DEVELOPMENT OF NOVEL OPTICAL TECHNIQUES AND DEVICES FOR NON-DESTRUCTIVE CHARACTERIZATION OF SEMICONDUCTING COMPOUNDS AND STRUCTURES (SfP 974476)

NATO 'Science for Peace' Project (Years 2000-2005). Scope: A principal goal of the project was the development of novel optical (holographic) measurement techniques and their implementation into a novel diagnostic devices for nondestructive characterization of semiconducting crystals and structures. It was foreseen to develop the technique of dynamic holography, exploring nonresonant mechanisms of optical nonlinearities in a photoexcited semiconductor. The developed techniques and the prototypes of device were to be adapted for diagnostics of semiconductor materials, important for industry and market of semiconductor electronics and optoelectronics