Scientific Research

C.V.

• Oct 1988 - Sep 1991: studied physics at Wroclaw University, Poland
• Oct 1991 - Sep 1994: studied physics at TU Berlin
• Sep 1994: diploma thesis "Nichtlinearer Ladungstransport in Halbleiter-Übergittern" (Nonlinear charge transport in semiconductor superlattices)
• Oct 1994 - Jul 1998: research assistant at TU Berlin, Inst. f. Theor. Physik, research group Prof. E. Schöll, in the framework of Sfb 296 "Wachstumskorrelierte Eigenschaften niederdimensionaler Halbleiterstrukturen"
• Jul 1998: finished Ph.D. thesis
• 22 Aug 1998: Ph.D. exam

Papers on semiconductor superlattices:

• Simple model for multistability and domain formation in semiconductor superlattices
• Theory of multistability and domain formation in semiconductor superlattices
• Multistability of the current-voltage characteristics in doped GaAs-AlAs superlattices
• Non-resonant carrier transport through high-field domains in semiconductor superlattices
• Formation times of electric field domains in doped GaAs-AlAs superlattices
• Dynamics of Domain Formation in Semiconductor Superlattices
• Probing growth-related disorder by high-field transport in semiconductor superlattices
• Oscillatory Instabilities and Field Domain Formation in Imperfect Superlattices
• Nonlinear dynamics of field domains in weakly disordered superlattices
• The influence of imperfections and weak disorder on domain formation in superlattices
• Bifurcation analysis of electric field domains in semiconductor superlattices

Papers on quantum kinetics:

• Quantum Kinetics of Intra- and Intersubband Coulomb Dynamics in Quantum Wires
• Delayed intersubband relaxation in quantum wires due to quantum kinetic Coulomb scattering
• Quantum kinetics of intersubband impact ionization in quantum wires

Diploma Thesis:

• Nichtlinearer Ladungstransport in Halbleiter-Übergittern (PDF, 2.4MB)

Ph.D. Thesis:

• Hot Electrons in Quantum Wires: Intersubband Impact Ionization and Relaxation