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GUIDE TO THE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES 2014-2015 WARSZAWA 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet 1 INTRODUCTION 5 Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation 2 INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS 6 Management of the Institute of Physics PAS 6 Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia 3 Physics of Semiconductors 7 Quis autem vel eum iure reprehenderit qui in ea voluptate 4 Radiation Physics and Spectroscopy 8 Physics of Magnetism 11 Physics and Technology of Wide-Band-Gap Semiconductor Nanostructures 13 X-ray and Electron Microscopy Research 16 Cryogenic and Spintronic Research 17 Growth and Physics of Low Dimensional Crystals 19 Biological Physics 20 RECENT RESEARCH RESULTS 23 Division of Physics of Semiconductors 25 Topological phase diagram of Pb1-xSnxSe 25 Semiconductor (In,Ga)As-(Ga,Mn)As core-shell magnetic nanowires 27 Division of Radiation Physics and Spectroscopy 28 Evaporation of single droplets: experiment, theory and modelling 28 Superconductivity 32 The direct photocatalytic partial water oxidation - the new approach to water splitting 33 Dark solitons in exciton-polariton condensates 35 Quantum Optics Group - scientific achievements in years 2014-2015 36 Division of Physics of Magnetism 38 Magnetic anisotropy of Au/Co/Au/MgO heterostructure: role of the gold at the Co/MgO interface 39 Logo bilayer 40 Stabilization of antiferromagnetic phase under hydrostatic pressure in layered perovskite cobaltites Nd1- xCaxBaCo2O5.5 (x = 0 - 0.06) 41 Cobalt nanotube shell grown on ZnTe nanowires 42 Division of Physics and Technology of Wide-Band-Gap Semiconductor Nanostructures 43 Quantum spin Hall effect in IV-VI topological crystalline insulators 43 UV detectors based on ZnO/GaN, ZnO/SiC and ZnO/i-(Al2O3, HfO2)/GaN - p-n and p-i-n heterostructures 45 Magnetic field induced ferroelectric domain switching in the multiferroic GeMnTe system 47 Laboratory of X-ray and Electron Microscopy Research 48 Synthesis, structural studies and biological activity of new Cu(II) complexes with acetyl derivatives of 7-hydroxy-4-methylocoumarin 48 Equation of state and electronic properties of EuVO4: a high-pressure experimental and computational study 50 Laboratory of Cryogenic and Spintronic Research 51 Dynamics of entanglement of two electron spins interacting with nuclear spin baths in quantum dots 51 Miniature coils for producing pulsed inplane magnetic fields 52 Laboratory of Growth and Physics of Low Dimensional Crystals 54 Spin splitting anisotropy in single diluted magnetic nanowire heterostructures 54 Access to long-term optical memories using photon echoes retrieved from semiconductor spins 56 Laboratory of Biological Physics 58 VARIA 65 Institute of Physics in Numbers 66 A short history of the Institute 68 Acta Physica Polonica A 73 International PhD Studies 75 Project EAgLE 77 Physics Olympiad 79 It is my privilege to present the information booklet of the Institute of Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the years 2014-2015. It includes information about the Institute, our research expertise, and laboratory potential. A considerable part of the booklet presents recent research highlights, published in prestigious journals over the last two years. In the last section, “Institute of Physics in Numbers” we also provide statistical information about the staff, the awarded scientific degrees, publications and patents activities. The mission of the Institute is to advance the knowledge in physics and to educate PhD students in the areas that will best serve society, our country and the world. We also disseminate knowledge at all levels of education. In the years 2014-2015 the Institute sucessfully continued research in all of the main fields of our expertise including semiconductor physics, molecular and atomic physics, quantum optics, magnetism, superconductivity and biophysics. Also our research facilities, training capabilities, and international collaboration have been considerably expanded, in particular, owing to the EAgLE Project - European Action towards Leading Centre for Innovative Materials located at the Institute. We managed to increase our international outreach. The continuously growing group of international PhD students and foreign visiting Professors demonstrates an increasing impact of the Institute abroad, complementing our publications and our active and successful participation in European grant competitions. Although the Institute was already established in 1953, and two years ago we celebrated its 60th anniversary under the Honorary Patronage of the President of Poland, the Institute seems to be eternally young. It is currently being shaped by its fourth generation of physicists, aiming to meet the challenges of spintronics, topological insulators, quantum computers and high temperature superconductors. Our Institute has every reason to face the future of Polish physics and of our civilization with confidence. We are proud of our achievements, of our potential and of our contribution to the global repository of knowledge. We believe that our activities and results demonstrate our full commitment to fulfill our mission. I wish you a pleasant reading! Leszek Sirko 4 5 INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS MANAGEMENT AND SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL* SCIENTIFIC DIVISIONS - ORGANIZATION, STAFF, AND FACILITIES* MANAGEMENT OF THE INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS PAS PHYSICS OF PHYSICS OF SEMIMAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS Head: Full Professor Witold Dobrowolski - [email protected] Director of the Institute: Full Professor Leszek Sirko - [email protected] SEMICONDUCTORS Monika Arciszewska, PhD - [email protected] Deputy Director for Scientific Affairs: Full Professor Roman Puźniak - [email protected] Andrei Avdonin, PhD - [email protected] Head: Full Professor Tomasz Story - [email protected] Deputy Director for Scientific Projects: Associate Professor Ewa Jędryka - [email protected] Beata Brodowska, PhD - [email protected] Secretary: Katarzyna Duszyńska - [email protected] Deputy Director for Technical Affairs: Paweł Głód, PhD - [email protected] Phone: (+48) 22 843 56 26; (+48) 22 843 70 01 or Full Professor Robert R. Gałązka - [email protected] (+48) 22 843 66 01 ext. 2601; Associate Professor Małgorzata Górska - [email protected] Deputy Director for Economic and Financial Affairs: Joanna Borowiecka - [email protected] Łukasz Kilański, PhD - [email protected] Izabela Kuryliszyn-Kudelska, PhD - [email protected] ORGANIZATION Associate Professor Andrzej Łusakowski - [email protected] SCIENTIFIC COUNCIL 2015-2018 PHYSICS OF AIIBVI SEMICONDUCTORS Paweł Pfeffer, DSc - [email protected] MSc, Eng. Arkadiusz Podgórni - [email protected] Chairman: Full Professor Mirosław Karpierz Head: Full Professor Andrzej Mycielski - [email protected] Full Professor Włodzimierz Zawadzki - [email protected] Full Professor Jacek Kossut Full Professor Zbigniew Kisiel Associate Professor Krzysztof Grasza - [email protected] Vice Chairmen: Full Professor Jacek Kossut Wojciech Kaliszek PHYSICS OF STRUCTURE DEFECTS Full Professor Marta Z. Cieplak, Full Professor Tomasz Story Full Professor Bogdan Kowalski Le Van Khoi, PhD - [email protected] IN SEMICONDUCTORS Full Professor Adrian Kozanecki Secretaries: Dominika Kochanowska, PhD - [email protected] Head: Full Professor Tadeusz Wosiński - [email protected] Full Professor Bolesław Kozankiewicz Full Professor Ryszard Buczko, Adam Marciniak Tomasz Andrearczyk, PhD - [email protected] Full Professor Marek Kuś Associate Professor Grzegorz Grabecki Anna Marciniak - [email protected] Full Professor Tadeusz Figielski - [email protected] MSc Agata Marynowska Paweł Skupiński, PhD - [email protected] Members: Katarzyna Gas, PhD - [email protected] Full Professor Andrzej Maziewski Joanna Wiśniewska Full Professor Piotr Bogusławski MSc Rafał Kuna - [email protected] Full Professor Jan Misiewicz Eng. Barbara Witkowska - [email protected] Full Professor Ryszard Buczko MSc Khrystyna Levchenko - [email protected] Full Professor Jan Mostowski Marta Witkowska-Baran, PhD - [email protected] Full Professor Stanisław Chwirot Full Professor Wojciech Szuszkiewicz - [email protected] Full Professor Maciej Nowak Eng. Marek Zubrzycki Full Professor Marek Cieplak Zdzisław Śliwiński - [email protected] Full Professor Wojciech Paszkowicz Full Professor Marta Z. Cieplak PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY Zbigniew Tkaczyk, PhD - [email protected] Full Professor Anna Piotrowska Łukasz Cywiński, DSc OF EPITAXIAL LAYERS Karolina Wichrowska, PhD - [email protected] Full Professor Roman Puźniak Full Professor Tomasz Dietl Full Professor Leszek Sirko Head: Full Professor Tomasz Story - [email protected] Full Professor Witold Dobrowolski RESEARCH Full Professor Andrzej Sobolewski MSc, Eng. Artur Boratyński - [email protected] Marek Dudyński, PhD ▪ Experimental and theoretical studies of magnetic, thermal, Krzysztof Dybko, PhD - [email protected] Full Professor Danek Elbaum Full Professor Roman Stępniewski optical, transport and magnetotransport properties MSc Piotr Dziawa - [email protected] Full Professor Mariusz Gajda Full Professor Tomasz Story of bulk crystals and thin layers of II-VI, IV-VI and III-V Eng. Wojciech Knoff, PhD - [email protected] Marta Galicka, PhD Full Professor Andrzej Suchocki semimagnetic (diluted magnetic) semiconductors. Leszek Kowalczyk, PhD - [email protected] Full Professor Robert R. Gałązka Full Professor Tadeusz Suski ▪ Experimental studies of magnetic, optical and electron MSc, Eng. Elżbieta Łusakowska - [email protected]