Prof. Dr. Markus Betz

Profile

Academic positionAssociate Professor, Senior Lecturer, Reader
Research fieldsSemiconductor Physics
KeywordsHalbleiterphysik, Spintronik, Ultrakurzzeitphänomene, nichtlineare Optik, kohärente Kontrolle

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityDortmund
InstitutionTechnische Universität Dortmund
InstituteLehrstuhl für Experimentelle Physik 2

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Henry M. van DrielDepartment of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto
Start of initial sponsorship01/03/2006

Programme(s)

2006Feodor Lynen Research Fellowship Programme

Publications (partial selection)

2009Christian Sames, Jean-Michel Menard, Markus Betz, Artur L. Smirl, and Henry M. van Driel: All-Optical Coherently Controlled Terahertz AC Charge Currents from Excitons in Semiconductors. In: Physical Review B, 2009, 045208-1-045208-7
2008Marko Spasenovic, Markus Betz, Louis Costa, Henry M. van Driel: All-Optical Coherent Control of Electrical Currents in Centrosymmetric Semiconductors. In: Physical Review B, 2008, 085201-1-085201-9
2008R. Newson, J.-M. Menard, C. Sames, M. Betz, and H. M. van Driel: Coherently controlled ballistic charge currents in single-walled carbon nanotubes and graphite. In: Nano Letters, 2008, 1586-1589
2008Nir Rotenberg, Markus Betz, Henry M. van Driel: Ultrafast control of grating assisted light coupling to surface plasmons. In: Optics Letters, 2008, 2137-2139
2007Louis Costa, Markus Betz, Marko Spasenovic, Alan D. Bristow, Henry M. van Driel: All-optical injection of ballistic electrical currents in unbiased silicon. In: Nature Physics, 2007, 632-635
2007N. Rotenberg, A. D. Bristow, M. Pfeiffer, M. Betz, and H. M. van Driel: Nonlinear absorption in Au films: Role of thermal effects. In: Physical Review B, 2007, 155426
2007J.-M. Menard, M. Betz, I. Sigal, and H. M. van Driel: Single-Beam Differential Z-Scan Technique. In: Applied Optics , 2007, 2119