Girls' Day at the FBH

Small but powerful - innovations with microwaves and light

Since 2004, each year FBH participates in the Girls’ Day and enjoys the persisting popularity of this event targeted at schoolgirls between grade five and ten.

Starting with a short introduction, all girls get a survey of the research areas of the Ferdinand-Braun-Institut. Then, smaller groups are built to become acquainted with various working areas of the institute and to gain insight into typical processes and working steps during manufacturing of semiconductor devices.

After a guided tour through the institute, the pupils conduct own practical experiments such as "silhouettes with diode lasers" and wafer handling. They experience how powerful FBH’s mini-lasers are and how carefully wafers need to be handled. Wafers are the basis for semiconductor devices on which material with the desired properties is deposited atomic layer by atomic layer. Subsequently, these layers are structured by etching and metalization processes. A final view through a microscope shows, how small the structures of the powerful chips in fact are.

All information is usually given in German language.