frequent - Research News from the FBH

High-performance power-electronic devices based on ultrawide-bandgap semiconductors

• AlN – devices for fast power switching
• Ga₂O₃ – novel material for high voltages
• GaN – vertical devices for high power

... enabling exceptional capabilities

• optical atomic clocks
• magnetometers & quantum-enhanced imaging
• quantum computing & information processing
• quantum communication & quantum networking

... used in established & future industrial applications

• full value chain in-house
• customized & flexible: from chip development to systems
• high performance & continuous improvement

• FBH developments for space – application under challenging conditions
• spaceborne quantum optical metrology – from laser systems to atomic clocks and sensors
• lasers for climate monitoring via satellite & ultrafast optical communication at highest data rates
• electronics for space
• advanced micro-integration techniques

• controlling light – GaAs growth processes for laser diodes
• coping with the challenges – growth processes for nitride-based devices
• looking closely – comprehensive material analysis down to the nanoscale

• coping with the demands of energy-hungry societies
• integration concepts for efficient GaN converters
• novel materials & device concepts

• all-rounders with huge market potential
• ultra-compact plasma source µPQ
• µPQ goes industry – surface activation in printing
• prototypes – making R&D results utilizable

Customized developments

• for rapid SERDS
• for LiDAR applications
• for nonlinear frequency conversion

• towards the digital base station transmitter
• boosting energy efficiency for wideband systems
• dedicated semiconductor technology & measurement facilities

• tailored semiconductor light sources – diode lasers & UV LEDs
• handheld probe – bringing Raman spectroscopy out of the lab
• looking into the hearts of living cells
• therapy with targeted light