Michael Stavola
Department of Physics
Lehigh University
16 Memorial Drive East
Bethlehem , PA 18015
e-mail: mjsa@Lehigh.edu
Education
Ph.D. in Physics (with D.L. Dexter), University of Rochester , May, 1980
B.S. in Physics and Engineering, Trinity College , May, 1975
Employment
Chair, Department of Physics, Lehigh University , Aug. 2003 – present
Professor of Physics, Lehigh University , Sept., 1993 – present
Associate Professor of Physics, Lehigh University , Sept., 1989 - Aug., 1993
Visiting Scientist, Lund University , Lund , Sweden , Fall, 1985
Member of Technical Staff, Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, 1980 - 1989
Awards and Honors
Humboldt Research Award for Senior US Scientists, 2003
Fellow of the American Physical Society (for innovative use of spectroscopy in the study of point defects in semiconductors), 1994 - APS Fellows Trinity College
Chairman (elect), Gordon Research Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, 1994
Individual Performance Award, AT&T Bell Laboratories, 1986
Rush Rhees Fellowship, University of Rochester, 1975-1978
Society Membership
American Physical Soc, Materials Research Soc., Sigma Pi Sigma, Sigma Xi.
Research Interests
Physics of defects in semiconductors. Hydrogen-related defects and light element impurities. Control of doping in semiconductors. Spectroscopy. Uniaxial stress techniques.
Professional Activities (1991-present)
Program Committees, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12 th , 13 th , and 14th NREL Workshops on Crystalline Si Solar Cell Materials and Processes, 1998-2003, Colorado.
Program Committees, Gordon Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, 1996 ( Andover , NH ), 1998 ( New London ,
NH ), 2000 ( New London , NH ), 2002 ( New London , NH ), 2004 ( New London , NH ).
Co-organizer, FIAP/DMP Focus Sessions 2.9.1 on Defects in Electronic Materials and Devices, APS March 2002 Meeting, Indianapolis .
International Advisory Committee for the Intn'l Conf. on Defects in Semiconductors series, 1991-2005. Steering Committee chair, 1995-1997; Secretary, 1991-1993.
Co-organizer, DMP Focus Sessions 15(c) on Defects in Semiconductors, APS March 1998 Meeting, Los Angeles .
Chairman, 16th Int. Conference on Defects in Semiconductors, Bethlehem , PA , July, 1991.
Selected Recent Publications (out of 150)
1. “Hidden hydrogen” in as-grown ZnO, G.A. Shi, M. Saboktakin, M. Stavola, and S.J. Pearton, Appl. Phys. Lett. 85 , 5601 (2004).
2. Vibrational spectroscopy of hydrogenated GaAsN: A challenge to an H2 * model, F. Jiang, M. Stavola, M. Capizzi, A. Polimeni, A. Amore Bonapasta, and F. Filippone, Phys. Rev. B 69 , 041309(R) (2004).
3. Hydrogen in semiconductors, M. Stavola, in Hydrogen in Materials and Vacuum Systems , edited by G.R. Myneni and W. Chattopadhyay (AIP Conf. Proc. 671, 2003), p. 21.
4. Hydrogenation of Si from SiNx (H) films: Characterization of H introduced into the Si, F. Jiang, M. Stavola, A. Rohatgi, D. Kim, J. Holt, H. Atwater, and J. Kalejs, Appl. Phys. Lett. 83 , 931 (2003).
5. Interstitial H2 in Si: Are all problems solved, M. Stavola, E E. Chen, W.B. Fowler, G.A. Shi, Physica B 340-342 , 58 (2003).
6. Key to understanding interstitial H2 in Si, E E. Chen, M. Stavola, W.B. Fowler, and P. Walters, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 105507 (2002).
7. Rotation of molecular hydrogen in Si: Unambiguous identification of ortho-H2 and para D2 , E E. Chen, M. Stavola, W.B. Fowler, and J.A. Zhou, Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 245503 (2002).
8. Ortho and para O-H2 complexes in silicon, E E. Chen, M. Stavola, and W.B. Fowler, Phys. Rev. B 65, 245208 (2002).
9. Pt-H complexes in Si: Complementary studies by vibrational and capacitance spectroscopies, M.G. Weinstein, M. Stavola, K.L. Stavola, S.J. Uftring, J. Weber, J.-U. Sachse, and H. Lemke, Phys. Rev. B 65, 035206-1 (2002).
10. Vibrational Spectroscopy of Light Element Impurities in Semiconductors, M. Stavola, Chapt. 3 in Identification of Defects in Semiconductors , edited by M. Stavola, Vol. 51B in the series Semiconductors and Semimetals (Academic, Boston, 1999).
Books
1. Identification of Defects in Semiconductors , edited by M. Stavola, Volumes 51A (1998) and 51B (1999) in the series Semiconductors and Semimetals (Academic, Boston ).
2 . Hydrogen in Crystalline Semiconductors , S.J. Pearton, J.W. Corbett, and M. Stavola (Springer-Verlag, Heidelburg, 1992).