Personal websites
Prof. Dr. Norbert Esser
Director Material and Interface Analytics
Interface Spectroscopy
Berlin
in Dortmund:
Phone: +49 231 1392-103
Fax: +49 231 1392-300
in Berlin:
Phone: +49 30 6392-3543
Fax: +49 30 6392-3544
e-mail: norbert.esser(at)isas.de
Research Area / Interests
- Characterization of surfaces interfaces of solids and nanostructures, organic molecules on surfaces
- Development and application of optical spectroscopy methods for interfaces analysis
- translation of spectral fingerprints into a microscopic picture, i.e. underlying physical excitations
- Optical chacterization techniques:
- Reflection Anisotropy Spectroscopy (RAS) in the NIR to VUV spectral range
- Spectral Ellipsometry in the MIR to VUV spectral range (IR and VUVEllipsometer available at the BESSY synchrotron)
- Raman Spectroscopy
- Addtional "standard" surface analytical tools:
- Synchrotron based photoemission spectroscopy (XPS and UPS)
- Auger electron spectroscopy (AES)
- Scanning tunnelling Microscopy (STM)
- Electron diffraction (LEED, RHEED)
Curriculum Vitae
- since 2008 Head of ISAS Dortmund and Berlin
- since 2006 Professor of Physics (W3), Interface and Surface Analysis, TU Berlin, and Director of the Department of Interface Spectroscopy at ISAS Berlin
- since 2004 Head of the ISAS Department Berlin
- 1998 - 2003 Privat-Dozent at TU Berlin
- 1997 Habilitation in Experimental Physics at TU Berlin
Topic: III-V-Semiconductor Surfaces: Atomic Structure and Electronic Properties - 1992 Research Assistant at TU Berlin, Institute for Solid State Physics
- 1991 Dr. rer.nat. at TU Berlin
Topic: Potential Barriers of Sb- and Bi-Layers on GaAs(110) and InP(110) - 1987 Diploma in Physics at the 1. Physikalisches Institut of the RWTH Aachen
Topic: Analysis of Semiconductor Surface Layers in UHV: Construction of a UHV-Vessel and Raman-Investigations of InP-Schottky Barriers
Awards, Scholarships, Memberships
- since 2008 Advisory board of certification department of the "Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung" (BAM)
- 2004 - 2007 Collaborative Research Centre 296: "Wachstumskorrelierte Eigenschaften niederdimensionaler Halbleiterstrukturen"
- since 2004 Member of the DASp, Deutscher Arbeitskreis für Angewandte Spektroskopie, of the German Chemical Society (GDCh)
- since 2001 Member of the AKE, Arbeitskreis Ellipsometrie - Paul Drude e.V.
- since 2000 Member of the American Physical Society
- 1999 - 2004 Collaborative Research Centre 290: "Metallische dünne Filme: Struktur, Magnetismus und elektronische Eigenschaften"
- 1998 Karl-Scheel-Preis of the "Physikalische Gesellschaft zu Berlin" for "Resonant Raman Scattering at Surfaces"
- since1991 Member of the American Vacuum Society
- since 1986 Member of the DPG, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V.
Teaching
(regular lectures at TU Berlin)
- since 1998 Solid State Physics I and II (advanced course in 5th and 6th term) Diploma examinations in Experimental Physics and Solid State Physics
- since 2004 Experimental Physics for Chemists (basic course in 1st and 2nd term) Pre-Diploma examinations in Experimental Physics
Research Visits
- 05/1994 – 06/1995 Scientist at the Max-Planck-Institut for Solid State Research Stuttgart in the Group of Prof. Manuel Cardona
- 09/1987 - 12/1987 University College of Cardiff, UK, Prof. R.H. Williams