaux de Strasbourg, UMR 7504
(CNRS-ULP), 23 rue du Loess, 67037 Strasbourg, France.
Financial Support in 2001:
Funding of this work via the following agencies is gratefully acknowledged:Alexander von Humboldt - Stiftung
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Wissenschaft, Forschung und Technologie (BMBF)
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
