1999 Gordon Conference Schedule

Sunday
June 20th

• 2 - 11 PM: Registration at Site

continued 8 AM - 11 PM Monday-Thursday 

 

• 5 - 6 PM: Welcome Reception

 

• 6 - 7 PM: Dinner

Dinner will be served at this time each day 

50 Years after Burton, Cabrera, and Frank

• 7:30 PM: Discussion Leader: J. Frenken (Leiden)

 

• 7:45 PM: Historical Perspective and Recent Challenges (A. Chernov, University Space Research Associates, NASA)

 

• 8:15 PM: Discussion

 

• 8:30 PM: The Recovery of Crystal Surfaces from Impurity Poisoning (T. Land, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory/ U.C. Davis)

 

• 9 - 9:30 PM: Discussion

 

• 9:30 - 10 PM Continuation of Reception, with food available for late arrivals 

Monday
June 21st

Growth and Strain Relief by Dislocations

• 7:30 - 8:30 AM: Breakfast

Breakfast will be served at this time each day 

 

• 8:45 AM: Discussion Leader: D. Perovic (U. Toronto)

 

• 9 AM: Progress in understanding GaN growth mechanisms: What we have learned from MOCVD LEO growth and MBE homoepitaxy

studies (J. Speck, UCSB) 

 

• 9:30 AM: Discussion

 

• 9:45 AM: Defects in GaN: Similarities and differences between conventionally grown, laterally grown and bulk GaN (Z. Lilienthal-Weber, Lawrence-Berkeley)

 

• 10:15 AM: Group Photo

 

• 10:30 AM: Coffee Break

 

• 11 AM: Discussion

 

• 11:30 AM: Instability and Metastability during Strained-layer Epitaxy (D. Perovic, U. Toronto)

 

• 12 PM: Discussion

 

• 12:30 PM: Lunch; afternoon free

 

• 4:30 PM: informal poster session

 

• 6 PM: Dinner 

Phase Stability

• 7:30 PM: Discussion Leader: I. Alexander (Case Western Reserve)

 

• 7:45 PM: Phase Field Modeling: (J. Warren, NIST)

 

• 8:15 PM: Discussion

 

• 8:30 PM: Phase Separation and Melt Growth of Semiconductor Alloys (A.G. Ostrogorsky, U. Alabama- Huntsville)

 

• 9 - 9:30 PM: Discussion 

Tuesday
June 22nd

Atomic and Molecular Processes at Surfaces

• 7:30 - 8:30 AM: Breakfast

 

• 9 AM: Discussion Leader: J. Amar (U. Toledo)

 

• 9:15 AM: Step Organization On Wide Open Spaces (J. Pelz, Ohio State University)

 

• 9:45 AM: Discussion

 

• 10 AM: Migration and Decay of Clusters on Surfaces (M. Giesen, Juelich)

 

• 10:30 AM: Coffee Break

 

• 11 AM: Discussion

 

• 11:30 AM: Modelling Lateral and Longitudinal Step Fluctuations (J.D. Weeks, U. Maryland)

 

• 12 PM: Discussion

 

• 12:30 PM: Lunch; afternoon free

 

• 4:30 PM: informal poster session

 

• 6 PM: Dinner 

Atomic and Molecular Processes at Surfaces (cont.)

• 7:30 PM: Discussion Leader: P. Vekilov (Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville)

 

• 7:45 PM: Incorporation Kinetics of Polyatomic Gases; growth of bulk GaN (S. Krukowski, Poland)

 

• 8:15 PM: Discussion

 

• 8:30 PM: Growth Processes in Macromolecular Crystallization (A. Malkin, U.C. Irvine)

 

• 9 - 9:30 PM: Discussion 

Wednesday
June 23rd

Self-assembly and Pattern Formation through Kinetics and Thermodynamics

• 7:30 - 8:30 AM: Breakfast

 

• 9 AM: Discussion Leader: K. Ploog (Paul-Drude Institute, Berlin)

 

• 9:15 AM: "Nucleation and Growth of Quantum Dots" (J. Tersoff, IBM)

 

• 9:45 AM: Discussion

 

• 10 AM: Formation of Quantum Dots (J. Floro, Sandia, Albuquerque)

 

• 10:30 AM: Coffee Break

 

• 11 AM: Discussion

 

• 11:30 AM: Large-scale Kinetic Structures Formed During Growth and Etching (D. Cahill, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)

 

• 12 PM: Discussion

 

• 12:30 PM Lunch; afternoon free

 

• 4:30 PM: informal poster session

 

• 6 PM: Dinner 

Pattern Formation through Kinetics and Thermodynamics (cont.)

• 7:30 PM: Discussion Leader: (R. Tromp, IBM)

 

• 7:45 PM: Surface Alloying (R. Hwang, Sandia, Livermore)

 

• 8:15 PM: Discussion

 

• 8:30 PM: Quantum Dots and Wires (M. Henini, Nottingham) 

 

• 9-9:30 PM: Discussion

Thursday
June 24th

Hot Topics (short presentations)

• 7:30 - 8:30 AM: Breakfast

 

• 8:45 AM: Moderator: E. Williams, U. Maryland

 

• 9 AM: Strained epitaxial growth of near equilibrium nanocrystals  (G. Medeiros-Ribeiro, HP)

 

• 9:20 AM: Discussion

 

• 9:30 AM: Dislocation Motion at Surfaces (N. Bartelt, Sandia, Livermore)

 
•  9:50 AM: Discussion

 

 
•  10:20 AM: Discussion
• 10:30 AM: Coffee Break

 

• 11 AM: BUSINESS SESSION

 

• 11:30 AM: Determining Surface and Near Surface Molecular Structure (E. Vlieg, Univ. of Nijmegen, Netherlands)

 

• 11:50 AM: Discussion

  

• 12:30 PM: Lunch

SUMMARY AND DISCUSSION SESSION

• 2:00 PM: Chair's introduction

 

• 2:10 PM: Hot Nitride Devices (related to thin film or bulk crystal growth)

Moderated by L. Schowalter (Rensselaer)  

Discussion - Short 5-minute presentations encouraged (3 VG maximum) 

 

• 2:45 PM: Optoelectronic applications of self assembled low dimensional quantum structures (Hot Topics) 

Moderated by G. Medeiros-Ribeiro, (HP) 


 

• 2:50 PM: VCSELs and Lasers by K. Nishi (NEC Japan) 

 

• 3:10 PM: Discussion


• 3:20 PM: Self Organised QD Intersubband Detectors: Carrier Dynamics and Performance Characteristics  Sanjay Krishna (U. Michigan – Ann Arbor) 
• 4:40 PM: Discussion

 

• 4:50 PM: Meeting Summary: John Venables (Arizona State)

 

• 5:10 PM: Meeting Concludes 

 

• 6:00 PM: Banquet Dinner

Friday
June 25th

• 7:30 - 8:30 AM: Breakfast

 

leave after breakfast