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Here you can find detailed information about recent PhD dissertations within the Semiconductor Materials Division starting from 1st Jan. 2009. Each thesis has a link to the LiU Electronic Press, DIVA, which contains pdf files of the introduction and links to published manuscripts. In addition, Licentiate and Master theses are found at the bottom of this page.
Older PhD dissertations from the previous Material Science Division can be found at the left side menu Alumni.
PhD Theses
CVD solutions for new directions in SiC and GaN epitaxy
Xun Li
MOCVD growth of GaN-based high electron mobility transistor structures
Jr-Tai Chen (Ted)
2015-06-09
Opponent: Prof James Speck, University of California Santa Barbara, USA
Supervisor: Erik Janzén
Optical Characterization of Deep Level Defects in SiC
Andreas Gällström
2015-06-03
Opponent: Prof Jörg Weber from Technische Universität Dresden, Germany.
Supervisor: Erik Janzén
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies of Point Defects in AlGaN and SiC
Xuan Thang Trinh
2015-06-02
Opponent: Prof Mary Ellen Zvanut from University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA.
Supervisor: Nguyen Tien Son
Precursors and defect control for halogenated CVD of thick SiC epitaxial layers
Milan Yazdanfar
2014-10-31
Opponent: Prof Stephen Saddow, University of South Florida, USA.
Supervisor: Erik Janzen
Doping of high-Al-content AlGaN grown by MOCVD
Daniel Nilsson
2014-06-10
Opponent: Dr Michelle Moram, Imperial College London, United Kingdom.
Supervisor: Anelia Kakanakova
InGaN quantum dots grown on GaN pyramid arrays
Chih-Wei Hsu
2013-09-05
Opponent: Prof. Robert Taylor, Oxford University, United Kingdom.
Supervisor: Per Olof Holtz
Few particle effects in pyramidal quantum dots - a spectroscopic study
Daniel Dufåker
2013-06-10
Opponent: Assoc. Prof. Val Zwiller, Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands.
Supervisor: Fredrik Karlsson
Polarization-resolved photoluminescence spectroscopy of III-nitride quantum dots
Supaluck Amloy
2013-02-07
Opponent: Prof. Jørn M. Hvam, Technical University of Denmark, Denmark.
Supervisor: Fredrik Karlsson
Structural and elastic properties of InN and InAlN with different surface orientations and doping
Mengyao Xie
2012-12-12
Opponent: Prof. Enrique Calleja, Polytechnical University of Madrid, Spain.
Supervisor: Vanya Darakchieva
Controlled Growth of Hexagonal GaN Pyramids and InGaN QDs
Anders Lundskog
2012-09-20
Opponent: Prof. Lars-Erik Wernersson, Lunds Tekniska Högskola.
Supervisor: Erik Janzen
Sublimation Growth and Performance of Cubic Silicon Carbide
Remigijus Vasiliauskas
2012-03-05
Opponent: Assoc. Prof. Didier Chaussende, Grenoble, France.
Supervisor: Rositsa Yakimova
Deep Levels in SiC
Franziska Beyer
2011-10-06
Opponent : Jörg Weber, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany
Supervisor : Erik Janzén
Optcial Spectroscopy of UnGaAs Quantum Dots
Arvid Larsson
2011-02-25
Opponent: Prof. Artur Zrenner, Universität Paderborn, Paderborn, Germany
Supervisor : Per-Olof Holtz
Optimization of LDMOS transistor in Power Amplifiers for Communication Systems
Ahsan Ullah Kashif
2010-12-03
Opponent: Prof. Joachim Wurfl, Ferdinand Braun Institute, Berlin, Germany
Supervisor : Qamar-ul Wahab
Advances in SiC growth using Chloride-based CVD
Stefano Leone
2010-11-10
Opponent: Dr. Calvin Carter, CREE Inc. USA
Supervisor: Anne Henry
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Study of Defects in SiC
Patrik Carlsson
2010-06-11
Opponent: Dr. Evan R. Glaser, Naval ResarchLaboratoty, USA
Supervisor: Nguyen Tien Son
Epitaxial Growth and Characterization of SiC for High Power Devices
Licentiate Theses
Time Correlated SIngle Photon Spectroscopy on Pyramidal Quantum Dots
Tomas Jemsson
2015-01-30
Opponent: Assoc. Prof. Ilya Sytjugov, KTH, Sweden
Supervisor: Fredrik Karlsson
Investigation of deep levels in bulk GaN
Thien Duc Tran
2014-12-18
Opponent: Dr Franziska C. Beyer, TU Bergakademie Freiberg, Germany
Supervisor: Carl Hemmingsson
Electron Paramagnetic Resonance Studies of Negative-U centers in AlGaN and SiC
Xuan Thang Trinh
2014-12-16
Opponent: Dr Jan Stehr, Linköping Univerity, Sweden
Supervisor: Nguyen Tien Son
Spectroscopy studies of few particle effects in pyramidal quantum dots
Master Theses
Andréa Nicollet: The influence of growth temperature on CVD grown graphene on SiC
June 2015
Mattias Jansson: Optical properties of free-standing cubic silicon carbide
June 2015
Olof Norén: Epitaxial and bulk growth of cubic silicon carbide on off-oriented 4H-silicon carbide substrates
June 2015
Anna Håkansson: Probing graphene interfaces by mediated bioelectrocatalysis
June 2015
Fatima Akhtar: Study the effect of ambient conditions on epitaxial graphene
December 2014
Fang-Wei Chen: Growth of Carbon Nanomaterials on SiC
August 2014
Niklas Mårtensson: Evaluation of charge carrier concentration in particle assisted, Sn doped GaAs nanowires
August 2013
Chun-Yi Chen: Spectroscopic ellipsometry study of epitaxial graphene and effect of oxygen treatment
June 2013
Sin Jhou: Optimizing MOCVD process of AlN-on-SiC layered structures
June 2013
Po-Hsun Chen: Stability Of Bulk Cubic Silicon Carbide (3C-SiC) On Off Oriented Hexagonal Silicon (4H-SiC) Substrates
June 2013
Lin-Chin Hung: Effect of Mg doping on the free-charge carrier and structural properties of InN
June 2012
Emil Kalered: Quantum chemical studies of the chloride-based CVD process for Silicon Carbide
June 2012
Ching-Chi Lin: Quantum chemical studies on Titanium Carbide formation in a Chemical Vapor Deposition process
June 2012
Annop Ektarawong: Growth and characterization of graphene on 4H-SiC(0001)
May 2012
Yun Yang: Influence of growth temperature on carrier lifetime in 4H-SiC epilayers and investigations on related defects
February 2012
Abdul Samad Syed: Growth and Characterization of ZnO Nanostructures
2011
Björn Lundqvist: Polytype formation in sublimation epitaxy of SiC on low off-axis substrates
August 2011
Monthon Nunplong: Detailed studies of mono- and multilayers graphene and functionalization
June 2011x
Kanaparin Ariyawong: Growth of fluorescent SiC using a PVT source material
June 2011
Pontus Stenberg: xMicrostructure of doped SiC ceramics in context of the Fast Sublimation Growth Process
June 2011
Kuang-Yu Chang: Few Particle Effects on Semiconductor Quantum Dot: Spectrum Calculations of Neutral and Charged Excitons
June 2010
Yuan-Chih Lin (Jerry): SiC homoepitaxial Growth at High Rate by Chloride-based CVD
June 2010
An-Sheng Cheng: Study of 3C and 6H SiC Polytype Stability in Sublimation Epitaxial Growth Using on-axis Substrates
June 2010
Kuan-Hung Yu: Optical spectroscopy of GaN/Al(Ga)N Quantum Dots Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy
May 2009
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Fredrik Karlsson
Last updated:
08/17/15
