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Tuesday, 07.05.2019 10:00

Willi Auwärter (Physics-Department E20, Technical University of Munich (TUM), 85748 Garching, Germany)

Two-dimensional (2D) epitaxial materials including hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) are frequently employed as templates for self-assembled molecular films and nanostructures [1]. A quantitative structural characterization of the respective interfaces and adsorbate geometries however is largely missing. After reviewing some examples of molecular self-assembly on hBN, I will report on the geometric and electronic structure of a prototypical organic/insulator/metal interface, namely metalloporphines (Co-P, Zn-P) on hBN/Cu(111), investigated by combining X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, X-ray...

Friday, 10.05.2019 09:00 to 11:00

Dr. Stefan Zollner (Academic Department Head and Professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA)

Dr. Stefan Zollner will give a series of public lectures on Optical Properties of Solids for the Institute of Physics. The lectures are recorded and placed online including other materials.

Part VII covers the following topics: Electronic band structure, direct and indirect band gaps, Fermi’s Golden Rule.

The lectures follow the textbook by Mark Fox “Optical Properties of Solids”, with additional materials by the instructor to make...

Tuesday, 14.05.2019 14:00

Roland Wiesendanger (Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center Hamburg, University of Hamburg, Germany)

Majorana states in atomic-scale magnet-superconductor hybrid systems have recently become of great interest because they can encode topological qubits and ultimately provide a new direction in topological quantum computation [1,2]. First, it will be demonstrated how well defined 1D atomic chains of magnetic adatoms on superconducting substrates with high spin-orbit coupling can be artificially fabricated using STM-based atom-manipulation techniques. Spin-polarized STM measurements [3] allow to reveal the presence of non-collinear spin textures, i.e. spin spiral ground states, stabilized by...

Friday, 24.05.2019 09:00 to 11:00

Dr. Stefan Zollner (Academic Department Head and Professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA)

Dr. Stefan Zollner will give a series of public lectures on Optical Properties of Solids for the Institute of Physics. The lectures will be recorded and placed online and it will be possible to follow individual lectures.

Part VIII covers the following topics: Free electrons, effective masses in semiconductors, direct-gap absorption, excitons.

The lectures follow the textbook by Mark Fox “Optical Properties of Solids”, with additional materials by the instructor to make the lectures more self-contained, especially for scientists from other disciplines. They...

Friday, 14.06.2019 09:00 to 11:00

Dr. Stefan Zollner (Academic Department Head and Professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA)

Dr. Stefan Zollner will give a series of public lectures on Optical Properties of Solids for the Institute of Physics. The lectures are recorded and placed online including other materials.

Part IX covers the following topics: Interband transitions, van Hove singularities, critical-point lineshapes.

The lectures follow the textbook by Mark Fox “Optical Properties of Solids”, with additional materials by the instructor to make the...

Friday, 21.06.2019 09:00 to 11:00

Dr. Stefan Zollner (Academic Department Head and Professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA)

Dr. Stefan Zollner will give a series of public lectures on Optical Properties of Solids for the Institute of Physics. The lectures are recorded and placed online including other materials.

Part X covers the following topics: Photoluminescence, Einstein coefficients, quantum confinement, quantum wells, wires, and dots.

The lectures follow the textbook by Mark Fox “Optical Properties of Solids”, with additional materials by the...

Friday, 28.06.2019 09:00 to 11:00

Dr. Stefan Zollner (Academic Department Head and Professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA)

Dr. Stefan Zollner will give a series of public lectures on Optical Properties of Solids for the Institute of Physics. The lectures are recorded and placed online including other materials.

Part XI covers the following topics: Applications I: Anisotropic material.

The lectures follow the textbook by Mark Fox “Optical Properties of Solids”, with additional materials by the instructor to make the lectures more self-contained,...

Friday, 12.07.2019 09:00 to 11:00

Dr. Stefan Zollner (Academic Department Head and Professor, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, USA)

Dr. Stefan Zollner will give a series of public lectures on Optical Properties of Solids for the Institute of Physics. The lectures are recorded and placed online including other materials.

Part XII covers the following topics: Applications II: Properties of thin films, stress/strain, deformation potentials.

The lectures follow the textbook by Mark Fox “Optical Properties of Solids”, with additional materials by the instructor to...