Thin Film Physics Group

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

Former Head of Group

PD Dr. Hans Zogg

Former Members

Spin-off companies

Due to the retirement of Hans Zogg, the research activities of the Thin Film Physics group have been dicontinued in August 2011. Ongoing research has been moved to the corresponding spin-off companies:

Mid-infrared laser
spin-off company

Photovoltaics
spin-off company

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

Thin Film Photovoltaics

CIGS and CdTe based solar cells on polyimide:

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

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

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 Aug. 2011
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