Facts and Figures

Contact

   Ferdinand-Braun-Institut, Leibniz-Institut fuer Hoechstfrequenztechnik (FBH)
im Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V.
Gustav-Kirchhoff-Str. 4
12489 Berlin
    Phone +49.30.6392-2600
Fax +49.30.6392-2602
Email fbh(at)fbh-berlin.de
WWW www.fbh-berlin.de
     

Head of the Institute

   Prof. Dr. Günther Tränkle, Ext. -2601
guenther.traenkle(at)fbh-berlin.de
     

Departments & Business Areas

  

Optoelectronics / Diode Lasers

Dr. Götz Erbert, Ext. -2656
goetz.erbert(at)fbh-berlin.de
     
   

Microwaves / Microwave Components & Systems

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Heinrich, Ext. -2620
wolfgang.heinrich(at)fbh-berlin.de
     
   

GaN Electronics

Dr. Joachim Würfl, Ext. -2690
joachim.wuerfl(at)fbh-berlin.de
     
   

GaN Optoelectronics

Prof. Dr. Michael Kneissl, Ext. -2812
michael.kneissl(at)fbh-berlin.de
     
   

Materials Technology

PD Dr. Markus Weyers, Ext. -2670
markus.weyers(at)fbh-berlin.de
     
   

Process Technology

Dr. Olaf Krüger, Ext. -3205
olaf.krueger(at)fbh-berlin.de
     
   

Science Management

Nicolas Hübener, Ext. -3396
nicolas.huebener(at)fbh-berlin.de
     

Founded

   1992; member of the Leibniz Association
     

Staff

   230 (including 100 scientists, 20 student assistants)
     

Budget
(2009)

  
  • Basic funding: Land Berlin & Federal Government (11.5 Mio. Euro)
  • Public project funding (6.5 Mio. Euro)
  • Industrial contracts (2.8 Mio. Euro)
     

Research Topics & Business Areas

  
  • Center of competence for III-V semiconductors - one of the most capable and major businesses in this field in Europe
  • Applied research and development of microwave & optoelectronic devices

  • Diode lasers
    - broad area lasers & bars (spectral range 0.6 - 1.2 µm)
    - high-brightness lasers (line width < 10 MHz)
    - hybrid laser systems
    - laser sensors
    - laser metrology
  • GaN optoelectronics
    - UV high-power laser diodes
    - blue & green laser diodes
    - UV LEDs
  • Microwave components & systems
    - front ends up to 100 GHz
    - power amplifiers up to 10 GHz
    - low-noise components
    - microwave plasma sources
    - terahertz electronics
  • GaN electronics
    - microwave transistors & MMICs
    - power electronics
  • Materials and process technology
    - GaN HVPE
    - special optical devices
    - in-situ control techniques for MOVPE & HVPE
    - laser micro processing
  • Science management
    - technology transfer & marketing
    - education & training management
     

Spin-offs

   BeMiTec AG, eagleyard Photonics GmbH, IXYS Berlin GmbH, Jenoptik Diode Lab GmbH, TESAG, AMT GmbH
     

Partner of

   Technische Universität Berlin
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main

ZEMI (Center for Microsystems Technology Berlin)
OpTecBB (Network for Optical Technologies Berlin-Brandenburg)
     

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