Thin Film Physics Group

	Thin Film Physics Group
Departement of Physics, Laboratory for Solid State Physics, ETH Zürich, Switzerland; located at Technopark Zürich

Head of the Group

PD Dr. Hans Zogg

Post Docs

Dr. Ferdinand Felder

PhD Students

Matthias Fill

Technical Staff

Oliver Meier

Master/Semester Students

Former Members

Open Projects
Lectures

VECSEL
spin-off company

PHOCONE

Photovoltaics
spin-off company

FLISOM

IR-Laser

Narrow gap IV-VI MBE-layers on BaF₂ and Si:

OVERVIEW: Vertical External Cavity Surface Emitting Laser (VECSEL) results
2010: Continuously tunable single mode VECSEL, PDF
2009: PbSe QW VECSEL on BaF₂, PDF
2009: > room temperature, > 1 W PbSe and PbTe VECSEL on Silicon, PDF 1, PDF 2

2009: PbSe VECSEL on BaF₂, PDF
2007: PbTe VECSEL on Silicon and BaF₂, PDF
2004: High reflectivity Bragg Mirrors, PDF
2003: Mid-IR-emitters - optically pumped lasers and wavelength transformers, PDF

IR-Detector

Narrow gap IV-VI MBE-layers on Si:

2010: CO absorption spectroscopy ~1ppm sensitivity, PDF
2009: Blue-shifted/red-shifted tunable RCED (Resonant Cavity Enhanced Photodetector) with PbSrTe/PbSnTe as absorber, PDF 1, PDF 2

2008: Wavelength tunable RCED using a MEMS micro-mirror, in collaboration with the Center of Mechanics at ETHZ, PDF
2007: Highly sensitive thin PbTe photodiodes, PDF
2004: Monolithic PbSe RCED - narrow band IR-detector, PDF and MPEG Simulation
2001: Infrared Sensor Arrays and properties of IV-VI thin films

Thin Film Photovoltaics

PV activity moved to EMPA in March 2009.

PVD of Thin Films

Growth and characterisation
Diffusion Barrier Layers
Transparent conducting oxide layers

Microlithography

Equipment and characterization

Information

Contact

PD Dr. Hans Zogg

How to find us

Annual Report 2009

Thin Film Physics PDF 1 MB
Former Annual Reports (1997-2009)

Updated 20.09.2011
TFP, F. Felder