3rd International Conference

Novel Applications of Wide Bandgap Layers




Zakopane, 26 - 30 June, 2001, Poland

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It is our common interest in the wide bandgap materials that has gathered us here. These fascinating solids, the synthesis, properties and applications of which are so often characterized by paradoxical and apparently inconsistent features, are of still growing significance. This topic became an inspiration for innovative research and scientific progress for our small Polish group: J. Szmidt and S. Mitura, who with M. Sokołowski have begun studies on low-pressure diamond crystallization in 1978, and later, A. Olszyna, K. Zdunek, A. Werbowy, P. Niedzielski and their followers as well. It is hard to express how much glad I am that these issues allowed the world scientific luminaries and pioneers in wide bandgap materials investigations to meet here.

Cordially welcome!

Aleksandra Sokołowska
Honorary Chair

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Welcome to the 3rd International Conference "Novel Applications of Wide Bandgap Layers"!

The Conference, which is the third in the cycle begun in 1985 with the really world first "International Conference on Diamond Crystallization under Reduced Pressure" and continued in 1995 with "C-BN and Diamond Crystallization under Reduced Pressure". This year's edition is focused on applications of wide bandgap materials - the feature, which makes them similar to diamonds. These applications encompass a large variety of areas in the technical activity of mankind, like classic electronics, medical engineering, microsystems, sensors etc. We hope that the conference will also become a forum for proposals aimed at developing international projects. Your contributions gave the Committee a unique chance to put together a program covering as many aspects of above-mentioned area as possible. We hope it will meet your expectations. The other (but no less important) aim of this Conference is always to create a forum for scientists from different countries to exchange information on the results of their work and on the institutions they belong to. We hope again that in this way the Conference will help enhance your professional activities (not to mention five days of having a good time in Zakopane).

Thank you for coming!

Jan Szmidt
Conference Chair

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Topics of the conference

          The topics we expect to have would be:
          - high temperature electronics - devices with wide bandgap films,
          - diamond films in electronics,
          - devices based on SiC, GaN layers,
          - new layer materials for medicine,
          - biocompatible and bioactive wide bandgap layers,
          - challenges in producing devices where wide bandgap layers are used,
          - specific applications of wide bandgap layers,
          - sensors and multifunctional devices made with the use of wide bandgap films.

We hope that the conference will also become a forum for proposals aimed at developing international projects.

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Honorary and Steering Committee

Local
A. Sokołowska  Honorary Chair
K. Kurzydłowski
R. Morawski
T. Wierzchoń
M. Królak
P. Kula
A. Jakubowski
W. Janke

International
A. Badzian (USA)
Ch. Charris (Sweden)
P. Giellise (USA)
M.B. Gusieva (Russia)
J. Hassard (UK)
R. Kalish (Israel)
Y. Lifshitz (Israel)
S. Matsumoto (Japan)
R. Messier (USA) H. Okushi (Japan)
J. Rużyłło (USA)
M.S. Shur (USA)
B. Spitsyn (Russia)
G.M. Swain (USA)


Program and Organizing Committee

J. Szmidt  Chair
M. Bakowski (Sweden)  Co-Chair
S. Mitura  Co-Chair
K. Zdunek  Co-Chair
A. Werbowy  Scientific Secretary

K. Choy (UK)
W. Knap (France)
J. Zdanowski
S. Porowski
M. Tłaczała
T. Pisarkiewicz
Z. Lisik
A. Olszyna
R.B. Beck
B. Majkusiak
P. Szwemin
K. JóŸwik
P. Niedzielski
M. Langer
A. Œmiech
A. Zaręba

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Organizers

Faculty of Electronics and Information Technology
Institute of Microelectronics and Optoelectronics
Warsaw University of Technology
with coparticipation of
Faculty of Materials Science and Engineering,
Warsaw University of Technology
Institute of Materials Science and Engineering,
Technical University of ŁódŸ

Sponsors

KEiT Polish Academy of Science
State Committee for Scientific Research
IEEE Poland Section

Zakopane is the capital of the highest part of the Carpathians, the Tatra Mountains. It is a beautifully situated holiday resort and has a rich tradition of Polish Highlander culture. Peaks over 2000 m high are within easy reach on foot or by cable car. Transport to Zakopane is convenient. The easiest way is to fly to Kraków International Airport "Balice" (flights from London, Paris, Zurich, Frankfurt, Rome, Vienna, New York, Chicago) and then to take a coach directly to Zakopane. There are different bus lines to travel from Kraków to Zakopane, among others: "Szwagropol", "Frej", and "Express Linia". The journey takes about 2 hours and the fare is approx. 10 zlotys. The end of the line for "Szwagropol" and "Frej" buses is near the Zakopany's railway station, from which the "Antałówka" Hotel is only 800 m. away. The "Express Linia" buses have the end of the line in Krupówki Street. The "Antałówka" Hotel is about 1200 m. from here. A taxi fare to the hotel is within 10 zlotys. Alternatively, you can travel via Warsaw ("Okęcie" Airport), take an Intercity (IC) train or express coach "Polish Express" (which stops at the "Okęcie" airport and Central railway station as well) to Kraków and change to a Zakopane coach in Kraków. Of course we provide assistance throughout your journey there. The Conference will be held at the "Antałówka" hotel and resort center, situated on the slope of the Antałówka hill, facing a beautiful view of the Tatras. It is only 800 m from the railway and bus stations and five minutes' walk from the town center. The hotel offers well-appointed single and double rooms with baths, telephones, TV sets. Most rooms have balconies and mountains views. The recreational facilities include a fitness room, sauna, jacuzzi and a tanning and massage studio. A special attraction in the vicinity of the hotel is a swimming pool with mineral water from the Antałówka hot springs.

All participants willing to extend their stay (with an extra charge) beyond Saturday, 30 June, are requested to inform the organizers of the Conference as soon as possible so the reservations can be made. Please, note that we may not be able to make reservation unless we are informed early enough.

Currency The currency in Poland is złoty (zł) and grosz (gr). 1 zł = 100 gr. Foreign currencies can be easily exchanged (usually without commission) at the airports, railway stations, banks, hotels and private currency exchange offices, called "Kantor". These generally offer the best exchange rates. At the time of program printing the approximate exchange rates for the Polish złoty (PLN) were:
1 USD = 4.01 PLN
1 DEM = 1.74 PLN
1 GBP = 5.68 PLN
100 JPY = 3.37 PLN
1 CAD = 2.59 PLN
100 ITL = 0.18 PLN
1 SEK = 0.37 PLN
1 FRF = 0.52 PLN

Credit cards/cash dispensers All major credit cards are accepted at the airports, larger hotels, car-rental offices, most of gas stations, larger shops and shopping malls, most of restaurants, certain pubs as well as at some other places. In Warsaw, Kraków and Zakopane, especially in the center of the cities, one can find also a number of cash dispensers.

We are going to organize some walking tours in the mountains in the course of the Conference: easy, 31-hour walks in the countryside around Zakopane on Friday, 29 June and also, after the Conference, on Saturday, 30 June, 6-8 hour climbing tours in the higher parts of the mountains. On Saturday, 30 June, there will be a choice of an easy tour or a more difficult one. Details of the tour routes are included in the Conference program. Conference attendees willing to join the tours are requested to bring walking boots and suitable clothes. All tours start from the main entrance of "Antałówka" hotel.

Guidelines concerning preparation of papers are enclosed on separate sheet. The posters should not exceed the area of 95 cm (width) × 150 cm (height). The minimum height of letters cannot be less than 5 mm. Materials for posters fastening to panels (double-side adhesive tape etc.) will be provided by organizers.

Time assigned for each oral lecture is 40 min (30 min for speech and 10 min for questions and discussion). Organizers will provide a projector as well as multimedia PC computer. All oral presentations have a status of invited papers. The posters should be placed on panels on Wednesday (June 27th) starting from 17.00. Authors are requested to be at their posters on Thursday (June 28th) during the Poster Session (15.30 - 18.00).

KBN (i.e. State Committee of Scientific Research) projects will be presented during the Poster Session, on Thursday, 28 June (15.30 - 18.00). Panel for each such a poster will be marked with a label "KBN Project". Moreover, a special oral session is planned on Friday, 29 June (1120 - 1300) where selected projects sponsored by KBN will be presented.

The registration fee covers: participation in the Conference, one copy of the "Abstracts Book" accommodation and board, coffee and refreshment breaks, Welcome Reception and Conference Dinner and sightseeing trips after conference sessions.
Fees for Accompanying Persons include: accommodation and board, Welcome Reception, Conference Dinner and sightseeing trips.

          Submission of Registration Form and of Abstracts                31.03.2001
          Notification of acceptance of abstracts                                 20.04.2001
          Submission of full manuscript                                               26-30.06.2001 (during the Conference)

1. A.Badzian, "The electronic application of materials from the B-C-N-Si compositional tetrahedron".
2. Ch.Charris, "Heteroepiaxial SiC layers for electronics".
3. P.Giellise, "Thermic modification of properties of heterostructures with wide bandgap films".
4. M.B.Gusieva, "New carbon based material layers for medical applications".
5. M.Godlewski, "Thin films of wide bandgap II-VI compounds grown by atomic layer epitaxy - properties and application".
6. J.Hassard, "Diamond detector systems".
7. A.Jakubowski, "Plasma processes for formation of electronic structures with wide bandgap material layers".
8. R. Kalish, "Electron emission from diamond and other wide band-gap semiconductor surfaces".
9. B.Licznerski, "Polycrystalline wide bandgap materials in sensor technology".
10. M.Leszczyński, "Optoelectronic devices based on (AlGaIn)N structures on GaN crystals".
11. Y. Lifshitz, "Ion beam nucleation of diamond".
12. H.Okushi, "Diamond layers for active electronic devices - from CVD homoepitaxial to amorphous ta-C".
13. J.Rużyłło, "Surface processing in advanced microelectronic technology".
14. M.S. Shur, "Devices produced with the use of GaN layers".
15. B.Spitsyn, "Diamond nucleation".
16. G.M.Swain, "Conductive diamond films in electro-chemistry".
17. B.Walkowiak, "Interaction of body fluid with carbon surfaces".
18. B.Walkowiak, "Interaction of body fluid with carbon surfaces".

Generally the Conference is planned as a good forum for discussion and exchange of opinions. Therefore the number of invited papers is limited and the participants will be allowed ample time for discussion. The main part of the program will be poster presentations of the latest developments

- The "Abstracts Book" will be issued and the participants will be presented with it at the beginning of the conference.
- Papers, when reviewed and accepted for publication, will appear in "Journal of Wide Bandgap Materials", ed. by P.Giellise (Technomic Publ).
- If you would like your paper to be published, please bring its full version to the conference.

Abstracts should include two A4 pages, i.e. one page of text and one of figures. In special cases, e.g. review papers, only a page of text can be accepted.

Details will be given once a presenter's abstract is approved for presentation. The requirements are identical with those in "Journal of Wide Bandgap Materials" (http//www.technomic.)