UCSB 2019 — Short Course & Workshop: Quantum Mechanics and Semiconductors

UCSB Simons Meetings - May 16, 2019 - Elings Hall 1605

08:15 - 09:00: Welcome Coffee/Registration

09:00 - 09:10: Welcome Words - Shuji Nakamura (University of California Santa Barbara) — View slides — View presentation recording

09:10 - 09:20: Welcome Address on Behalf of Wave Consortium - Svitlana Mayboroda (University of Minnesota) — View presentation recording

09:20-10:10: Intro to Basics of Semiconductors I (Towards Modeling Of Disorder and Simulations of Light-Emitting Diodes) - Claude Weisbuch (University of California Santa Barbara) — View slides — View presentation recording

10:10 - 11:00: Intro to Basics of Semiconductors II (Towards Modeling Of Disorder and Simulations of Light-Emitting Diodes) - Claude Weisbuch (University of California Santa Barbara) — View slides — View presentation recording

11:00 - 11:30: Coffee Break and Poster Session

11:30 - 12:20: Semiconductor Device Simulation I - Sergey Karpov (STR Group — Soft-Impact, Ltd.) — View presentation recording

12:20 - 13:20: Lunch Break

13:20 - 14:10: Disorder Computations Through Landscape Localization I - Marcel Filoche (École Polytechnique) — View slides — View presentation recording

14:10 - 15:00: Semiconductor Device Simulation II - Sergey Karpov (STR Group — Soft-Impact, Ltd.) — View presentation recording

15:00 - 15:50: Disorder Computations Through Landscape Localization II - Marcel Filoche (École Polytechnique) — View slides — View presentation recording

15:50 - 16:20: Coffee Break and Poster Session

16:20 - 17:20: Landscape Localization Theory Of Disorder In Nitride Semiconductors Alloys and Application to LED Simulations  - Yuh-Renn Wu (National Taiwan University) — View slides — View presentation recording

17:20 - 18:20: Short presentations By Wave Localization Founding PI’s-
Mathematics & Materials — View presentation recording

• Landscape Predicts the Density of States - Svitlana Mayboroda (University of Minnesota) — 
• Localization of Eigenfunctions Via the Effective Potential - David Jerison (MIT) 
• The Third Pillar - Doug Arnold (University of Minnesota) — View slides 
• Behavior of soap films near the boundary - Guy David (Université de Paris Sud)
• Disordered semiconductros - Richard Friend (University of Cambridge) — View slides
• Experimental Studies of Disorder in Nitride Semiconductors - James S. Speck (University of California Santa Barbara) — View slides

18:20 - 18:50: Lab Visits

19:30 - WORKSHOP DINNER - Stella Mare's Bristro/La Café Stella

UCSB Simons Meetings - May 17, 2019 - Elings Hall 1605

07:45 - 08:30: Welcome coffee

08:30 - 09:30: Electronic and optical properties of polar and nonpolar InGaN quantum well systems: Insights from atomistic tight-binding calculations - Stefan Schulz (Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork) — View recording presentation

09:30 - 10:20: Short invited presentations — View presentation recordings

• Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscopy: What Can We Learn From It About Ternary Nitrides - Saulius Marcinkevicius (KTH Royal Institute of Technology) 
• Impact of Hole Localization to Ambipolar Carrier Diffusion as Revealed by Light-Induced Transient Grating Technique - Ramunas Alekiejunas (Institute of Photonics and Nanotechnology, Vilnius University) 
• Evidence of Carrier Localization Induced By Intrinsic Compositional Disorder in an InGaN/GaN Quantum Well By Scanning Tunnelling Luminescence Spectroscopy - Jacques Peretti (École Polytechnique) — View slides here 
• Impact of Carrier Localization on Recombination in InGaN Quantum Wells and the Efficiency of Nitride Light-Emitting Diodes: Insights From Theory and Numerical Simulations - Manos Kioupakis (University of Michigan) — View slides here
• First-Principles Studies of Recombination Mechanisms in Light Emitters - Chris Van de Walle (University of California Santa Barbara) — View slides here
• How and Why Do In Composition Fluctuations Appear? - Jean-Yves Duboz (Université Côte d'Azur) — View slides here

10:20 - 10:50: Coffee Break and Poster Session

10:50 - 11:50: Simulation of carrier transport in III-nitride multiple quantum well systems: non-equilibrium quantum versus semi-classical models - Bernd Witzigmann (University of Kassel) — View slides here — View presentation recording

11:50 - 12:50: Disorder effects in semiconductors: known unknowns and fundamental scales - Sergei Baranovskii (Philipps University Marburg) — View slides here — View presentation recording

12:50 - 13:40: Lunch

13:40 - 14:40: Long-Range Correlations, Finite Size Effects, and Intrinsic Defects in Organic Semiconductors - Denis Andrienko (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research) — View slides here — View presentation recording

14:40 - 15:40: Transport in strong localization through phonons: Transient Localization in Organic Semiconductors - Simone Fratini (Université Grenoble Alpes) — View slides here — View presentation recording

15:40 - 16:30: Coffee Break & Poster Session

16:30 - 17:30: Optical effects of semiconductor disorder - Erich Runge (Institut für Physik and IMN MacroNano, Technische Universität Ilmenau)

17:30 - 18:30: Discussion and wrap-up session

19:00: Dinner for Principal Investigators and Invited Speakers - Zaytoon Lebanese Cuisine

Rooms available at the Best Western South Coast Inn

• Be sure to make your reservation under the Wave Simons Conference block to recieve better rates for lodging. Rates available Sunday through Thursday: $149/night and Friday & Saturday: $169/night through our conference hotel portal.
• PI's are encouraged to book and pay for their own travel arrangements directly.  There are a mix of King and Queen rooms available.
• You can reach the Best Western South Coast Inn at 1-805-967-3200, via email (sales@santa-barbara-hotel.com)

Transportation from LAX to UCSB

• We recommend reserving tickets for and utilizing the Santa Barbara Airbus, you can do so on the Santa Barbara Airbus website.
• The Santa Barbara Airbus departs from the long haul shuttle stops at the lower level at LAX. Be prepared to pay in cash ($50) if you do not have an advance ticket. 

Poster Presentations

• You can sign up for a poster presentation via the conference registration form.
• Posters must be 4' x 3' (a horizontal orientation is preferred, vertical or horizontal orientated poster accepted)
• There are several printing options available at the University of California - Santa Barbara for poster presenters:
  • The CNSI Poster Printer is available in the same building as the conference. Printing instructions and contact information can be found on the California NanoSystems Institute website.
  • The ITST's Esmeralda Printer is located in Building 937, next to Broida Hall. A UCSB Recharge account is required for use, mnore information may be found on the ITST website.

• Ramunas Aleksiejunas - Vilnius University
• Antonios Alvertis - University of Cambridge
• Denis Andrienko - Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research
• Douglas Arnold - University of Minnesota
• Sergei Baranovski - Philipps University Marburg
• Bastien Bonef - University of California, Santa Barbara
• Li Chen - University of Toronto
• Guy David - University of Paris-Sud
• Jean-Yves Duboz - CRHEA-CNRS
• Andrew Espenlaub - University of California, Santa Barbara
• Marcel Filoche - École Polytechnique
• Simone Fratini - NÉEL Institute - CNRS
• Richard Friend - University of Cambridge
• Carlos Garcia-Cervera - University of California, Santa Barbara
• David Jerison - MIT
• Sergey Karpov - STR Group - Soft-Impact, Ltd.
• Manos Kioupakis - University of Michigan
• Guillaume Lheureux - University of California, Santa Barbara
• Katherine Lindsay - University of Minnesota
• Yun Liu - MIT
• Cheyenne Lynsky - University of California, Santa Barbara
• Saulius Marcinkevicius - KTH Royal Institute of Technology
• Svitlana Mayboroda - University of Minnesota
• Kyle Mylonukis - University of California, Santa Barbara
• Morteza Monavarian - University of California, Santa Barbara
• Daniel Myers - University of California, Santa Barbara
• Shuji Nakamura - University of California, Santa Barbara
• Pierre Pelletier - École Polytechnique
• Jacques Peretti - École Polytechnique
• Bruno Poggi - University of Minnesota
• Gustavo Ponce - University of California, Santa Barbara
• Kai Shek (Clayton) Qwah - University of California, Santa Barbara
• Rafael Lainey Reyes - University of California, Santa Barbara
• Erich Runge - Technische Universität Ilmenau
• Stefan Schulz - Tyndall National Institute
• Jim Speck - University of California, Santa Barbara
• Abel Thayil - École Polytechnique
• Chris Van de Walle -University of California, Santa Barbara
• Claude Weisbuch - Polytechnic School & University of California, Santa Barbara
• Sarah Wells - University of California, Santa Barbara
• Bernd Witzigmann - University of Kassel
• Yuh-Renn Wu - National Taiwan University
• Camille Xu -University of California, Santa Barbara
• Shiwen Zhang - Michigan State University & the University of Minnesota