Klaus. H. Ploog
Emeritus Professor at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Former Director of Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik
Research Topics
Crystal growth of wide-gap semiconductors by molecular beam epitaxy
Education and Academic Employment
| 1961-63 | Undergraduate studies of chemistry at University Kiel |
| 1964-67 | Graduate Studies of chemistry at University München (IMU) |
| 1967 | Diplom-Chemiker degree |
| 1967-69 | Postgraduate research in solid state chemistry for doctoral thesis at University München (IMU) |
| 1970 | Ph.D. degree with honors (summa cum laude) |
| 1970-71 | Lecturer at University München (tenure track) |
| 1971-73 | Senior research scientist at University Bonn and Research Center Jülich |
| 1974-87 | Senior research scientist at Max-Planck-Institute für Festkörperforschung in Stuttgart and head of the MBE research group |
| 1987-91 | Associate professor at Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung in Stuttgart |
| 1991-93 | University professor of Materials Science at Darmstadt University of Techonology |
| 1992-06 | Director of Paul-Drude-Institut für Festkörperelektronik |
| 1993 | University professor of Materials Science at Physics Department of Humboldt-University |
| 2001 | Visiting professor, Techninical University Eindhoven |
| 2004 | Fellow of Institute of Physics (UK) |
| 2005 | AARCNN Distinguished Lecturer (Australian Research Council Nanotechnology Network) |
| 2006 | Visiting professor at Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| 2007-08 | Visiting professor at Waseda University |
Research Fields of Interest
- Semiconductor Electronics
- Nanotechnology
- Material Science
Selected Publications
- Awad, M., Nagel, M., Kurz, H., Herfort, J. and Ploog, K. “Characterization of low temperature GaAs antenna array terahertz emitters, APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS (91:18), 2007.
- Braun, W. and Ploog, K. H. “In situ studies of epitaxial growth by synchrotron X-ray diffraction,” SURFACE REVIEW AND LETTERS (13:2-3), 2006, pp.155-166.
- Braun, W., Trampert, A., Kaganer, V. M., Jenichen, B., Satapathy, D. K. and Ploog, K.H. “Endotaxy of MnSb into GaSb, ” JOURNAL OF CHRISTAL GROWTH (301), 2007, pp.50-53.
- Deng, H., Solomon, G. S., Hey, R., Ploog, K. H. and Yamamoto, Y. “Spatial coherence of a polariton condensate,” PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS (99:12), 2007.
- Friedland, K. J., Hey, R., Kostial, H., Riedel, A. and Ploog, K. H. “Measurements of ballistic transport at nonuniform magnetic fields in cross junctions of a curved two-dimensional electron gas,” PHYSICAL REVIEW B (75:4), 2007.
Honors
| 1983 | Techonology-Transfer-Award of German Ministry of Research and Technology |
| 1989 | Award of Italian Physical Society (together with R. Cingolani, University Bari) |
| 1990 | Philip-Morris-Research Award (togher with nine colleagues of Max-Planck-Institute) |
| 1998 | IBERDROLA Ciencia y Technologia Award |
| 1999 | Max Planck Research Award for International Cooperation |
| 2003 | Welker Award |
| 2007 | Eugen und Ilse Seibold-Preis |
