Prof. Dr. E. Fred Schubert

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsElectronic Semiconductors, Components and Circuits, Integrated Systems, Sensor Technology, Theoretical Electrical Engineering,Automation, Mechatronics, Control Systems, Intelligent Technical Systems, Robotics,Optics, Quantum Optics and Physics of Atoms, Molecules and Plasmas

Current contact address

CountryUnited States of America
CityTroy
InstitutionRensselaer Polytechnic Institute
InstituteDepartment of Electrical, Computer and Systems Engineering

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Jürgen JahnsFachgebiet Allgemeine und Theoretische Elektrotechnik, FernUniversität in Hagen, Hagen
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2000

Programme(s)

1999Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

The Humboldt Research Award is granted to Professor Schubert for his sustained contributions in the field of compound semiconductor doping and semiconductor light-emitting devices. He pioneered the development on "delta doped" semiconductors with very thin doping layers. Today, delta-doped semiconductors are routinely used in the fabrication of high-electron-mobility transistors. He also invented and demonstrated the resonant-cavity light emitting diode which is the first practical microcavity device and is amoung the world's brightest light emitting diodes.