Laboratory of Thin Films and Nanostructures

Laboratoř tenkých vrstev a nanostruktur

Laboratory of Thin Films and Nanostructures is associated to the Institute of Condensed Matter Physics.

The laboratory has been established by the grant VS 96 102 by the Ministry of Education of Czech Republic as a research laboratory associated to the Department of Solid State Physics. The contract for five years started in September 1996 and lasted to December 2000. In September 2000 the Department and the Laboratory were unified into the Institute of Condensed Matter Physics.

Structure of the Laboratory:

• X-ray group (photos of our old X-ray lab under reconstruction)
• Optics group

Personnel employed at the Laboratory:

• Petr Mikulik
• Alois Nebojsa
• Filip Kadlec (September 1998 -- July 2000)
• Jaroslav Hora (not anymore)
• Blanka Handlirova (well, now she enjoys her baby Anicka...)

Personnel of the Department participating at the Laboratory:

• Josef Humlicek (chief of the Laboratory)
• Vaclav Holy
• Karel Navratil
• Dominik Munzar

Publications resulting from the work of the Laboratory

Annual reports

• Year 1996 -- laboratory established, setup of new instruments,
• year 1997 -- all is fine working,
• and no more annual reports are needed for web - please see our publications instead.