rkarsthof

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Academic interests

I do research related to defects in semiconductors. At the moment, I focus on the materials silicon carbide (SiC) and nickel oxide (NiO).

For SiC, defects can have interesting properties for quantum communication and quantum computation applications. I introduce defects in irradiation experiments and then detect electronic states associated with them with various optical and electrical experimental techniques.

NiO is a versatile material with applications in solar cells, LEDs, batteries, so-called "smart windows", or for fast-switching memory cells. For all these fields, understanding the origin and properties of defects is critical. The "state-of-the-art" regarding defects in NiO is somewhat less mature than in other oxide semiconductors. I am trying to make structures that allow us to study defect states, which partly is done with classical electrical methods, but also more explorative using transmission electron microscopy and related techniques.

Background

I have studied physics in Leipzig, Germany, where I received my M.Sc. degree in 2012, and my PhD in 2018.

 

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Publications

Robert Karsthof, Marius Grundmann, Arthur Markus Anton, and Friedrich Kremer: Polaronic interacceptor hopping transport in intrinsically doped nickel oxide, Physical Review B 99, 235201 (2019), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.99.235201

Robert Karsthof, Arthur Markus Anton, Friedrich Kremer, and Marius Grundmann: Nickel vacancy acceptor in nickel oxide: Doping beyond thermodynamic equilibrium, Physical Review Materials 4, 034601 (2020), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.034601

Robert Karsthof, Marianne Etzelmüller Bathen, Augustinas Galeckas, and Lasse Vines: Conversion pathways of primary defects by annealing in proton-irradiated n-type 4H-SiC, Physical Review B 102, 184111 (2020), doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.184111

Robert Karsthof, Holger von Wenckstern, Vegard Skiftestad Olsen, and Marius Grundmann: Identification of LiNi and VNi acceptor levels in doped nickel oxide, APL Materials 8, 121106 (2020), doi: 10.1063/5.0032102

  • Bathen, Marianne Etzelmüller; Karsthof, Robert Michael; Galeckas, Augustinas; Kumar, Piyush; Kuznetsov, Andrej & Grossner, Ulrike [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2024). Impact of carbon injection in 4H-SiC on defect formation and minority carrier lifetime. Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing. ISSN 1369-8001. 176. doi: 10.1016/j.mssp.2024.108316. Full text in Research Archive
  • Ghezellou, Misagh; Kumar, Piyush; Bathen, Marianne E.; Karsthof, Robert Michael; Sveinbjörnsson, Einar Ö. & Grossner, Ulrike [Show all 9 contributors for this article] (2023). The role of boron related defects in limiting charge carrier lifetime in 4H-SiC epitaxial layers. APL Materials. 11(3). doi: 10.1063/5.0142415. Full text in Research Archive
  • Langørgen, Amanda; Frodason, Ymir Kalmann; Karsthof, Robert Michael; Wenckstern, Holger Von; Jensen, Ingvild Julie Thue & Vines, Lasse [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2023). Defect level in κ-Ga2O3 revealed by thermal admittance spectroscopy. Journal of Applied Physics. ISSN 0021-8979. 134(1), p. 015701-1–015701-6. doi: 10.1063/5.0150994. Full text in Research Archive
  • Borgersen, Jon; Karsthof, Robert Michael; Rønning, Vegard; Vines, Lasse; Wenckstern, Holger Von & Grundmann, Marius [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2023). Origin of enhanced conductivity in low dose ion irradiated oxides. AIP Advances. 13(1), p. 015211-1–015211-5. doi: 10.1063/5.0134699. Full text in Research Archive
  • Galeckas, Augustinas; Karsthof, Robert Michael; Kingsly, Gana; Kok, Angela; Bathen, Marianne Etzelmüller & Vines, Lasse [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Cross-Sectional Carrier Lifetime Profiling and Deep Level Monitoring in Silicon Carbide Films Exhibiting Variable Carbon Vacancy Concentrations. Physica Status Solidi (a) applications and materials science. ISSN 1862-6300. p. 1–7. doi: 10.1002/pssa.202200449. Full text in Research Archive
  • Langørgen, Amanda; Zimmermann, Christian; Frodason, Ymir Kalmann; Verhoeven, Espen Førdestrøm; Weiser, Philip Michael & Karsthof, Robert Michael [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2022). Influence of heat treatments in H2 and Ar on the E1 center in β-Ga2O3. Journal of Applied Physics. ISSN 0021-8979. 131(115702). doi: 10.1063/5.0083861. Full text in Research Archive
  • Karsthof, Robert Michael; Frodason, Ymir Kalmann; Galeckas, Augustinas; Weiser, Philip Michael; Zviagin, Vitaly & Grundmann, Marius (2022). Light Absorption and Emission by Defects in Doped Nickel Oxide. Advanced Photonics Research. ISSN 2699-9293. 3(11). doi: 10.1002/adpr.202200138. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bathen, Marianne Etzelmüller; Karsthof, Robert Michael; Grossner, Ulrike & Vines, Lasse (2022). Stability, Evolution and Diffusion of Intrinsic Point Defects in 4H-SiC. Materials Science Forum. ISSN 0255-5476. 1062, p. 371–375. doi: 10.4028/p-ryui6b. Full text in Research Archive
  • Karsthof, Robert Michael; Bathen, Marianne Etzelmüller; Kuznetsov, Andrej & Vines, Lasse (2022). Formation of carbon interstitial-related defect levels by thermal injection of carbon into n-type 4H-SiC. Journal of Applied Physics. ISSN 0021-8979. 131. doi: 10.1063/5.0077308. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bathen, Marianne Etzelmüller; Galeckas, Augustinas; Karsthof, Robert Michael; Delteil, Aymeric; Sallet, Vincent & Kuznetsov, Andrej [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2021). Resolving Jahn-Teller induced vibronic fine structure of silicon vacancy quantum emission in silicon carbide. Physical review B (PRB). ISSN 2469-9950. 104. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.104.045120. Full text in Research Archive
  • Karsthof, Robert Michael; Wenckstern, Holger von; Olsen, Vegard Skiftestad & Grundmann, Marius (2020). Identification of LiNi and VNi acceptor levels in doped nickel oxide. APL Materials. 8(12). doi: 10.1063/5.0032102. Full text in Research Archive
  • Karsthof, Robert Michael; Anton, Arthur Markus; Kremer, Friedrich & Grundmann, Marius (2020). Nickel vacancy acceptor in nickel oxide: Doping beyond thermodynamic equilibrium. PHYSICAL REVIEW MATERIALS. 4(3). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.034601. Full text in Research Archive
  • Karsthof, Robert Michael; Bathen, Marianne Etzelmüller; Galeckas, Augustinas & Vines, Lasse (2020). Conversion pathways of primary defects by annealing in proton-irradiated n-type 4H-SiC. Physical review B (PRB). ISSN 2469-9950. 102(18). doi: 10.1103/PhysRevB.102.184111. Full text in Research Archive
  • Karsthof, Robert Michael; Wenckstern, Holger von; Zuniga-Perez, Jesus; Deparis, Christiane & Grundmann, Marius (2019). Nickel Oxide–Based Heterostructures with Large Band Offsets. Physica status solidi (b). ISSN 0370-1972. p. 1–11. doi: 10.1002/pssb.201900639. Full text in Research Archive

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  • Langørgen, Amanda; Frodason, Ymir Kalmann; Zimmermann, Christian; Karsthof, Robert Michael; Weiser, Philip Michael & Jensen, Ingvild Julie Thue [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2025). Seminar talk - Electrically active defects in β-Ga2O3. Full text in Research Archive
  • Galeckas, Augustinas; Karsthof, Robert Michael; Gana, Kingsly; Kok, Angela; Bathen, Marianne Etzelmüller & Vines, Lasse [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Cross-sectional carrier lifetime profiling and deep level monitoring in silicon carbide films exhibiting variable carbon vacancy concentrations. Full text in Research Archive
  • Karsthof, Robert Michael; Bathen, Marianne Etzelmüller; Galeckas, Augustinas & Vines, Lasse (2022). Conversion pathways of primary defects by annealing in proton-irradiated n-type 4H-SiC. Full text in Research Archive
  • Langørgen, Amanda; Frodason, Ymir Kalmann; Karsthof, Robert Michael; Wenckstern, Holger von; Jensen, Ingvild Thue & Vines, Lasse (2022). An electron trap in κ-Ga2O3 and the quest for its microscopic origin. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bathen, Marianne Etzelmüller; Karsthof, Robert Michael; Kumar, Piyush; Galeckas, Augustinas; Kuznetsov, Andrej & Vines, Lasse [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Impact of C-injection in 4H-SiC on defect distribution and minority carrier lifetime. Full text in Research Archive
  • Bathen, Marianne Etzelmüller; Karsthof, Robert Michael; Kumar, Piyush; Galeckas, Augustinas; Kuznetsov, Andrej Yu. & Vines, Lasse [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2022). Impact of C-injection in SiC on defect distribution and minority carrier lifetime. Full text in Research Archive
  • Norby, Truls; Karsthof, Robert Michael; Saeed, Sarmad Waheed; Kuznetsov, Andrej & Vines, Lasse (2022). The p-n junction has nothing to do with ionics. Does it? Full text in Research Archive
  • Bathen, Marianne Etzelmüller; Karsthof, Robert Michael; Linnarsson, Margareta; Galeckas, Augustinas; Kuznetsov, Andrej & Grossner, Ulrike [Show all 7 contributors for this article] (2021). Stability, evolution and diffusion of intrinsic point defects in 4H-SiC. Full text in Research Archive
  • Langørgen, Amanda; Karsthof, Robert Michael; Weiser, Philip Michael; Cavani, Olivier; Grasset, Romain & Frodason, Ymir Kalmann [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2021). Steady-state Photocapacitance Spectroscopy of Intrinsic Defects in Electron-Irradiated β-Ga₂O₃. Full text in Research Archive
  • Zimmermann, Christian; Frodason, Ymir Kalmann; Varley, Joel Basile; Verhoeven, Espen Førdestrøm; Rønning, Vegard & Weiser, Philip Michael [Show all 15 contributors for this article] (2021). Identification of Fe-, Ti- and H-related Charge-state Transition Levels in β-Ga2O3. Full text in Research Archive
  • Karsthof, Robert Michael; Bathen, Marianne Etzelmüller; Galeckas, Augustinas; Enga, Marius & Vines, Lasse (2021). Conversion pathways of primary defects by annealing in proton-irradiated n-type 4H-SiC. Full text in Research Archive
  • Karsthof, Robert Michael; Wenckstern, Holger von; Olsen, Vegard Skiftestad & Grundmann, Marius (2021). Identification of LiNi and VNi acceptor levels in doped nickel oxide. Full text in Research Archive
  • Karsthof, Robert Michael; Bathen, Marianne Etzelmüller; Galeckas, Augustinas & Vines, Lasse (2021). Conversion pathways of primary defects by annealing in proton-irradiated n-type 4H-SiC. Full text in Research Archive
  • Tømta, Sindre Ludvigsen; Kuznetsov, Andrej; Gongora, David Rivas & Karsthof, Robert Michael (2021). Single-Photon Emitters in Silicon for Quantum Technology. Universitetet i Oslo. Full text in Research Archive

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