Division of Physics of Semiconductor Heterostructures


Research areas:
  • physics and technology (LPE, MBE, MOCVD) of silicon and III-V semiconductors, semiconductor heterostructures
  • characterization of materials and structures (transmission and scanning electron microscopy, electron probe, X-ray diffraction, Auger electron spectroscopy, DLTS)
  • optoelectronics, nanoelectronics (low-dimensional heterostructures)
  • solid state theory
  • amorphous semiconductors
  • ultrafast processes and nonlinear optical phenomena
  • semiconductor laser diodes (CW, DFB, and picosecond heterostructure lasers), photodetectors and solar cells, power semiconductor devices

Staff: 234 researchers, including 28 Doctors and 110 Candidates of Sciences

Division Officers

Director: Zhores I. Alferov, alferov@dphsh.ioffe.rssi.ru
Deputy Director: Nikolai A. Bert, nbert@charm.pti.spb.su
Executive Secretary: Alexander B. Zhuravlev, emc@sse.pti.spb.su
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