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Oliver Ambacher

Other affiliations: Osram, Siemens, Cornell University  ...read more
Bio: Oliver Ambacher is an academic researcher from Fraunhofer Society. The author has contributed to research in topics: Amplifier & High-electron-mobility transistor. The author has an hindex of 64, co-authored 848 publications receiving 26256 citations. Previous affiliations of Oliver Ambacher include Osram & Siemens.


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TL;DR: In this article, photoluminescence has been obtained from nanocrystalline silicon prepared in completely dry processing by optimizing the crystallite size and the chemical passivation of the grain boundaries due to a controlled postoxidation of the plasma deposited films.
Abstract: Intense photoluminescence has been obtained from nanocrystalline silicon prepared in completely dry processing by the optimizing the crystallite size and the chemical passivation of the grain boundaries due to a controlled postoxidation of the plasma deposited films.

11 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors demonstrate a lateral ordering of SiC dots in linear chains and in dense dot arrays on Si(001) and Si(111) substrates by applying atomic force microscopy.

11 citations

10 May 2016
TL;DR: In this article, a GaN-on-Si half-bridge circuit with integrated Schottky contacts as freewheeling diodes is presented, where the high and low-side switches feature an off-state voltage of 600 V, an on-state resistance of 120 mOmega, and a reverse resistance of below 150mOmega at corresponding drain currents of 30 A.
Abstract: This work presents the design, realization, and the characterization of a monolithic GaN-on-Si half-bridge circuit with integrated Schottky contacts as freewheeling diodes. The extrinsic- and intrinsic- layouts are realized, analyzed, and compared to other approaches. The high- and low-side switches feature an off-state voltage of 600 V, an on-state resistance of 120 mOmega, and a reverse resistance of below 150 mOmega at corresponding drain currents of 30 A. Furthermore, the switches achieve very low gate-charges of below 5 nC and reverse recovery charges of 12 nC. The on-state- and reverse-state-performances are benchmarked against other state-of-the-art power devices and compared to the theoretical limits.

11 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the intensity distribution of x-ray scattering from epitaxial layers with screw dislocations perpendicular to the surface is calculated assuming correlated dislocation positions, and the resulting intensity distribution is compared with a reciprocal-space map measured in a symmetric diffraction from a hexagonal GaN(0001) layer, and a good correspondence was achieved.
Abstract: Diffuse x-ray scattering from epitaxial layers with screw dislocations perpendicular to the surface is calculated assuming correlated dislocation positions. The resulting intensity distribution was compared with a reciprocal-space map measured in a symmetric diffraction from a hexagonal GaN(0001) layer, and a good correspondence was achieved. From the fit, both the dislocation density and their correlation length were determined.

10 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the interaction of defect-rich nanocrystalline indium oxide films, which have previously shown to exhibit excellent ozone sensing properties, with O3, O2, and H2O molecules is investigated using ultra-violet and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
Abstract: authoren The interaction of defect-rich nanocrystalline indium oxide films, which have previously shown to exhibit excellent ozone sensing properties, with O3, O2, and H2O molecules is investigated using ultra-violet and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The investigated samples are grown by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition at low temperatures resulting in high oxygen deficiency and high defect density. The ozone-induced surface oxidation and UV-induced photoreduction mechanisms of the ozone sensor active material are evaluated with respect to surface stoichiometry and electronic properties including adsorbate features, band bending and surface dipole formation. A strong interaction with ozone and water is found, whereas the interaction with O2 is relatively weak. In all cases the interaction results in the same negatively charged oxygen adsorbate species, which can either be removed by UV light or by annealing resulting in the capability of these films to be used in reversible adsorption induced oxidation and UV/thermal reduction cycles.

10 citations


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08 Dec 2001-BMJ
TL;DR: There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one, which seems an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality.
Abstract: There is, I think, something ethereal about i —the square root of minus one. I remember first hearing about it at school. It seemed an odd beast at that time—an intruder hovering on the edge of reality. Usually familiarity dulls this sense of the bizarre, but in the case of i it was the reverse: over the years the sense of its surreal nature intensified. It seemed that it was impossible to write mathematics that described the real world in …

33,785 citations

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06 Jun 1986-JAMA
TL;DR: The editors have done a masterful job of weaving together the biologic, the behavioral, and the clinical sciences into a single tapestry in which everyone from the molecular biologist to the practicing psychiatrist can find and appreciate his or her own research.
Abstract: I have developed "tennis elbow" from lugging this book around the past four weeks, but it is worth the pain, the effort, and the aspirin. It is also worth the (relatively speaking) bargain price. Including appendixes, this book contains 894 pages of text. The entire panorama of the neural sciences is surveyed and examined, and it is comprehensive in its scope, from genomes to social behaviors. The editors explicitly state that the book is designed as "an introductory text for students of biology, behavior, and medicine," but it is hard to imagine any audience, interested in any fragment of neuroscience at any level of sophistication, that would not enjoy this book. The editors have done a masterful job of weaving together the biologic, the behavioral, and the clinical sciences into a single tapestry in which everyone from the molecular biologist to the practicing psychiatrist can find and appreciate his or

7,563 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, the current status of lattice-dynamical calculations in crystals, using density-functional perturbation theory, with emphasis on the plane-wave pseudopotential method, is reviewed.
Abstract: This article reviews the current status of lattice-dynamical calculations in crystals, using density-functional perturbation theory, with emphasis on the plane-wave pseudopotential method. Several specialized topics are treated, including the implementation for metals, the calculation of the response to macroscopic electric fields and their relevance to long-wavelength vibrations in polar materials, the response to strain deformations, and higher-order responses. The success of this methodology is demonstrated with a number of applications existing in the literature.

6,917 citations

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TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a comprehensive, up-to-date compilation of band parameters for the technologically important III-V zinc blende and wurtzite compound semiconductors.
Abstract: We present a comprehensive, up-to-date compilation of band parameters for the technologically important III–V zinc blende and wurtzite compound semiconductors: GaAs, GaSb, GaP, GaN, AlAs, AlSb, AlP, AlN, InAs, InSb, InP, and InN, along with their ternary and quaternary alloys. Based on a review of the existing literature, complete and consistent parameter sets are given for all materials. Emphasizing the quantities required for band structure calculations, we tabulate the direct and indirect energy gaps, spin-orbit, and crystal-field splittings, alloy bowing parameters, effective masses for electrons, heavy, light, and split-off holes, Luttinger parameters, interband momentum matrix elements, and deformation potentials, including temperature and alloy-composition dependences where available. Heterostructure band offsets are also given, on an absolute scale that allows any material to be aligned relative to any other.

6,349 citations

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TL;DR: This review gives a general introduction to the materials, production techniques, working principles, critical parameters, and stability of the organic solar cells, and discusses the alternative approaches such as polymer/polymer solar cells and organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells.
Abstract: The need to develop inexpensive renewable energy sources stimulates scientific research for efficient, low-cost photovoltaic devices.1 The organic, polymer-based photovoltaic elements have introduced at least the potential of obtaining cheap and easy methods to produce energy from light.2 The possibility of chemically manipulating the material properties of polymers (plastics) combined with a variety of easy and cheap processing techniques has made polymer-based materials present in almost every aspect of modern society.3 Organic semiconductors have several advantages: (a) lowcost synthesis, and (b) easy manufacture of thin film devices by vacuum evaporation/sublimation or solution cast or printing technologies. Furthermore, organic semiconductor thin films may show high absorption coefficients4 exceeding 105 cm-1, which makes them good chromophores for optoelectronic applications. The electronic band gap of organic semiconductors can be engineered by chemical synthesis for simple color changing of light emitting diodes (LEDs).5 Charge carrier mobilities as high as 10 cm2/V‚s6 made them competitive with amorphous silicon.7 This review is organized as follows. In the first part, we will give a general introduction to the materials, production techniques, working principles, critical parameters, and stability of the organic solar cells. In the second part, we will focus on conjugated polymer/fullerene bulk heterojunction solar cells, mainly on polyphenylenevinylene (PPV) derivatives/(1-(3-methoxycarbonyl) propyl-1-phenyl[6,6]C61) (PCBM) fullerene derivatives and poly(3-hexylthiophene) (P3HT)/PCBM systems. In the third part, we will discuss the alternative approaches such as polymer/polymer solar cells and organic/inorganic hybrid solar cells. In the fourth part, we will suggest possible routes for further improvements and finish with some conclusions. The different papers mentioned in the text have been chosen for didactical purposes and cannot reflect the chronology of the research field nor have a claim of completeness. The further interested reader is referred to the vast amount of quality papers published in this field during the past decade.

6,059 citations