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Prof. Dr. Norbert Esser
Head of the Material and Interface Analytics department
Nanostructures group
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 Scientific director at ISAS (Department for Material and Interface Analytics) and member of the ISAS Board of Directors
- 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 2012 Member of the Board of IGAFA, Initiative of non-University Research Institutes in Berlin-Adlershof
- since 2012 Member of the DFG-research unit FOR 1700
- since 2012 Member of the School of Analytical Sciences Adlershof (SALSA)
- 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"
- since 1991 Member of the American Vacuum Society
- since 1986 Member of the DPG, Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V.
Teaching
- Experimental Physics I and II, introduction to 1st and 2nd term students, TU Berlin
- Solid State Physics I and II, 7th and 8th term students, TU Berlin
- Lab Courses, 7th and 8th term students, TU Berlin
- Surface and Interface Analytics, postgraduate course, JKU Linz and SALSA Berlin
- Analytical School, postgraduate course, TU Berlin
Research Visits
- 2011 Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria, with K. Hingerl and P. Zeppenfeld: Water-Solid-Interfaces
- 1994/95 Scientist at the Max-Planck-Institut for Solid State Research Stuttgart in the Group of Prof. Manuel Cardona
- 1987 University College of Cardiff, UK, Prof. R.H. Williams