Curriculum Vitae

Prof. Dr. Erich Gornik

Email: erich.gornik@tuwien.ac.at

Phone: +43 1 58801 36210

Fax: +43 1 58801 36299

Project: THz-characterization of ultrafast electronic devices

Personal Data

Date of Birth: 04.08.1944

Place of Birth: Krumau, Tschechische Republik

Nationality Austria

Education

1963-1968 Study of Physics at technical University Vienna

1968-1972 PhD studies at Institute for physical Electronics

1972 graduation to a Ph.D Technical University of Vienna

1976 Habilitation

Career History

1970-1975 assistant professor Technical University of Vienna

1975-1978 post doc at Bell Laboratories Holmdel, USA

1979-1988 professor for Exp. Phys. at the Univ. of Innsbruck

1988-1993 professor for Semic. Phys. at the TU Munich

1993-present professor at the TU Vienna, Microstructure Center

Career-related Activities

1978 visiting scientist at Bell Labs., Murray Hill, USA

1979 visiting prof. at the Ecole Normale Superieure Paris

1983 visiting scientist at Bell Labs., Murray Hill, USA

1986 fellow of the Japan Society for the prom. of science

1993 Guest-Prof. at the University of Osaka, Japan

1995 Guest-Prof. Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

1997 Guest-Prof. UCSB Santa Barbara, Depart. Physics, USA

1999 Guest-Prof. Nagoya University, Japan

Awards

1974 Theodor Körner Price, Physics Price of the Austrian

Physical Society

1997 Wittgenstein Price of the Austrian Government

2000 Erwin Schrödinger Price, Austrian Academy of Science

Memberships

Fellow of the Japan. Society for Promotion of Science, Fellow of the American Physical

Society, Austrian Physical Society, German Physical Society, European Academy of

Sciences and Arts

Publications

> 400 publications in scientific journals, > 80 invited lectures, 7 patents

Research Interests

Physics of semiconductor quantum structures, transport and optical properties of

semiconductor heterostructures, terahertz sources and spectroscopy

Selected publications (recent 5 years) – Erich Gornik

F. Elsholz, A. Wacker, E. Schöll, M. Kast, G. Strasser, E. Gornik (2001): Magnetotransport

through semiconductor superlattice; Physical Review B, 63, 33312.

M. Kast, C. Pacher, G. Strasser, E. Gornik (2001): Narrow electron injector for ballistic

electron spectroscopy; Applied Physics Lett. 78, 3639.

C. Pacher, C. Rauch, G. Strasser, E. Gornik, F. Elsholz, G. Kießlich, A. Wacker, E. Schöll

(2001): Antireflection coating for miniband transport and Fabry-Pérot resonances in

GaAs/AlGaAs superlattics; Applied Physics Lett. 79, 1486.

J. Smoliner, B. Basnar, S. Golka, E. Gornik, B. Löffler, M. Schatzmayer, H. Enichlmair

(2001): Mechanism of bias-dependent contrast in Scanning Capacitance Microscopy images;

Applied Physics Lett. 79, 3182.

K. Kempa, E. Gornik, K. Unterrainer, M. Kast, G. Strasser (2001): Resonant Tunneling

mediated by resonant emission of inter-subband plasmons; Physical Review Lett. 86, 2850.

M. Kast, C. Pacher, G. Strasser, W. Werner, E. Gornik (2002): Wannier-Stark States in Finite

Superlattices; Physical Review Letters 89, 136803.

G. Strasser, W. Schrenk, S. Anders, E. Gornik (2002): Single mode GaAs Quantum Cascade

Laser"; Microelectronic Engineering 63, 179.

C. Pacher, E. Gornik (2003): Adjusting the coherent transport in finite periodic superlattices;

Physical Review B68, 1553199.

C. Pflügl, M. Litzenberger, W. Schrenk, D. Pogany, E. Gornik, G. Strasser (2003):

Interferometric study of thermal dynamics in GaAs-based quantum-cascade lasers;

Applied Physics Letters 82, 1664.

M. Kast, W. Boxleitner, C. Pacher, G. Strasser, E. Gornik: Hot-electron spectroscopy in

parallel magnetic fields; Applied Physics Letters, 82 (2003), 22; S. 3922 – 3924

J. Kuzmik, D. Pogany, E. Gornik, P. Javorka, P. Kordos (2003): Electrostatic discharge

effects in AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transitors; Applied Physics Letters 83 (2003),

4657.

U. Merc, C. Pacher, M. Topic, F. Smole, E. Gornik (2003): Electron velocity in superlattices;

The European Physical Journal B35, 447.

B. Basnar, H. Hirner, E. Gornik, G. Strasser (2004): Fast characterisation of InAs quantum

dot structures using AFM; Journal of Crystal Growth 264, 30.

C. Pacher, M. Kast, T. Roch, G. Strasser, E. Gornik (2004): Hot electron spectroscopy of the

GaAs/AlAs/GaAs band structure; Semiconductor Science and Technology 19, 103.

C. Pacher, W. Boxleitner, E. Gornik (2005), “Coherent resonant tunneling time and velocity

in finite periodic systems”, Physical Review B 71, 125317.